Vassil Levski

 Events were held in many places across the country marking the 184th birth anniversary of Bulgarian revolutionary and national hero Vassil Levski. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski organized and led a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from the Ottoman rule. 

On 19th February, Bulgaria honours the memory of the national hero, Vasil Levski (Vasil Ivanov Kounchev).

Although today Bulgaria marks 148 years since the day he was hung, in the minds of Bulgarian people he remains as immortal.

The metro and part of the ground transport will work on New Year's Eve and night buses will run on a modified route, the press center of Sofia Municipality announced.

Trams serving lines 5, 7, 8, 12, 18, 20 and 22, trolley numbers 1, 2, 4 and 9, as well as buses on lines 83, 102, 85, 285, 310, 213, will run over the night.

SOFIA - South African Embassy requests all members of the public to honor the Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July 2018. We call upon members of the society from all walks of life to spend 67 minutes of their time, on Nelson Mandela's birthday - 18 July to perform duties or activities in service to our communities.

On July 18th, at 21.00, a solemn ceremony followed by fireworks display will take place at the Vasil Levski Square.It will be attended by Bulgaria's President Roumen Radev: Vice President Ilyiana Yotova and Deputy Chief of Defense, Lieutenant General Plamen Atanasov, according to BNT.