Balgarianovinite.com On the occasion of Bulgaria’s National Day, the facade of Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) was illuminated in the colours of the Bulgarian tricolour on Monday. The facade will remain lit in white, green and red on Tuesday evening as well. On March 3, Bulgaria will mark 148 years since its Liberation from Ottoman rule.
Liberation Day of Bulgaria
On March 3, 1878 (old style February 19, 1878), the Act of the Preliminaries of Peace was signed in San Stefano (a village on the western outskirts of Constantinople, now Istanbul’s neighbourhood of Yesilkoy) by the Russian and Ottoman Empires, ending the 1877-1879 Russo-Turkish War and constituting Bulgaria “an autonomous tributary Principality” after 482 years of Ottoman rule in the Bulgarian lands. The Act was signed by Count Nicolai Ignatieff and Aleksandr Nelidov for Russia and Foreign Minister Mehmed Safvet Pasha and the ambassador to Germany, Sabulah Bey, for the Ottoman Empire. This international act established, though not definitively, the borders of the future Third Bulgarian State.
Bulgaria’s Liberation Day was first observed on February 19, 1880. By an order of January 9, 1880, issued by Prince Alexander I, acting on a proposal by the Minister of War, Gen. Pyotr Parensov and a Council of Ministers’ decree, February 19 was officially listed as “The Accession to the Throne of the Emperor Alexander II and the Conclusion of the Treaty of San Stefano.”
On December 31, 1887, Prince Ferdinand ordered that February 19 will start to be celebrated as the “Liberation Day of Bulgaria” in 1888.
BTA’s lights
At the beginning of 2025, BTA modernized its building, renovated and illuminated its facade, and ensured accessible access for people with disabilities to the National Press Club and the MaxiM Hall. The renovation was carried out with funding under the Beautiful Bulgaria project of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and with BTA’s own funds. An external facade lighting system with various light scenarios was installed, enhancing the building’s appearance and making the surrounding area more attractive.
On March 1, the facade of the BTA building was illuminated in white and red on the occasion of Baba Marta (the equivalent to “Happy Spring”).
For the first time, the BTA building was illuminated on February 16, 2025, when the Agency marked its 127th anniversary. The celebration concluded with a demonstration of the new lighting installation, with BTA lit in the colours of the Bulgarian tricolour – white, green and red.
In 2025, the Agency’s building was illuminated in the national colours for March 3. On the night of March 7 to 8, BTA greeted women on the occasion of International Women’s Day with a light inscription on its facade. On March 22, the lights were switched off for one hour – from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm – as the Agency joined the global initiative Earth Hour. On the nights before Good Friday and Holy Saturday, the facade was illuminated in red as a symbol of Christ’s blood shed on the cross. On Easter night and throughout Bright Week, as a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ, the BTA building was illuminated in white. The Agency’s facade is also lit in festive colours for New Year and in support of various international initiatives and campaigns. Bulgarian News Agency Building Illuminated in National Tricolour for National Day 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-02 19:01:43 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