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.