Calendar

20.01.2023
105 years since first stock exchange trading session in Bulgaria
105 years have passed since the implementation of the first trading session on the pit of Sofia Stock Exchange - 20 January 1918.

01.02.2023
112 years since the first Stock Exchanges Law in Bulgaria
The Parliament adopted the first Stock Exchanges Law in Bulgaria on February 1, 1912.

16.04.2023
145 years since the adoption of the Turnovo Constitution
On April 16, 1879 adopted the Tarnovo Constitution, which was passed principle of separation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial. It defines the structure and powers of supreme state bodies - monarchical institution, parliament, government and the fundamental rights, freedoms and obligations of Bulgarian citizens. One of the most democratic of his time in Europe. Revocation was in 1881-83, amended in 1893, 1911 and 1946 and is valid until 1947. During the constitutional debate (after March 21) form the first Bulgarian parties - Conservative and Liberal.

01.05.2023
Official Holiday
May 1 - Labour Day - a public holiday in the Republic of Bulgaria.

05.07.2023
24 years from DENOMINATION OF BULGARIAN CURRENCY
Denomination of the Bulgarian lev came into force on July 5, 1999 A new lev was equal to 1,000 old Bulgarian lev. International Standardization Organization (ISO) has introduced a new code lev

06.07.2023
International Kissing Day
International Kissing Day takes place on 6 July in the UK. However, the day has now been adopted worldwide and is also known as National Kissing Day or Kissing Day.

15.07.2023
Anniversary of the opening of the highway "Trakia" (2013)
After more than 40 years of construction, the Trakia highway effectively connected Sofia and Burgas for the first time, after the last section of its route from the Zimnitsa to Karnobat interchange was solemnly opened on July 15, 2013. Until 2009, the average annual were built on 9 km of the Trakia highway, until after that they became 60 km per year. The length of the newly built route of the Trakia highway is about 34 km. The total length of Lot 4 from Yambol to Karnobat is 49.08 km, from of which the first 15 km were completed and put into operation in August 2012. The contractor for the section, the price of which is BGN 209,646 million, was the Association "Trakia IV" DZZD. The first sections of "Trakia" began to be built in the distant 1975 Ten years later, the Sofia - Plovdiv route came into operation. According to the project, the highway should connect Sofia and Burgas via Plovdiv. Its total length is 368.5 km. As of November 1999, 173.5 km of them were ready. In 2000 The Council of Ministers approves the taking of a loan of 100 million euros from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the Orizovo-Stara Zagora and Karnobat - Burgas sections. Co-financing from the Bulgarian side is 140 million euros. For the last 3 sections with a total length of 115 km. is applying for funding to the European Commission through the operational program "Transport". The value of the grant is BGN 699,648,287 including VAT. The Cohesion Fund of the European Union allocated BGN 513,970,279, and BGN 185,678,007 was spent from the state budget.

02.08.2023
Issue No 6000 of the electronic edition of BIA - "Business Industry Capital"
On this day, 6000 issues of the electronic edition of BIA - "Business Industry Capital" are published. The first issue comes on September 15, 1999, published by BIC Capital Market Ltd.- specialized in providing of business information. For 20 years, the edition has become a preferred business and media partner for over 34,000 subscribers from home and abroad. "Business Industry Capital" presents daily in Bulgarian and Bulgarian the most important economic events in Bulgaria - financial, corporate, stock exchange and news from the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).
The main mission has always been to promote Bulgarian economy and Bulgarian business. Our publishing team has accepted the challenge of further developing Business Industries Capital as a publication to make more friends and partners of Bulgaria, BIA and Bulgarian business.

23.08.2023
The Independence Day (Bulgarian National Holiday)
On September 22, 1908, Bulgaria declared its full independence from Ottoman control. Signing the Bulgarian Declaration of Independence nullified the harmful clauses of the Treaty of Berlin under which the greater part of the railway lines in Southern Bulgaria were under the regimen of capitulations (as Turkey's property) which entailed the payment of an annual tax to Turkey. After the Treaty of Berlin (1878) Macedonia remained under Ottoman rule, while after the wars and the peace treaties (Bucharest, 1913, and Neuilly, 1919) the greater part of it was incorporated into Serbia and Greece. The idea of the national unification of the Bulgarians was fatally doomed, mostly by the policy of the imperialist diktat, but for those affected it was impossible to abandon it. An armed struggle began which in its content, organizational methods and purposes was a continuation of the Bulgarian national-liberation movement of the 70s of the 19th century. However, the Ottoman rulers were pushed out of Macedonia and Adrianople Thrace not by means of a democratic revolution but through Bulgaria's, Serbia's, Greece's and Montenegro's military might in the First Balkan war of 1912.

06.09.2023
September 6 - Official Holiday of Bulgaria
September 6 is the Day of the Union of Eastern Rumelia with the Bulgarian Principality in 1885.

13.09.2023
Programmer's day
Programmer's day is a whimsical "holiday" on the 256th day of the year celebrated mostly by computer programmers (reason: 256 = 2 to the power of 8 = the number of values representable in a byte of data). Traditions include drinking, behaving silly, coding silly programs, mini computer games, playing with old computers, etc. Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th

15.09.2023
24 years since the first issue of Business Industry Capital
The e-edition of BIA "Business Industry Capital" celebrates 24 years since the first issue of the electronic edition of the Bulgarian Industrial Association in 1999 - Business industry capital ". Publisher of "Business Industry Capital" is Stock Market Information Company "Capital Market" - a sole-owner of the Bulgarian Industrial Association specialized in business information. The company supports the Information System for Bulgarian Enterprises - BEIS .
For 20 years, the edition has established itself as a preferred business and media partner for more than 33 000 subscribers from the country and abroad. In the sea of ??information provided by the Internet, Business Industry Capital manages daily in Bulgarian and English to briefly present the most important of the economic events in Bulgaria - financial, corporate, stock and news from the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).
The main mission of our publication has always been to promote the Bulgarian economy and the Bulgarian business. And through articles like "Get to know Bulgaria", which quickly became a favorite reading for both Bulgarian and foreign readers, "Business Industry Capital" conducts a broad campaign to promote cultural and natural sites and events in our country. In it every day is presented briefly traditional Bulgarian holidays and customs related to them, famous Bulgarian personalities and their short biography, as well as information about various beautiful places and landmarks of Bulgaria.
20 years are not a small period for a single edition for an electronic media. Our publishing team has accepted the challenge of further developing Business Industries Capital as a publication to make more friends and partners of Bulgaria, BIA and the Bulgarian business.

17.09.2023
Official Celebration of the town Sofia
September 17 is the official holiday of Bulgaria's capital Sofia. The decision announced on 17 September for a celebration of the capital was taken in 1992 by decision of the Municipal Council. On that day bouquet day celebrate all that bear the names Faith, Hope, Love and Sofia.

24.09.2023
10 years since the official launch of MyCompetence
Implementing the Project OPHRD Bulgarian Industrial Association officially opened Information System competence assessment - MyCompetence.bg

08.10.2023
26 years Bulgarian Enterprises Information System (BEIS)
Bulgarian Enterprises Information System (BEIS) was presented for the first time on October 8, 1997 as an integral part of a broader program of the Bulgarian Industrial Association to support and promote activities of the Bulgarian business. For the past 26 years BEIS has established itself as an independent, reliable and efficient source of structured information for more than 70 000 leading Bulgarian companies basic line of business, products and services, financial indicators, management and connectivity with other companies, specific information on their activities from national and regional media. The information is provided in Bulgarian and English and is updated daily. The project is developed by an experts team of BIC Capital Market Ltd - subsidiary of the Bulgarian Industrial Association.

In recent years, the team's efforts are focused on the development of services for a better and more attractive presentation of the companies and supporting their efforts to attract new Bulgarian and foreign partners. Companies can now extend the presentation of their activities, they can provide details on their products, include all offices and shops in the country, add specific promotional offers. The Bulgarian Enterprises Information System (BEIS) team makes sure that this information is easily and quickly accessible through the system and through the daily electronic issue of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, as well as through the most popular search engine on the Internet.

We believe that BEIS will continue to be a valuable assistant to Bulgarian companies in establishment of business partnerships without borders.

26.10.2023
St. Dimitars day builders day
The day of St. Dimitar is celebrated as proffesional holiday of the builders

29.10.2023
Birthday of the Internet
Exactly at 22.30 on October 29, 1969 engineers from UCLA and Stanford Research Institute succeeded for the first time to exchange data between two computers at a distance of 400 miles. The project to connect the two systems is called the Arpanet and was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense.

29.10.2023
REFA-training on the topic Optimization of the company management of labour-production process in the market-orientated economy,October 3 November 4, 2011
Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) and BIC Capital market SP Ltd. as exclusive representatives of REFA for Bulgaria organize on Octomber 29, 2023 in Sofia a major qualification REFA-training on the topic: Optimization of the company management of labour-production process in the market orientated economy. The participants who passed the final exams successfully will receive the internationally recognized REFA-certificate. For further information and registration, at: http://refa.bia-bg.com/, tel (02) 981 4567, Sofia

29.10.2023
Local elections for councilors and mayors of municipalities
By Decree of the President Rumen Radev on October 27, 2023, local elections for municipal councilors and for mayors of municipalities, regions and town halls in Bulgaria will be held. In Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, in addition to mayors of municipalities, mayors of regions will also be elected. Where there are runoffs, ie. there is no elected mayor with more than 50% of the votes in the first round, they will be held on November 5. The last local elections were held on October 27, 2019.

01.11.2023
Day of the Leaders of the Bulgarian Revival
November 1 is one of the official holidays in the Republic of Bulgaria. On this day, people celebrate and pay respect to the achievements and memory of the leaders of the Bulgarian Revival to all those enlighteners, revolutioners and fighers for liberation, who played a major role for the preserving of the spiritual values and the morality of our nation. The first unofficial celebration of the holiday took place in Plovdiv in 1909. People paid respect to their heros nationwide which in 1922 gave reason to Stoyan Omarchevski (back then Minister of the Peoples Enlightment) to propose to the Council of Minister to declare November 1a national holiday and a day-off for all schools in Bulgaria. Despite its great cultural and national importance, the day of the leaders of the Bulgarian Revival was forbidden in 1945, when the Government decided Bulgaria already had a similar holiday the Day of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, which is still celebrated as the day of the Bulgarian enlightment and culture. The celebration of November 1 was resumed in 1990 on the initiative of the Mati Bulgaria union.

05.11.2023
Day of Metallurgist
On November 5, 1963 was opened metallurgical plant "Kremikovtsi". Bulgarian Association of the Metallurgical Industry (BAMI) celebrates this day as an official professional holiday of metallurgy in Bulgaria.

10.11.2023
International Accountant Day
On November 10, 1494, Pacoli published his work "Everything About Arithmetic, Geometry, Proportion, and Proportionality." The book is a description of the practices of Venetian merchants how they keep their accounts. Luca Pachioli also formulated the basic accounting principles that are still in use today

20.11.2023
World Children's Day
World Children's Day each year is noted in the UN's call in different countries at different days (by decision of the government). Day takes note of the Declaration on the Rights of the Child (20 November 1959 from 14 th session of the UN General Assembly) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (20 November 1989 44 th Session of the UN General Assembly) .

29.11.2023
Completes Part II of REFA-course in Sofia
Completed the second part of the REFA course, organized by BIC Capital Market SP Ltd. The module Production Data Management is studying REFAs methods of research and analysis of time data, which have proved their efficiency in practice, labour standardization, expenditure calculation, production planning, etc.

29.11.2023
Kozloduy NPP started in 1977
On 11/29/1977 Kozloduy started working

06.12.2023
St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas is the Orthodox feast of St. Nicholas Mirlikiyski - patron saint of sailors, travelers and bankers. St. Nicholas was born in the city of Patras. According to legend he was the man who noticed throwing bags of gold into the house of an impoverished father and he married her three daughters. Attributed to him many miracles, deliverance sailors and sea travelers from water elements. He died in 342 in the town of Mir. In 1099 the relics of St. Nicholas were taken to Bari, Italy, where they are now.

08.12.2023
The Day of the Bulgarian studentship
The beginning of this holiday is closely related to the first in 1920 and only university in Bulgaria - Sofia University. University birthdate is October 1, 1888 was established at the initiative of Svishtov and Emmanuel Shishmanov Ivan Ivanov as Higher Educational Course in Classical School of History and Philology Department. By law from January 1, 1889 the rate becomes higher school with additional units (faculties). Since the beginning of the twentieth century, it is allowed to follow and girls. In paragraph 25 of the General Regulations of the university from 1905 states: "On November 25 (December 8), the day of St. Kliment Ohridski University and celebration, it is a solemn performance of the new president (one-year term was - bel.avt. ). Rector old statement read to the course of the University, and says the new academic speech. " This is the official start of December 8. It is associated primarily with the development of science and culture. By 1919 the celebration of the event is peaceful, moral and cultural. In recent years, December 8 gradually regains its original charm and unique student celebration.

22.12.2023
Last working day of Capital Market for 2023
December 22, 2023 is Capital Market's last business day for 2023. The next business day will be January 3, 2024.

24.12.2023
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve

25.12.2023
Christmas Day
Christmas Day

26.12.2023
Father's Day
Father's Day is a day on which to celebrate fatherhood and parenting of men, just as a Mother's Day is celebrated motherhood. Usually on this day to make gifts to fathers and family celebrated the day. Father's Day is celebrated in different countries in different ways and at different dates as shown below. Father's Day exists almost everywhere in the honor and glory of fathers and future fathers. According to Catholic tradition, the festival is celebrated on the day of St. Joseph - March 19, but in most countries Father's Day is a secular holiday.

27.12.2023
In 1947 is closed Sofia Stock Exchange and is transformed into a department of the Bulgarian National Bank.
In 1947 is closed Sofia Stock Exchange and is transformed into a department of the Bulgarian National Bank. The activity of the stock market in Bulgaria is halted until 8 April 1992 when the Sofia Stock Exchange (now the SFB "Capital Market" AD) organized the first public trading session in the new economic history of Bulgaria.

01.01.2024
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! With very best wishes for health and joint successes in the New Year!

03.01.2024
January 3 - the first working day of "Capital Market" for 2024
In connection with the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Capital Market team will start work in 2023 on January 3. If necessary, please send your messages to the address: Sofia 1000, 76 Chataldja Str., E-mail: bic@bia-bg.com

04.01.2024
Sofia Liberation
On January 4 1878, Sofia the current capital of Bulgaria, was liberated from the Turkish yoke. In the course of the Russian-Turkish war, the troops of the Russian general Gurko were firmly advancing towards Sofia. The Turks made an attempt to put the town on fire, but this attempt was discomfited by foreign diplomats. On January 4, general Joseph Gurko managed to liberate the town without any fight after 491 years of Ottoman occupation. The next year, Sofia was proclaimed capital of Bulgaria. At that time, the towns population numbered only 12 000 people. Gradually, it began to increase, as the town turned in Bulgarias political, commercial and cultural center.

12.01.2024
At the end of 2023, "Business Industry Capitals" with over 32,400 subscribers and a unique new functionality - online link with BEIS
In the end of 2017 the number of subscribers of the on-line daily bulletin Business Industry Capital reached 32 500. The first issue of the bulletin of Bulgarian Industrial Association released on September 15, 1999 and is distributed every day in Bulgarian and English language. The major purpose of the issue is providing of summarized business information and advertising in the country and abroad the opportunities for Bulgarian business. The news in the publication is related to the public part of the Information System for Bulgarian Enterprises (BEIS), maintained by BIC Capital Market Ltd, which turns "Business Industry Capitals" into a uniquely interactive business-newsletter.

25.01.2024
145 years since the founding of the Bulgarian National Bank
January 25, 1879 was founded the Bulgarian National Bank (opened on 23 May). From January 1885 issue becomes autonomous and with branches in the country.

01.02.2024
112 years since the first Stock Exchanges Law in Bulgaria
The Parliament adopted the first Stock Exchanges Law in Bulgaria on February 1, 1912.

01.03.2024
Baba Marta (Grandma Marta)
March 1, or as the Bulgarian call it Baba Marta (Grandma Marta), is one of the most popular and unique Bulgarian feasts, related to a very special ritual. On this day people give each other a special amulet the so-called martenitsa, wishing each other health, strength, longevity, and fertility all through the coming year. Martenitsa is usually made of two interwoven threads a red one and a white one. In some regions of Bulgaria, the threads are only red, and in others they are in many colors, but the dominant color is the red. In the traditional folk beliefs, the red color symbolizes the power of the sun, which gives energy and life to every being. On the day of the feast, everybody wears martenitsa on their clothes, or around their wrists. They wear the amulets until they see a stork or a tree in bloom.

03.03.2024
March 3 - National Holiday of Bulgaria
On March 3, 1878 the treaty which liberated Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke was signed.

08.03.2024
International Women's Day
On March 8 is marked International Women's Day which is celebrated under the auspices of the United Nations. For the first time the feast of the woman is made of 28 February, 1909 in the USA. A year later, a conference in Copenhagen one hundred women from 17 countries decide to have their international day. In 1911 the feast of female solidarity is already celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Bulgaria.

11.03.2024
REFA-training on the topic Optimization of the company management of labour-production process
Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) and BIC Capital market SP Ltd. as exclusive representatives of REFA for Bulgaria organize on March 11, 2024 in Sofia a major qualification REFA-training on the topic: Optimization of the company management of labour-production process in the market orientated economy. The participants who passed the final exams successfully will receive the internationally recognized REFA-certificate.

20.03.2024
Day of the vernal equinox
March 20 is the day of the vernal equinox, known to us as the "First Spring". The day is equal to night. On this day the Sun in its apparent motion on the ecliptic intersects the spring equinoctial point and the southern celestial hemisphere passes in the north. According to the calendar in a certain way turns ordinary years, 365 days and 366 days in leap in which the additional 29 February offset the accumulated difference.

31.03.2024
Daylight Saving Time in Bulgaria
At 3.00 hours on 31 March Bulgaria goes to summer time. Clocks are moved ahead 1 hour and then will be 4.00 hours.

08.04.2024
32 years since the first public trading session in Bulgaria
Sofia Stock Exchange held the first public trading session in the new economic history of Bulgaria on April 8, 1992.

10.04.2024
45 years of flight in space on the first Bulgarian astronaut Georgi Ivanov
On April 10, 1979 in space was launched spacecraft "Soyuz-33", which flew the first Bulgarian astronaut Georgi Ivanov. Commander of the ship from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Bulgaria became the sixth country in the world, sent its representative in space.

22.04.2024
40 years since the first conquest of Mount Everest by a Bulgarian climber
April 22, 1984. The climber Hristo Prodanov climbed the highest peak on the planet - Everest.

25.04.2024
44 years since the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) was established in 1980
The first Law on the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Bulgaria was adopted by the VIII National Assembly on December 12 1894, and was promulgated on December 20 1894. On March 30 1903, the Union of Industrialists was created, which existed until 1947, headquartered in Sofia, on 36 Alabin Str. On March 29 1942, the Law on Industrial Associations was promulgated, which constituted a Supreme Industrial Association, as well as Regional Industrial Associations as public legal entities. In 1980, the activity of industrial unions in Bulgaria was restored through the establishment of the Bulgarian Industrial Association and the Regional Industrial Associations, to which the current Bulgarian Industrial Association and the industrial association in the regions and municipalities is a successor.

05.05.2024
Easter - the biggest holiday in orthodox Christian beliefs
This year Easter is celebrated on May 5. This is the biggest holiday in Orthodox Christian beliefs. According to them, Jesus Christ predicted he would be crucified and would rise from the dead in three days. And when, on the third day after his funeral, Mary Magdalene went to his tomb, Jesuss body was missing. Christ had risen. Each year, Easter is celebrated for three days and is related to may interesting and original rituals and traditions. One of them is the coloring of eggs, which are colored on Holy Thursday after the Divine Liturgy. The first egg is always red. Why? According to one of the legends, Mary Magdalene, which was healed from the bad spirits by Jesus, first saw him after he rose from the dead. She starting traveling around the world telling people about the miracle. When she arrived in Rome, she went to the palace of the emperor Tiberius. At that time people had to bring presents to the emperor, but Mary was very poor, so her gift was an egg. She gave to to Tiberius saying Christ is Risen! The emperor did not believe her and told her How could anyone rise from the dead? This cannot happen, just as this white egg cannot become red. While Tiberius was saying these words, the color of the egg Mary Magdalene was holding started to change into red. Since then, on Easter Christians color eggs in red and greet each other with the words Christ is Risen, to which the answer is Indeed He is Risen!.

06.05.2024
St. George's Day - Day of Bulgarian Army
May 6, is the Day of Bulgarian Army - St. George's Day. is official holiday in Bulgaria. One of the most respected saints in Bulgaria is Saint George. The great Christian martyr St. George lived in the province of the near East called Cappadocia under the government of the Roman emperor Diocletian (284-305). When very young he became a soldier to discharge his military duties. At the age of 20 he became a tribune. Because of his complete dedication to the Christian faith he was imprisoned and decapitated. According to the story of his life a dragon had appeared near the place where he died and devastated it. The saint killed the monster with his spear. Since then he has been one of the most famous soldiers of the Christian faith and he has been chosen to be the Defender of Bulgarian army. For the Bulgarians St. George's day is one of the most solemn holidays which mark the beginning of the summer. It is also the holiday of the Bulgarian army and of the agriculturists. St. George is sung with great affection and reverence in our songs as a "handsome" and "courageous" hero.St. George is also patron of farmers. On the day preceding the day of St. George the peasants used to plant a beech bough, into leaf, in the middle of their fields, in order to make the wheat grow high and, in general, have rich crops. At the door of each house, beech twigs, blossoming hawthorn, lilac or other bushes in flower were fixed. On St. George's Day the housewives stuck green branches to the fountains and the wells and dropped stalks of nettle in the water cauldrons - for good health. St. George's Day is also the festival of cattle breeders. Traditionally, on this day shepherds would take a lamb, with a wreath on its little horns, to the churchyard. The priest would say a solemn prayer for the health of both humans and animals, and for a rich harvest. It was a custom for each household to have roasted lamb or some other lamb dish on its St. George's Day table. St. Georges Day is also the name day of everyone called George.

09.05.2024
Day of victory over Hitler's fascism
On May 9, 1945 in Berlin signed surrender of Germany to the USSR by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Colonel General Hans-J?rgen Stumpf and Admiral Hans-Georg von Frideburg. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov signed by Stalin and British Marshal Tedder on behalf of Dwight Eisenhower. This day is celebrated as the Day of victory over Hitler's fascism.

24.05.2024
May 24 is an official holiday in Bulgaria
May 24 is the official holiday of Bulgarian Culture. This is St.St Cyril and Methodius and Slavic Alphabet Day.