Five specific benefits with a total financial effect of BGN 1.63 billion per year will receive Bulgaria from joining the Schengen area by land. This is according to the assessment of the scientists from the Economic Research Institute at BAS in a special study conducted in early 2024 on the initiative of the Ministry of Economy and Industry on the economic impact of the forthcoming decision for Bulgarian citizens to travel freely between the individual member states without being subject to border controls. The biggest benefit is for heavy freight transport as well as for producers and exporters of goods whose direct costs are estimated at BGN 845 million. The foregone benefits of heavy goods transport amount to BGN 545 million. The direct and potential [...]

In the European Union, there is convergence which arises from faster economic growth in low-income countries. For Bulgaria this growth is not enough - it became clear at the opening of the jubilee scientific conference on "Economic Development and Policies: Realities and Prospects. European Integration, Convergence and Cohesion". The forum is organized on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Economic Research Institute at BAS (ERI) and is attended by experts from 3 research institutes, lecturers and PhD students from 8 higher education institutions in the country, as well as scientists from Romania, Poland, Georgia, Lithuania, Germany, Great Britain and France. It was open by Prof. Dr. Irena Zareva - Director of ERI. In her welcoming speech, she said that the scientists had been [...]

The Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrated 75 years since its establishment with a gala celebration at the Academy. The Director of the Institute, Prof. Irena Zareva, gave a welcome speech and recalled that the idea for the establishment of the Institute was born in 1947, and in 1949, by a decision of the Governing Council of BAS, it was established as a unit of the Academy. Since its establishment, it has been the scientific unit of the BAS that carries out fundamental and applied research in the field of economic sciences. On behalf of the leadership of BAS, a congratulatory address was delivered by the Vice President of the Academy Corr. Mem. Stefan Hadjitodorov and the President of the General [...]

IPHS scientists are developing an app to protect and improve maternal mental health after childbirth As part of an initiative to support mothers, the Institute for Population and Human Studies (IPHS-BAS) has been awarded the SpinOff 2024 prize. We are happy to be able to participate with our scientific expertise in improving and protecting the psychological well-being of mothers  through Momfident even though we are in a preliminary phase, noted Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stoyanka Cherkezova from IPHS-BAS. The idea is to develop an app to safeguard and improve the mental health and well-being of mothers in the first three years after childbirth. The app uses artificial intelligence models that are fed only with verified information from scientific research. The app supports mothers in the form [...]

  More than 40 papers were presented by scientists at a scientific conference at the Economic Research Institute (ERI) of BAS. The forum "Economic Development and Policies: Realities and Prospects" is an annual event, this year dedicated to the topic "National and European Challenges of the Transition to a Green Economy". It was attended by representatives of the Ministries of Finance and Energy, NGOs and academia in the country. The conference programme included 4 thematic areas - sustainable development, economic growth and labour market in the transition to a green economy; European perspectives and financing of the green transition; impacts of the transition to a green economy on the regional and sectoral economy and the transition to a green economy and companies. The plenary report [...]

Dr. Petar Topurov, Assistant Professor at the Civil Law department of the Institute for the State and Law of BAS, won the annual award for scientific publication in the field of legal science, named after Dr. Ilko Eskenazi. The prize has been awarded since 2005 by the International Foundation "St. St. Cyril and Methodius” and the “Dr. Ilko Eskenazi” Memorial Fund. The competition for the award aims to honour one written work in the fields of "Law" and "Economics" related to the integration of Bulgaria and its membership in the EU and is intended for young scholars up to 35 years of age. This year, the scientific jury awarded the prize to Dr. Petar Topurov for his study entitled "Domestic Violence as a Form of [...]