Ministry of Education and Science (Bulgaria)
The Ministry of Education and Science (, "Ministerstvo na obrazovanieto i naukata") of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with regulating and promoting the educational and scientific work in the country. It was founded as the Ministry of Popular Enlightenment in 1879 and existed under this name until 1947, after which it changed its name numerous times. In 2009 the name changed from "Ministry of Education and Science" to "Ministry of Education, Youth and Science". In 2013, this change was reversed. Az-Buki. The national publishing house "Az-buki" under the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and  Science currently publishes the weekly newspaper "Az-buki" ("Аз-буки" in Bulgarian) and 9 scientific journals. Its publications are intended for students, tutors, Bulgarian cultural centers and communities in and outside Bulgaria. Nadia Kantareva-Baruh is the director of the publishing house. Newspaper. The first edition of the national newspaper "Az-buki" came out on April 10, 1991. The weekly publication continues the tradition of a newspaper, which started to come out in 1896. "Az-buki" is distributed by means of subscription and each individual copy is read by an average of 22,8 people. Publications. The list below includes nine  scientific journals, which are indexed, referred, listed and abstracted in international databases, such as Web of Science, Philosopher's Index, Scopus, ERIH PLUS, Google Scholar and Russian Science Citation Index.