site.btaToday's Observances: February 15

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Today's
Observances:
February 15


The world:

- Serbian Statehood Day (instituted on July 10, 2001);

- International Day of Children with Cancer.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1891: The State Gazette promulgates Bulgaria's first trade agreements with France, Germany and Austria.

1945: The Narodna Prosveta publishing house is established, the largest publisher of textbooks in Bulgaria.

1946: The first issue of the "Sturshel" weekly for humour and satire comes out.

1950: Bulgaria's first foreign-language secondary school opens in Lovech (North Central Bulgaria) as a successor to an American all-girls school.

1990: The Green Party, the first party political party after the fall of totalitarianism, is registered under the Persons and Family Act.

1994: Diplomatic relations established with Belize.

1997: The Union of Democratic Forces Coalition becomes a political party at its 9th National Conference.

2000: Bulgaria-EU accession negotiations open officially in Brussels.

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