site.btaObservances: November 6

The world:

• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflicts.

On this day in Bulgarian history:

1920: Based on the Treaty of Neuilly, the Serbian army occupies Bulgaria's Western Outlands (1,555 sq km, population of 65,000 at the time). Three-day national mourning is held in Bulgaria.  

1954: The Alexander Stamboliyski Reservoir is unveiled.

1964: Diplomatic relations with Belgium, established on December 11, 1879, at legation level, are promoted to embassy level.

1967: Bulgaria becomes a member of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

1998: The Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum is set up under the auspices of President Peter Stoyanov and the Prince of Wales by ten leading companies and two NGOs.