A public meeting-discussion on "Greece's culture is far more than the Acropolis" was held today at the “Acad. Ivan E. Geshov" Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It is part of a series of events on cultural diplomacy in Bulgaria and the Balkans organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies & Center for Thracology at BAS (IBSCT-BAS) in institutional partnership with the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria (SIC). The initiative is carried out within the framework of the project "Cultural Diplomacy in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st Century: Achievements, Problems, Challenges for the Future" funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science. The public meeting-discussion was [...]

 Leading specialists from ten European countries gathered at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” (24-26 June 2025) to discuss issues related to the transmission of Old Bulgarian translations from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. The scientific discussion focused on the problems of reconstruction of texts, preparation of critical editions and linguistic study of written monuments. The scientific event, sponsored by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, was organized by Prof. Alessandro Maria Bruni, Foreign Member of BAS. Among the participants in the prestigious scientific forum were four BAS scientists - Prof. Veselka Zhelyazkova and Prof. Svetlina Nikolova from the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre and Prof. Lora Taseva and Assoc. Prof. Dobriela Kotova from the Institute of Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology.  

The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov has opened today the Fifth Annual Scientific Conference of the Centre of Excellence "Heritage BG" in his capacity as R&D Coordinator of the eponymous project for the construction and development of the CoE. The conference is held in the Egg Hall of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski" on 17 and 18 June. "Heritage BG" is the only such center that has an annual scientific conference and its own periodical publication," Prof. Moutafov said at the opening. For the fifth consecutive year, the representatives of the partners in the only centre of excellence that is in the field of humanities will also hold fruitful discussions - a basis for intra-project collaborations and ideas for improving the environment in which [...]

The book "Macedonia in European Ethnic Cartography (Mid-19th century - the end of the First World War 1918)" (Македония в европейската етническа картография (Средата на XIX в. – края на Първата световна война 1918 г.) by Acad. Ivan Ilchev was presented on June 10 at the Prof. Marin Drinov Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The publication includes 60 maps. "This is a remarkable book, which on the one hand continues the tradition of publishing similar maps in Bulgaria, and on the other - of publishing sources for Macedonia. This is the most serious argument when we talk about Macedonia," the director of the Institute for Historical Studies of BAS, Prof. Daniel Vachkov, who hosted the event said. The Vice-President of BAS Prof. [...]