Balgarianovinite.com The 189th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle of Freedom, Vasil Levski, was marked in Sofia on Saturday with military honours and a wreath- and flower-laying ceremony at his bust monument.
Wreaths and flowers were laid on behalf of the President, the National Assembly Chair, the Prime Minister, the Mayor of Sofia, the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence, the Constitutional Court, the parliamentary groups of Progressive Bulgaria, GERB-UDF, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Democratic Bulgaria, Continue the Change and Vazrazhdane, the Ministry of Culture, and the Chair of the Sofia Municipal Council.
Flowers were also laid at the monument by Sofia Deputy Mayor Irina Dakova, Sofia Municipal Council Chair Tsvetomir Petrov, Member of the European Parliament Kristian Vigenin, Democratic Bulgaria MPs Aleksandra Sterkova and Anna Bodakova, children from Levski Football Club, pupils from Georgi Benkovski Primary School in Sofia, and members of the public.
The military ceremony, performed by a representative formation of the National Guard Unit, was part of the commemorations marking the anniversary of Levski’s birth. Similar ceremonies were scheduled to take place across the country later on Saturday.
Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, known as Vasil Levski, was born on July 18 (July 6, Old Style), 1837, in Karlovo to Ivan Kunchev Ivanov and Gina Vasileva Karaivanova. He was the leading ideologist of the Bulgarian national revolution and the organizer and leader of the Bulgarian national liberation movement. Military Honours Mark 189th Anniversary of Vasil Levski’s Birth in Sofia 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-18 10:36:12 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
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