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Bulgarian Students Win 1 Gold, 2 Silver Medals in 27th International Informatics Olympiad in Almaty

Sofia, July 31 (BTA) - Bulgarian students won one gold and two
silver medals in the 27th International Olympiad in Informatics,
 held in Kazakhstan's capital city of Almaty, said the Education
 Ministry on Friday.

Hristo Venev, an eleventh-grader from Sofia's Paisiy Hilendarski
 Mathematics High School, won his third gold medal.

The silver medals went to Daniel Atanassov, an eleventh-grader
from the same high school and to Encho Mishinev, a tenth-grader
from Yambol (Southeast Bulgaria) Atanas Radev Mathematics High
School.

The idea of initiating international olympiads in informatics
for school students was proposed to the 24th UNESCO General
Conference in Paris by the Bulgarian delegate, Professor
Blagovest Sendov, back in 1987. This plan was included into the
Fifth Main Program of UNESCO for the biennium 1988-1989 and in
May of 1989, UNESCO initiated and sponsored the first
International Olympiad in Informatics, which was held in
Bulgaria in the same year.