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2024 in Bulgaria

Events in the year 2024 in Bulgaria.

Incumbents

President: Rumen Radev
Prime Minister: Nikolay Denkov (until 9 April); Dimitar Glavchev (since 9 April)

Events

8–14 January – 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II B at Sofia
13 March – Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte dies in Sofia at the age of 78.
31 March – Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.
31 March – Customs agents seize 403 kilograms (about 887 pounds) of heroin valued at 8.5 million euros ($9 million).from a truck traveling from Iran to Western Europe at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing with Turkey.
6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: GERB emerges as the largest party in the Bulgarian contingent to the European Parliament.
9 June – 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: No party attains a majority in the National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats.
30 June – The Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin, a member of the pro-Russian faction among the church's senior clergy, as Patriarch of All Bulgaria.