Central Military Club

Bulgaria commemorates a significant milestone today as it celebrates 20 years of NATO membership. On March 29, 2004, Bulgaria, alongside several other nations including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, officially became a member of the NATO alliance.

The charity initiative "The Bulgarian Christmas" shows that when there is a cause and dedicated people, even with minimal resources, a great effect can be achieved. This was stated by President Rumen Radev at a meeting with the partners of the donation campaign, which is being conducted under the auspices of the Head of State in aid of sick children.

The "Worthy Bulgarians" awards were presented at the sixteenth annual ceremony in the official hall of the Central Military Club. It attracted nearly 40 Bulgarian citizens who helped in the past year to be in trouble or have contributed to the development of society.

Bulgaria celebrates the national holiday - 140 years since the liberation from Ottoman Rule. On March 3 (February 19th in old style), in 1878, the San Stefano Peace Treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was signed, which provides for the rebuilding of Bulgaria. Independence was proclaimed thirty years later - on September 22 (October 5 in a new style) 1908.

The centenary of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Denmark has been marked at the Central Military Club of the Serbian Army in Belgrade.

The ceremony was addressed by Minister of Defense Zoran Djordjevic and Charge d'Affaires of the Danish embassy Morten Skovgaard Hansen.

On March, 21 the Embassy of Azerbaijan organized a music concert followed by a tasting Azerbaijani cuisine, held at the Central Military Club.

The concert is part of the year-round celebration of the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria.

Two anniversaries involving Sudan were celebrated in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Tuesday.

Diplomats, politicians and other guests marked at the Central Military Club the 60th anniversary since the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of the Sudan established diplomatic relations.

But Sudan itself also marked an anniversary of its independence which dates back 61 years.

Prominent Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass promised on Monday to reveal "for the first time how Tutankhamun died" at his public lecture in Sofia.

Croatia's Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic arrives Monday in Sofia for an official visit at the invitation of her Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov.

Apart from Mitov, Pusic is to also meet with President Rosen Plevneliev, Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva, and a number of ministers, according to the press office of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry.

BELGRADE - During the Days of Belgrade, which will be marked April 16-18, the Serbian capital will host renowned Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov, who will be declared the honorary citizen of Belgrade.