site.btaToday's Observances: May 26

The world:

- National Day of Georgia: Independence Day (1918).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1879: Supreme Court of Principality of Bulgaria is established.

1948: Union of Bulgarian Journalists is established.  

2002:  In Plovdiv, Pope John Paul II beatifies three Catholic priests executed by communist regime in 1952. 

2005: Francophone Regional Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (CREFECO) opens in Sofia.

2006: National Assembly ratifies Bulgarian-US intergovernmental Agreement on Defence Cooperation, signed in Sofia on April 28, 2006.