Balgarianovinite.com An Academic Organizing Committee, set up to coordinate the initiatives marking the 150th anniversary of the April 1876 Uprising, was presented here on Friday.
“We believe that the memory of the April 1876 Uprising merits to be marked in a dignified manner, with broad, powerful, and resonant national participation,” Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) President Evelina Slavcheva said at the presentation.
The struggle of the Bulgarian people against the five-century Ottoman rule and for national independence culminated in the uprising, which broke out on April 20 (New Style May 1), 1876. It was essentially an attempt at a bourgeois democratic revolution against the Ottoman feudal system, intended to clear the way for Bulgaria’s capitalist development. The brutal suppression of the uprising made the Bulgarian question a European concern and led to the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War resulting in the restoration of Bulgaria’s statehood.
At the end of 2025, on the initiative of the Assembly of Academicians and Corresponding Members, an Academic Initiative Committee was established to commemorate the anniversary with scientific conferences, lectures across the country, and scholarly publications, Slavcheva recalled. She explained that the initiators decided to assume responsibility to coordinate and consolidate the numerous yet fragmented preparations underway by local authorities, schools and chitalishte community centres.
“We need a dynamic platform including a national calendar of events commemorating the April Uprising. BAS will undertake to make this platform and calendar accessible,” the head of the Academy said.
“Our task is to join forces for the setting up of a programme that will not only mark the anniversary but will also remind us of the values of freedom, solidarity, and national responsibility that we owe not only to our ancestors but also to the future generations of Bulgaria,” Slavcheva commented.
Attending Friday’s event were Academic Initiative Committee members Academicians Georgi Markov, Ivan Ilchev and Ivan Granitski, Corresponding Members Atanas Semov and Atanas Kostov, BAS Vice-President Prof. Emanuel Mutafov, the Secretary General of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bishop Gerasim of Melnik, officials representing the Administration of the President, BTA Director General Kiril Valchev, representatives of the Vasil Levski All-Bulgarian Committee, the National Association of Municipalities, chitalishte community centres, mayors and scholars. April Uprising Merits to Be Commemorated with Dignity, Academy of Sciences President Says 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-13 12:57:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law