MUSICORUM VIA has ended the academic year 2024-2025 at BAS The season of our new initiative "MUSICORUM VIA. Two academies - one stage" ended yesterday with a concert of PhD students from the "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" National Music Academy in the "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of BAS-Administration. This is the tenth concert in the series of performances of NMA students and lecturers to the academic community and the citizens of the capital. Works by J. С. Bach, Huang Tzu, J. Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, P. Vladigerov, D. Arnaudov, etc. were presented. The concert featured doctoral student instrumentalists (piano, double bass, flute, clarinet) and singers. Particularly impressive were the performances of Chinese tenor Sima Chi who interpreted European arias and Chinese folklore equally well. The audience was [...]

The opportunities of science to support new industries and education were discussed at a meeting with the Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev by scientists from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT) and the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES). The scientists presented the scientific activities and the latest developments with international funding that they are currently working on. The average age of the scientific staff in the two institutes is 47 and 49 years. The visit was attended by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva. The chairman of the scientific council at IICT, Prof. Galia Angelova, announced that the modern equipment and the current topics of scientific research attracted more and more young people, with the greatest interest [...]

Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are participating in the Green Transition Forum 5.0 which has opened today and will last until 20 June at the Sofia Event Center. Competitiveness and innovation in Central and Eastern European countries are the focus of the largest transformation and development event in the region. Teams of institutes from different scientific fields of BAS are presenting current developments and news thematically related to the main topics of the forum. Scientific results of our researchers, such as approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, innovations for alternative energy, new technologies for application in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals production, materials for high-tech applications and recycling for a circular economy, are showcased in a presentation during the five-day event. At a special [...]

The final of the seventh edition of the "My thesis in 180 seconds" international PhD competition was held on 28 May at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. Eight PhD students participated in the competition. They were evaluated by a jury with members Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva - Vice President of BAS, Prof. Laure Castin - Director of the Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe of the Francophone University Agency, H.E. Joël Meyer - Ambassador of France to Bulgaria, Prof. Albena Vassileva - Director of the Francophone Centre at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski” and Mr. Angel Bandjov - Director of the Human Rights Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The young scientists were evaluated on three main criteria - rhetoric/eloquence, reach [...]