site.btaToday's Observances: May 23

Bulgaria:

Day of National Intelligence Service

The world:

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

This day in Bulgarian history:

1879 - Bulgarian National Bank is formally inaugurated in Sofia

1880 - Parliament passes first Act on Administrative Division of the Territory of the Principality of Bulgaria

2002 - Pope John Paul II starts four-day official visit and apostolic journey in Bulgaria. This is the first visit by a head of the Roman Catholic Church to this country.