site.btaObservances: May 5

The world:

Europe Day (for the Council of Europe);
Constitution Day of the Kyrgyz Republic;
European Day for Independent Living;

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1876: The first issue of the "Nova Bulgaria" (New Bulgaria) newspaper, published by Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev, comes out in Bucharest.

1925: The country's first job centres are established by law and unemployment benefits are introduced.

1948: The CSKA Sofia football club is set up.

1949: The Bulgaria Concert Hall opens, rebuilt after WWII bombing.

1981: The first spring installment of the Plovdiv Fair is unveiled.

1992: The National Assembly ratifies the Statute of the Council of Europe.