Events in the year 2024 in Bulgaria.
Incumbents President: Rumen Radev Prime Minister: Nikolay Denkov (until 9 April); Dimitar Glavchev (since 9 April)
Events January 8–14 January – 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II B at Sofia
March 13 March – Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte dies in Sofia at the age of 78. 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. 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.
June 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: GERB emerges as the largest party in the Bulgarian contingent to the European Parliament. 9 June – June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: No party attains a majority in the National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats. 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.
July 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.
August 7 August – The National Assembly votes in favor of a legislative amendment banning the teaching of LGBTQ related topics in schools. 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.
September 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.
October 27 October – October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: No party attains a majority in the National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats.
December 12 December – The European Union grants Bulgaria and Romania full entry to the Schengen Area beginning in 2025. 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. 20 December – One person is killed in an avalanche in the Pirin.
Deaths
19 January – Georgi Kostov, composer and politician 2 February – Stefan Yanev, football player and writer 18 March – Angel Marin, Vice President of Bulgaria (2002–2012) 7 December – Doychin Vasilev, mountaineer and filmmaker, stroke. 16 December – Margarita Mihneva, journalist and television presenter, cancer.
Art and entertainment
List of Bulgarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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 List of years in Bulgaria
References
External links Online calendar