2025 in Bulgaria

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Events in the year 2025 in Bulgaria .

Incumbents

• President: Rumen Radev
• Prime Minister: Dimitar Glavchev (until 16 January); Rosen Zhelyazkov (16 January onwards)

Events

January

• 1 January – Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area. ^[1]
• 16 January – The National Assembly approves a coalition government between GERB, the BSP and the ITN led by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov of GERB. ^[2]

February

• 6 February – The National Assembly votes against a bill from the pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party on foreign-funded NGOs. The bill is rejected after 112 MPs vote against, 38 support it and 48 abstain. ^[3]
• 22 February – A door at the Sofia branch of the European Commission is set on fire by protesters organized by the pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party demonstrating against Bulgaria's adoption of the euro. ^[4]
• 26 February – The Constitutional Court of Bulgaria orders a recount of votes cast in the October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election after voting discrepancies are found in half of polling stations sampled as part of an audit. ^[5]

March

• 14 March – The 51st National Assembly of Bulgaria is reconvened with adjustments made following the recount, which sees the Velichie party entering parliament. ^[6]

April

• 3 April – The Zhelzyazkov government survives a no-confidence motion filed by Vazrazhdane in the National Assembly. ^[7]
• 17 April – The Zhelzyazkov government survives a no-confidence motion filed by MECh in the National Assembly. ^[8]

June

• 4 June – The European Union approves Bulgaria's adoption of the euro, becoming the 21st member state of the eurozone effective 1 January 2026. ^[9]

July

• 20 July – Authorities seize a van at the border with Turkey in Haskovo Province carrying nearly 206 kilograms of cocaine valued at 20 million euros ($22 million) and arrest three people on board, including a Congolese diplomat stationed in Belgium, in what is the largest such seizure in Bulgaria's land orders. ^[10]

August

• 31 August – An aircraft carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is subjected to suspected GPS jamming blamed on Russia, forcing it to land at Plovdiv Airport. ^[11]

September

• 15 September – Authorities announce the arrest in Vasil Levski Sofia Airport of Igor Grechushki, the Russian owner of the cargo vessel that delivered a shipment of ammonium nitrate to Lebanon that caused the 2020 Beirut explosion. ^[12]

Art and entertainment

• List of Bulgarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Bulgaria

Source: ^{[13] [14]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 3 March – Liberation Day
• 18 April – Orthodox Good Friday
• 19–21 April – Orthodox Easter
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 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

Deaths

• 2 July – Verka Siderova, 99, folk singer. ^[15]
• 6 August – Krastyo Ralenkov, 60, poet. ^[16]
• 10 August – Tatyana Chervenyakova, 71, physician. ^[17]
• 16 August – Mincho Panayotov, 80, painter. ^[18]

References

1. "Ceremonies mark full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe's Schengen travel zone". Associated Press. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
2. "Bulgaria's parliament approves new coalition government led by centre-right's Rosen Zhelyazkov". AP News. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
3. "Bulgaria votes down 'foreign agent' bill".
4. "1,000 Bulgarian nationalists protest against government plans to adopt euro currency". AP News. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
5. Dmytro Basmat (27 February 2025). "Bulgarian court orders recount of parliamentary election results amid voting discrepancies". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
6. "Bulgaria's ruling coalition is left with a slim majority after vote recount". AP News. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
7. "Bulgaria's government survives a no-confidence vote brought by a pro-Russia political party". AP News. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
8. "Bulgarian government survives a no-confidence vote over corruption". AP News. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
9. "The euro is about to get a new member, Bulgaria. What's the eurozone and how do countries join?". AP News. 7 June 2025.
10. "Bulgarian authorities seize a large amount of cocaine hidden in a van". AP News. 20 July 2025.
11. "Bulgaria's prime minister orders further investigation into von der Leyen's flight". AP News. 5 September 2025.
12. "Bulgaria arrests Russian owner of ship at center of Beirut port blast in 2020". AP News. 16 September 2025.
13. "Bulgaria Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
14. "Bulgarian Official Holidays". National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
15. "Почина народната певица Верка Сидерова". News.bg (in Bulgarian). 2 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
16. "Почина поетът Кръстьо Раленков". dariknews.bg (in Bulgarian). 6 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
17. "Почина проф. д-р Татяна Червенякова". Vesti.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
18. Лазарова, Антония (16 August 2025). "Почина големият български художник Минчо Панайотов - Евроком" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 17 August 2025.

External links

• Online calendar