On 15 January 2026, Associate Professor Abdugani Mamadazimov from the Faculty of International Relations at the Tajik National University in Dushanbe presented his monograph dedicated to “gift diplomacy” at a lecture for students and faculty of the Centre for Eastern Languages and Studies of Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.

INSAIT, part of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, introduces DiffSim Trinity (diffsimtrinity.insait.ai), a new paradigm for autonomous driving built on differentiable simulation. The work builds on Waymax, the differentiable simulator developed by Waymo, a global leader in autonomous driving that originated from Google. DiffSim Trinity unifies the full sensor → action → outcome pipeline, enabling more precise, robust, and reliable autonomous driving systems.

An Open Day of the Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology (FCMP) was held at the Center for Oriental Languages and Cultures (COLC). The event was organized on the eve and on the occasion of World Arabic Language Day (2025), which is celebrated annually on 18 December at the initiative of UNESCO. The guests included faculty members, under- and post-graduate students not only from the Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies, but also from other programs in Sofia University, as well as Arab ambassadors, representatives of the diplomatic corps, and leading Bulgarian diplomats.

The GATE Institute at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” welcomed H.E. Chikahisa Sumi, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Bulgaria, on the occasion of his first official visit to the Institute. Prof. Sylvia Ilieva, Director of GATE, warmly received Ambassador Sumi and introduced him to the mission, development, and strategic vision of the Institute as Bulgaria’s Centre of Excellence in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.