site.btaToday's Observances: August 24

The world:

- National Day of Ukraine: Independence Day (1991).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1915: Bulgaria and Turkiye sign a border rectification protocol. Turkiye cedes about 2,500 sq km on the western bank of the Maritsa River along which a railway runs to Dedeagac, Bulgaria's only Aegean port (now Alexandroupolis, Greece).

1945: Diplomatic relations with Poland are restored (first established in 1918 at legation level and severed in 1941). Upgraded to embassy level in 1948.

1954: Diplomatic relations established with Syria at legation level.

1974: Diplomatic relations established with Palestine by opening a PLO representation in Sofia.