At the ceremony in London, the writer said in Bulgarian: "Happy holiday, happy miracle of language!" The novel "Time Shelter" by the writer and poet Georgi Gospodinov, who is a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, won this year's Booker International Prize. The novel was translated into English by Angela Rodel. The prize is shared between Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel, giving the author and the translator equal recognition. The winner was announced on 23 May at a ceremony at the Sky Garden in London. "Writers not only from my country but also from the Balkans often feel outside the sphere of English-speaking attention," said Gospodinov. "It is usually assumed that 'big themes' are reserved for 'big literatures' or literatures written in [...]

The Fourth Interdisciplinary Doctoral Students Forum with International Participation was held from 16 to 19 May 2023 at the Spartak Hotel in Sandanski. The event was organised by the Training Center (TC) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Career Center of TC. The Forum was officially opened by Prof. Julian Revalski, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Full Member of BAS and Prof. Dr. Evdokiya Pasheva, Vice President of BAS and Director of the Training Centre - BAS. For the first time, the traditional event of the Training Center - BAS brought together young scientists and lecturers from both home and abroad to exchange scientific ideas. In an atmosphere of scientific creativity over 90 PhD students from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland, [...]