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On September 23, 2025, a meeting was held at the Geological Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with a delegation from the China Earthquake Administration, led by the organization’s Vice President Mr. Zhang Qin. During the meeting, Bulgaria and China shared their experience in seismic hazard assessment, discussed the activities of both organiztions, and explored opportunities for scient ...

The first lecture of the autumn series of scientific seminars at the Geological Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is on the topic: "Progress in the implementation of investment BG-RRP-2.011-0010 in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan: are there any traces of recent earthquakes on the Deven Fault?". The lecturer is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Radulov. The seminar will be held on S ...

Within the framework of a grant scheme with the Czech Academy of Sciences, researchers Petra Štěpančíková, Petr Tábořík and Jakub Stemberk are visiting the Geological Institute. They will be introduced to the progress of the project "The Role of the Devens Fault for Safe and Efficient Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide", funded by the EU Recovery and Resilience Mechanism. The work program includ ...

In August 2025, the book "Computer modeling of key radionuclides in loess complex" was published in English - a monographic work with author Dimitar Antonov, printed by the Academic Publishing House "Prof. Marin Drinov", BAS. The study is the result of three years of work and presents a comprehensive assessment of the geosphere from the point of view of the movement of key radionuclides in Quatern ...

Within the scope of the iNNO SED project work program, on Aug 7-8th the team from the Geological Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Science carried out sediment sampling in the Danube River basin (rivers Ogosta, Iskar, Yantra, and Danube near Vetren and near Lake Srebarna). The team also visited DS6 site - Danube River near Silistra, where they held a field meeting with colleagues from IBER-BAS ...