2024 in Bulgaria
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Events in the year 2024 in Bulgaria.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Rumen Radev
- Prime Minister: Nikolay Denkov (until 9 April); Dimitar Glavchev (since 9 April)
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 8–14 January – 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II B at Sofia[1]
March
[edit]- 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]
June
[edit]- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election:[5] GERB emerges as the largest party in the Bulgarian contingent to the European Parliament.[6]
- 9 June – June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: No party attains a majority in the National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats.[7]
- 30 June – The Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin, a member of the pro-Russian faction among the church's senior clergy, as Patriarch of All Bulgaria.[8]
July
[edit]- 3 July – The National Assembly votes 138-98 to reject a proposed GERB-SDS minority government to be headed by former parliamentary speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov.[9]
August
[edit]- 7 August – The National Assembly votes in favor of a legislative amendment banning the teaching of LGBTQ related topics in schools.[10]
- 12 August – Authorities announce the seizure of 436 kilograms of heroin valued at 35 million euros from a trailer in the port of Burgas that originated from Kyrgyzstan via Georgia.[11]
September
[edit]- 13 September – An Aero L-39 Albatros trainer jet of the Bulgarian Air Force crashes during a rehearsal for an airshow near Graf Ignatievo Air Base, killing its two pilots.[12]
October
[edit]- 27 October – October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: No party attains a majority in the National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats.[13]
December
[edit]- 12 December – The European Union grants Bulgaria and Romania full entry to the Schengen Area beginning in 2025.[14]
- 15 December – Authorities seize 190 kilograms of cocaine valued at $7 million from a cargo ship that had docked in the port of Burgas from Peru.[15]
- 20 December – One person is killed in an avalanche in the Pirin.[16]
Deaths
[edit]- 19 January – Georgi Kostov, composer and politician[17]
- 2 February – Stefan Yanev, football player and writer[18]
- 18 March – Angel Marin, Vice President of Bulgaria (2002–2012)[19]
- 7 December – Doychin Vasilev, mountaineer and filmmaker, stroke.[20]
- 16 December – Margarita Mihneva, journalist and television presenter, cancer.[21]
Art and entertainment
[edit]Holidays
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bulgarians cast ballots for a new parliament and in European Union elections". Associated Press. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Bulgarian election delivers another fragmented parliament". Al Jazeera. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Centre right bags victory in Bulgaria national and EU elections". euronews. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria's Orthodox Church elects a new patriarch with pro-Russian views". Associated Press. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Bulgarian Parliament rejects new government proposed by leader of main party". Associated Press. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Protesters rally outside Bulgarian parliament to denounce ban on LGBTQ+ 'propaganda' in schools". Associated Press. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria seizes heroin at a Black Sea port worth $38 million en route from Kyrgizstan". Associated Press. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "A military jet crashes in Bulgaria during a drill. Both pilots are killed". Associated Press. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria centre right leads in snap vote, fails to win majority: Exit polls". Al Jazeera. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "EU lets Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check-free travel zone". Associated Press. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Bulgarian officials seize 420 pounds of cocaine hidden on a cargo ship from Peru". Associated Press. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Avalanche on Bulgaria's Pirin Mountain kills 1 man". Associated Press. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ Nedkova, Silviya (19 January 2024). "Почина композиторът Георги Костов". Площад Славейков (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Почина спортният коментатор и бивш футболист Стефан Янев". Dnes.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Former Bulgarian Vice President Angel Marin Passes Away at 82". Novinite.com. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "На 80 години почина алпинистът Дойчин Василев". bnr.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Margarita Mikhneva has died". Fakti.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 18 December 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.
