On April 4th, a meeting for the "Children's Literature - Challenges and Opportunities", took place at the American Center at Sofia City Library.

Representatives of the Ministry of Education, City Library, libraries from across the country, as well as teachers, authors and publishers, were among the attendees. Topics discussed were the role of libraries in children's reading, the responsibility of publishers of children's literature, and art of the translation in children's literature.

The Good Wins! This is the motto of the fifteenth festival of the Bulgarian Association of Communication Agencies which is taking place in Albena resort.

The second event of its kind for popular science - a Ratio forum, is coming up.

After the huge success of its first edition in the fall of last year, this year's forum for the science of human language will be held on April 27th at the Mladezki Theatre Sofia. Ratio 2013 will introduce you to new scientific topics presented by four interesting speakers who talk about science that is engaging and accessible for everyone. Ratio wants to show that science is not just for scientists - it could be interesting for everyone.

Bulgaria is second in the team standings and a total of 11 medals from the 37th World Championship of Journalist Tennis Players that took place in the beginning of September in Albena resort with the support of Sopharma.

Program

Draft agenda

8:30 – 9:00 Registration and coffee

9:00 – 9:10 Official opening

Dr. Miroslav Nenkov, Minister of Health

Tony Thompson, Country Manager, The World Bank

Ognyan Donev, PhD, Chairman of Confederation of the Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG)

Dr. Tsvetan Raichinov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Association

Prof. Ilko Getov, Chairman of Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union

9:10 – 10:00 First panel