site.btaToday'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:

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

1990: The first party after the fall of Todor Zhivkov - the Green Party - is registered under the Persons and Family Act.

1994: Diplomatic relations are established with Belize. 

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

2000: Bulgaria's accession negotiations with the EU open officially in Brussels.