Selected – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The mathematician Prof. Yuri Tschinkel with a diploma of a foreign member of BAS

The diploma for foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was presented by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, to Prof. Yuri Tschinkel. The ceremony was held today in “Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of the Academy. The Assembly of Academicians had elected Prof. Yuri Tschinkel from the USA as a foreign member of BAS in November 2024. On the occasion of the awarding of the diploma and in the framework of the academic seminar "Current Problems of Science", Prof. Yuri Tschinkel delivered a lecture on "Geometry of Numbers". Yuri Tschinkel is a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA. He is one of the leading contemporary mathematicians with outstanding contributions to the development of algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-03-12T09:57:52+02:00Monday, 10 March 2025|Categories: Selected|

The President honours scientists from BAS with highest state awards

President Rumen Radev has awarded three scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Academician Krassimir Atanassov, Acad. Ilsa Pajeva and Corr. Memb. Georgi Mihov. The ceremony, which took place in the Coat of Arms Hall of the Presidential Institution today, was also attended by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva. "Bulgaria can develop as a modern and prosperous country only if we treat people of science and progress with respect and appreciation," the Head of State said. For outstanding merits in the field of artificial intelligence, informatics and mathematics, the mathematician Acad. Krassimir Atanassov has been awarded the "Stara Planina" Order first degree. He is among the most successful scientists of Bulgaria in the field of informatics and mathematics. He works at [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-02-28T12:40:52+02:00Thursday, 27 February 2025|Categories: General news, Selected|

The Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Acad. Asaf Hajiyev visits BAS

The role of the academies of sciences in improving the cooperation between the countries of the Black Sea region was discussed at a meeting today at BAS by the President of the Academy, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva and Acad. Asaf Hajiyev - Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC). The possibility for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences to host a meeting of the academies to be held in 2026 in Bulgaria was the focus of the conversation. The meeting was attended by PABSEC Vice-President in charge of Financial Matters Petar Kanev and Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS and President of the Academy (2016 - 2024) who had been elected PABSEC Special Representative to international organizations working in the [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-02-07T10:04:27+02:00Thursday, 6 February 2025|Categories: General news, Selected|

Shadow Economy Tolerance Index

The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology - BAS (IPS) has completed the implementation of a three-year research project "Shadow economy factor determination and approaches to limit it in Bulgarian society" (Contract KP-06-H35/9 of 18.12.2019), funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund and implemented by a team under the scientific leadership of Prof. Emilia Chengelova. The project is a continuation of a decade-long tradition of scientists from IPS - BAS to study shady practices in the Bulgarian economy. What is new is the focus of the research lens on the empirical study of the "shadow economy" factor determination. As a result of the activities carried out, the team was able to get to the heart of the problem, to unravel the layers of multi-layered causal determinism [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-02-07T09:58:27+02:00Thursday, 6 February 2025|Categories: Man and Society, Selected|

New Vice-Presidents and Scientific Secretary-General of BAS

The General Assembly of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences today has elected new Vice-Presidents and Scientific Secretary-General of BAS. There are three Vice-Presidents – Corr. Memb. DSc. Evdokia Pasheva, Prof. DSc Emmanuel Moutafov and Prof. DSc Shtelian Shterionov. Prof. Dr. Neli Koseva has been elected Scientific Secretary-General. The election of the new leadership of BAS was held by the General Assembly, after Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva was elected President on December 2, 2024. The colleagues are established scientists with extensive administrative experience; I am convinced of their indisputable qualities, contributions and loyalty to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva said during their presentation to the General Assembly. Corresponding member Evdokia Pasheva is a Doctor of Biological Sciences. Her research interests are [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-01-21T14:22:14+02:00Monday, 20 January 2025|Categories: Selected|

The President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva meets with Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil and Metropolitan Bishops of the Holy Synod

His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil received today the President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva in the Synodal Palace. During the meeting, the important role of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in strengthening the faith and spirituality of the Bulgarian people was highlighted. Both sides expressed their hope that the current cooperation will continue in the future and agreed to implement joint initiatives between the two institutions in the scientific and spiritual field. Patriarch Daniil thanked Corr. Evelina Slavcheva and through her the entire scientific community at BAS for the letter with which they supported the Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate in the case with the attempt to register a second, parallel Orthodox Church. The meeting was attended [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-01-15T12:48:36+02:00Tuesday, 14 January 2025|Categories: Selected|