Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Bulgarian citizens, angered over controversial changes to the electoral code, planned to stage a protest in front of parliament in Sofia on Tuesday.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has appointed Prof. Ivan Dimov as Deputy Education Minister, the government's press service informed on Friday.

Prof. Dimov holds a doctorate in technical sciences and is specialist in devising mathematical models in the field of ecology and financial mathematics.

The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (Black Sea M.A.P), one of the largest international maritime archaeological projects ever attempted, has completed its first field season.

The field season lasted between 13 September and 16 October 2015 and was conducted within a designated area according to a permit issued by the Bulgarian government.

The Institute of Solid State Physics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ISSP-BAS) held a workshop on "Nanotechnology and nanomaterials: new equipment in the ISSP-BAS" with representatives of leading companies in the nanotechnology field in Bulgaria at the Inter Expo hotel in Sofia on December 10.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin is to table a strategy on dealing with the demographic crisis facing the country by the end of this year.

In an interview for private Kanal 3 on Sunday, Kalfin noted that concrete bills on the topic will follow suit.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is expected to arrive on his four-day visit to Bulgaria on Saturday.

The Archbishop of Constantinople will visit Bulgaria at the invitation of Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and the bishops of the Holy Synod.

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN) issued a red code over considerable rainfall and strong winds in the province of Burgas.

According to the forecast, considerable rainfall up to 60-70 litres per square metre and a strong northern wind is expected on Tuesday.

15 districts in central and eastern Bulgaria are under a "code yellow" weather alert due to heavy rainfall, according to a forecast of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).

Six Bulgarian cities are participating in the tenth edition of the European Researchers' Night which is taking place on Friday.

Events will take place simultaneously in 280 cities across Europe and beyond.

The six Bulgarian cities hosting events are Sofia, Plovidv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse and Stara Zagora, daily Dnevnik informs.

Bulgarian archaeologists discovered an ancient Roman hoard consisting of 2976 silver denarii coins during excavations works at Saint Nedelya square in downtown Sofia.

The coins were found in a ceramic vessel, which bears the name of its last owner inscribed on one of its sides, Cross news agency informs.