site.btaObservances: April 25-26

April 25

The world:

- World Malaria Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1878: Prince Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov, the Russian Emperor's commissioner in Bulgaria, approves Provisional Rules for the Bulgarian Land Troops. The act marks the establishment of the Bulgarian Armed Forces.

1928: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits the Stara Zagora and Plovdiv regions in Southern Bulgaria.

1980: The Industrial Economic Association is set up. Transformed into today's Bulgarian Industrial Association on July 12, 1990.

1995: The Centre for Independent Living is set up as a non-governmental, non-profit organization for people with disabilities.

2005: Bulgaria's EU Accession Treaty is signed in Luxembourg.

April 26

The world:

- World Intellectual Property Day

- National Day of Tanzania, Union Day (since 1964).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1876: Bulgarian revolutionaries gather for a meeting in the area of Oborishte (Central Bulgaria), during which a decision is made to declare an uprising against Ottoman rule.

1913: Bulgaria and Romania sign a protocol whereby Bulgaria cedes Silistra and the adjoining area to Romania.

1948: The Science and Art state publishing house is established.

1990: The Movement for Rights and Freedoms is registered under the Political Parties Act.

1994: Diplomatic relations established with Liechtenstein. 2000: The 38th National Assembly passes an act declaring the communist regime in Bulgaria criminal.

2002: Bulgarian-Arab Chamber for Economic Cooperation is set up in Varna.