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A working meeting on the project "Infrastructure for Sustainable Development of Marine Research Including the Participation of Bulgaria in the European Infrastructure EURO-ARGO-MASRI" was held on 13 January 2026 at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Oceanology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.On behalf of the Institute of Oceanology - BAS, the meeting was attended by Prof. Dr. Valentina Todorova - Director, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Preslav Peev - Deputy Director for International Affairs, and Assoc. Prof. ...

​VideoSeven paddle boards have been provided to develop and promote rowing sports among students at Medical University - Varna. Since last autumn students have been able to practise canoeing and kayaking in real conditions on Lake Varna at the training facilities of the Black Sea Breeze Canoe-Kayak Sports Club.    "The first paddle boards have already been delivered, and we are expecting two more competition ones," explained Assoc. Prof. Zhulieta Videnova, head of the Department of Physical Educ...

The renovated and modernised facilities of the First Clinic of Surgery at UMHAT “Saint Marina"–Varna have been officially opened today with the blessing of His Eminence Yoan, the Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav. “The medical community is a unique one as it is a source of hope and a ray of light in our society," said the Metropolitan in his speech, recalling that 2026 is dedicated to St. Ivan Rilski, also known as St. John of Rila, the Miracle-Worker – the patron saint of Bulgarian docto...

MU–Varna has made a new investment to support scientific innovation for the benefit of society, and now boasts modern research equipment for X-ray imaging diagnostics. It is targeted at developing, testing, and optimising new techniques for screening and early diagnosis of breast cancer.The mammography system was officially opened by the Rector of MU-Varna Prof. Dr. Dimitar Raykov and the Executive Director of UMHAT "St. Marina"–Varna Prof. Dr. Silva Andonova, and the consecration ceremony was p...

Following the signing of a Memorandum between Medical University – Varna and the Austrian American Foundation (Open Medical Institute, OMI), six postgraduate students at MU–Varna have been approved to participate in one-week intensive training courses in Salzburg in 2026.The approved specialities are:​Diagnostic ImagingNeurosurgeryInternal MedicineBone and Joint SurgeryPaediatric Haematology and OncologyPaediatric Endocrinology and DiabetesThe training courses are part of the established educati...