site.btaToday's Observances: March 29

Bulgaria:

- Day of War Cripples and Casualties in the Performance of Their Constitutional Military Duties (since 1993).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1915: First society of war disabled veterans is set up.

1972: Diplomatic relations restored with Pakistan. Established in 1965, broken on January 13, 1972. 

1990: Moratorium imposed on the repayment of Bulgaria's debt to foreign commercial creditors. 

2000: Parliament ratifies the European Social Charter.

2001: Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946, donates Park Vrana  to Sofia Municipality.  

2003: National Association of Orphans in Bulgaria is set up.    

2004: Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha presents to US Secretary of State Colin Powell the ratification instrument on Bulgaria's accession to NATO. Bulgaria thereby becomes a full NATO Member.

2012: Parliament votes a resolution upholding government's decision to terminate work on the construction of a nuclear power plant at Belene.