President Rumen Radev and Vice President Iliana Yotova will take part this evening in the commemoration of the 149th anniversary of the brave actions of poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev and his chetnicks. The event will take place in Vratsa, the presidential press office announced. The Chair of the National Assembly, Natalia Kiselova, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Atanas Zapryanov, have also been invited to the ceremony.
At 9:00 p.m. in Hristo Botev Square, the head of state will deliver a speech on the occasion of Botev Day and in honor of those who died for Bulgaria’s freedom and independence. This will be followed by a solemn military tattoo and fireworks display, with the participation of service members from the 10th Mechanized Battalion – Vratsa and the Representative Military Brass Band of the Land Forces.
According to BTA’s Reference Department, Botev Day was first celebrated in 1884 in Vratsa and Plovdiv.
On Thursday it will be sunny and hot again. There will be light wind from the north-northwest. The highest temperatures will be between 36° and 41°C; in Sofia - around 36°C. In the mountains it will be mostly sunny. The wind..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov led the Bulgarian delegation at the recently concluded NATO Summit in The Hague. Speaking to journalists, he stated that an agreement had been reached — with Bulgaria’s support — for each allied country to raise its..
The National Revenue Agency is inspecting currency exchange offices due to increased interest in buying euros . Within just one week, the exchange of Bulgarian leva into euros increased by 43%, the agency’s director, Rumen Spetsov, announced in..
At the invitation of Jagiellonian University, one of the oldest universities in Europe, founded in 1364 , Vice President Iliana Yotova will be in Krakow,..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has issued a warning about a national strike in Belgium on 25 June 2025, organised by the trade unions...
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov has proposed the establishment of wartime command centres for state institutions . A draft decree from the Council of..
+359 2 9336 661