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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Bulgaria

The list of Bulgaria bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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19 Dec 2008 (Bulgaria Morning Update-Sofia) The Bulgaria Stock Exchange (BSE) has announced that it will be on holidays from Wednesday, December 24, 2008, until Sunday, January 4, 2009, inclusively. • 21 Nov 2008 (Sofia Echo-Sofia) As we had forecast in January, earlier this week the government of Bulgaria announced an additional end-of-the-year bridge public holiday for Friday, January 2, 2009, and confirmed the bridge public holiday on Wednesday, December 31, 2008. • 11 Nov 2008 (Sofia Echo-Sofia) The Government of Bulgaria confirmed that Wednesday, December 31, 2008, would be a one-off public holiday, in addition to the legally mandated holidays from December 24-28 and January 1st. • 13 Aug 2008 (Bulgarian Cabinet Decree) A recent Cabinet Decree has made Friday, August 15, 2008, a one-off municipal public holiday in the Black Sea city of Varna which, on this date, celebrates its holiday. • 21 Jun 2008 (FOCUS Information Agency) The Bulgarian Ministry for State Administration and Administrative Reform announced that Bulgarian state administrative officials are to observe their annual professional holiday on Monday, June 23, 2008. • 11 Jan 2008 (Journey Bulgaria) The government of Bulgaria announced that it had declared 2 bridge public holidays, one on Friday, May 2, and one on Monday, May 5, 2008. • 31 May 2007 (Novinite News Agency) The Mayor of Sofia wrote to the Bulgarian Prime Minister, asking him to declare the Monday, June 11, 2007, a non-working day, on the occasion of the visit of US President, George W. Bush. • 09 May 2007 (Email from Bulgarian client) Monday, May 21, 2007, has been declared a special, one-off, public holiday in Bulgaria, akin to the November 1st, annual special public holiday, which only affects schools and the education sector. • 04 May 2007 (Bulgarian Stock Exchange) The special working Saturday of May 19, 2007, has been moved to June 2, 2007. • 17 Nov 2006 The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) has announced that it will be closed from Monday, December 25, 2006 to Tuesday, January 2, 2007 (inclusive). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Bulgaria public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Bulgaria are regulated by the Labour Code of Bulgaria, as amended in 1992 by decree 81 (to allow non-Orthodox to take public holidays according to their religion) and decree 262 (to add November 1st as a holiday in all educational institutions). • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • Bulgaria started to officially declare Bridge Holidays in 2007. To make up for these extra public holidays, there are designated specific Working Saturdays. • 2007 Working Saturdays: April 21, June 2, September 15, December 15, • Liberation Day is Bulgaria's National Day and commemorates the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman rule in 1878. During communist occupation, it was celebrated once in 1978, and it bacame the national day following a resolution of the Parliament passed on 5 March 1990 . • The Second Day of Christmas is neither Boxing Day nor Saint Stephen's Day but rather one of the public holidays left over from the communist era. They would celebrate this day after since they weren't allowed to celebrate Christmas itself. It is needless to say that they didn't give it up. • Revival Leaders' Day or Enlightenment Leaders Day is one of the national public holidays, but only schools and universities close (banks, businesses, and the government are open). • Days of National Mourning: Bulgaria has a tradition of declaring public holidays of national mourning when major industrial or traffic accidents occur. One such day was even declared in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bulgarian National Bank (Bulgaria central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Bulgaria, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bulgaria, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Bulgaria, before planning any trip to Bulgaria. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.