site.btaToday's Observances: October 31
The world:
- World Savings Day.
- Halloween. Christian festival, very popular in US, Britain and Ireland. Pope Boniface IV establishes anniversary dedicated to Virgin Mary and martyrs in 853;
- International Black Sea Day.
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1915: Diplomatic relations established with Switzerland.
1930: King Boris III weds Princess Giovanna of Savoy in Eastern Orthodox ceremony at Sofia's St Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral.
1964: Diplomatic relations with Norway, established in 1918, are upgraded to embassy level.
1996: In Istanbul, environment ministers of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine sign strategic action plan for Black Sea protection.
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