A significant discovery was made during the rescue archaeological excavations of a burial mound in the village of Kriva Bara, Vratsa region. The excavations were financed by the National Archaeological Institute with Museum under a contract with Bulgartransgaz EAD for the preservation of the archaeological heritage during the construction of a gas pipeline connecting the underground gas storage Chiren with the existing gas transmission network. They were conducted under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefan Alexandrov (NAIM - BAS). The team members are Prof. Piotr Wlodarchak (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology - Cracow) and Dr. Rosica Manova (expert restorer). Six burial structures from the first half of the 3rd millennium BC related to the earliest stage of the formation of the Thracian ethnic group [...]

  Address of the Presidents of National Academies of Sciences of the European Union Member States to the candidates for the 2024 European Parliament elections     Ensure European Union’s global leadership position in science and innovation European science operates at the forefront of global research and innovation. Scientists across the European Union are engaged in research and development on fundamental, practical, and societal problems. Science and innovation are quintessential for the European Union’s freedom and resilience, for its global competitiveness, its prosperity and well-being. This should not be taken for granted. It is essential to safeguard the open and international collaborative character of the scientific endeavour, invest in the full breadth of science and scholarship, and guarantee the uptake of scientific insights into policies [...]

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences honoured Corr. Memb. Atanas Kovachev with the "Marin Drinov" honorary medal. The Vice-Chairman of the Assembly of Academicians and Corresponding Members of BAS, Acad. Damyan Damyanov, presented the award at a ceremony held on 29 April. The honorary medal is awarded to Corr. Memb. Kovachev for his contribution to the architectural heritage of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, for his achievements in designing, research, multifaceted public, organizational, expert and pedagogical activities and on the occasion of his 70th anniversary. The scientific interests of Corr. Memb. Atanas Kovachev are in the field of urban theory and history of architecture, urban and territorial planning; development of green systems; buildings and recreational complexes; ecological problems of settlements; sustainable development of territories. Corr. Memb. [...]

The seventeenth Spring Seminar of PhD students and young scientists from BAS institutes was held from 23 to 25 April in the hall of the "Mechatronics and Clean Technologies" National Center of Excellence, Geo Milev Campus. PhD students, young scientists and postdocs from eight institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: IOCCPC, IOMT, IEES, IP, ISSP, IE, IMicB and IGIC, and from two universities: UCTM-Sofia and MU-Sofia participated. The papers of the participants covered topical areas of science and provoked lively discussions. The programme included scientific and educational lectures in the field of chemistry, physics, biology and materials science presented by Corr. Memb. Prof. DSc Vassya Bankova - IOCCPC, Prof. DSc Liudmil Antonov - IE, Prof. Dr. Albena Alexandrova - INB, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emi [...]