site.btaToday's Observances: August 25

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Today's
Observances:
August 25


The World:

- National Day of Uruguay: Independence Day (1825).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1886: Prince Alexander I of Battenberg abdicates from the Bulgarian throne for second time.

1961: Universiade Sports Hall is inaugurated in Sofia. Built by some 20,000 student volunteers to host 2nd Summer Universiade in 1961.

1979: Banner of Peace Monument is unveiled in Sofia during 1st Banner of Peace International Children's Assembly (August 16-25, 1979). Renamed Bells Monument in 1990.

1991: Sixty agricultural producers establish Bulgaria's country's first Union of Tenant Farmers in Balkantsi Village near Dobrich (Northeastern Bulgaria).

2004: In Tulcea, Bulgaria and Romania sign agreement on use of 115.7 km of 300 kV cross-border transmission lines between Tantareni and Kozloduy for exchange of electricity in case of emergency.

2005: Council on European Integration holds its first meeting in Sofia.

2006: National Assembly amends and supplements Political Parties Act, obliging political parties to submit their certified financial statements to Bulgarian National Audit Office annually by March 31. RY/LG
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