THE BULGARIAN NORTHWEST IN THE EUROPEAN SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTURIES, comp. Prof. D.Sc. Alexandre Kostov, Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia: Tendril Publishing House, 2026, 256 pp. ISBN 978-619-7812-04-6.

The collected volume "The Bulgarian Northwest in the European Southeast through the Ages" is the seventh publication in a row of reports from the annual conferences organized by the Branch of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) in the city of Montana, with a focus on Northwest Bulgaria. The volume, under the scientific editorship of Corresponding Member Alexander Kostov, is dedicated to migrations, cross-border relations, imagology, literature, education and museum work. It includes thirteen articles by researchers from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, New Bulgarian University, the regional historical museums in Vratsa, Montana and Oryahovo and local historians. For another year, scientific works by doctoral students and academics, studies presenting unpublished archival material and analyses of the cultural achievements of significant figures from the Northwest have been collected in one place.

The collection "The Bulgarian Northwest in the European Southeast through the Ages" continues the practice that has become a tradition for popularizing the history of Northwest Bulgaria, not only introducing unknown or little-known archival materials into scientific circulation, but also revealing the cultural wealth of the region. This seventh volume also clearly shows the growth of young researchers who have been given the opportunity to publish their scientific works in recent years.