Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgarian students win 4 medals at International Biology Olympiad

Photo: BGNES

Bulgarian students have won 4 bronze medals at the 31st International Biology Olympiad (IBO 2020), which took place remotely on August 11th and 12th. The Bulgarian youngsters competed with over 280 participants from 70 countries.

For the third year in a row, all members of the Bulgarian team won medals at the most prestigious international biology competition. The medalists are Kiril Toshev, Dimitar Kutrovski and Nikola Dimitrov from 12th grade and Viktor Gilin from 11th grade.

The team leaders are Assoc. Prof. Albena Yordanova from the Faculty of Medicine, Assoc. Prof. Snezhana Tomova-Gogova from the Faculty of Biology at Sofia University and Dr. Radoslav Alexandrov from the Institute of Molecular Biology.





Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgarian pupils in Rome revive the memory of the first Bulgarian school in Chiprovtsi dating to 1624

An unusual opening of the new school year was made by the students and teachers of the Bulgarian school "Asen and Ilia Peikov" in Rome and Florence.  The event was attended by the Ambassador of Bulgaria to Italy H.E. Kostadin Kodzhabashev, as well as..

published on 9/18/24 3:15 PM

More than 80 craftsmen to demonstrate their skills at Veliko Tarnovo handicrafts festival

A six-day handicrafts festival in Veliko Tarnovo kicks off the celebrations of Bulgaria's 116th anniversary of independence , reports BNR correspondent Zdravka Maslyankova.  More than 80 craftsmen from all over the country will take part in the..

published on 9/18/24 7:50 AM
An aerial view of the St Sophia Basilica. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral can be seen in the background.

Sofia - more modern than ancient in the eyes of foreign tourists

St. Sophia - the church that gave the Bulgarian capital its present-day name - is dwarfed by St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral , which towers in the centre of the square of the same name. With its white façade, gleaming gold and green domes and beautiful..

published on 9/17/24 8:20 AM