2024 in Bulgaria
Bulgaria-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in Bulgaria.
Incumbents
- President: Rumen Radev
- Prime Minister: Nikolay Denkov (until 9 April); Dimitar Glavchev (since 9 April)
Events
- 8–14 January – 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II B at Sofia[1]
- 13 March – Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte dies in Sofia at the age of 78.[2]
- 31 March – Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.[3]
- 31 March – Customs agents seize 403 kilograms (about 887 pounds) of heroin valued at 8.5 million euros ($9 million).from a truck traveling from Iran to Western Europe at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing with Turkey.[4]
Scheduled events
- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election
- 9 June – 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Art and entertainment
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 3 March – Liberation Day
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 3 May – Orthodox Good Friday
- 4–6 May – Orthodox Easter
- 6 May – Armed Forces Day and Saint George's Day
- 24 May – Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavic Script Day
- 6 September – Unification Day
- 22 September – Independence Day
- 1 November – Day of the Bulgarian Enlighteners
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25–26 December – Christmas Days
See also
References
- ^ "Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship". All Sports Db. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Почина Българският патриарх Неофит (Обновява се) - По света и у нас - БНТ Новини". bntnews.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria, Romania partially join EU's visa-free Schengen zone". France 24. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria seizes heroin worth nearly $8.5 million in truck heading from Iran to Western Europe". Associated Press. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Bulgarian Official Holidays". National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
External links
- Online calendar
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