site.btaObservances: February 10

The Church celebrates the Feast of St Haralambos the Apiarist.

On this day in Bulgarian history:

1878: Sofia's first mayor, Manolaki Tashev, is elected.

1879: A Constituent Assembly is convened in Tarnovo to draft the Basic Law of the Principality of Bulgaria.

1947: The Peace Treaty of Paris is signed between Germany's European allies in the Second World War (1939-1945) - Italy, Finland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania on the one hand, and the Allied Powers on the other hand. Comes into force on September 15, 1947.

1988: The first massive anti-government rally under the communist regime is held in Ruse, on the Danube. Between 5,000 and 6,000 locals protest the government's failure to end the city's chlorine pollution coming from Romania.

2006: Instituto Cervantes opens in Sofia.