2018 in Bulgaria

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Events in the year 2018 in Bulgaria.

Incumbents

• President: Rumen Radev
• Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov

Events

• January - Large protests over environmental and development issues, thousands of people protested in Sofia opposing plans to expand a ski resort in Pirin National Park. ^[1]
• March - Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy had a nationalist rally with More than 1,000 far-right supporters, Shouting slogans such as "Freedom or death!" and "All communists to court! Bulgaria is taking a new nationalist path!. Members of nationalist groups from a number of other European countries such as the Sweden's Nordic Resistance Movement also took part.^[2]
• March - The Bulgarian government withdrew Istanbul convention Ratification plan on preventing violence against women.^[3]
• August - A bus crash caused the death of 16 people and injured many others.^[4]

Deaths

Dobri Dobrev

• 15 January – Mariana Alamancheva, actress (b. 1941).^[5]

• 13 February – Dobri Dobrev, ascetic and philanthropist (b. 1914).

• 25 February – Tsvetan Veselinov, footballer (b. 1947).

• 10 June – Rumen Petkov, animator, painter and comic creator (b. 1948).^[6]

References

1. "Why thousands of people protested as Bulgaria began EU presidency". euronews. 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
2. "Lukov March: Far-right supporters rally in Bulgaria". Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "Government Withdraws Istanbul Convention, Parliament Rejects Referendum Motion". www.bta.bg. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
4. staff, The Sofia Globe (2018-08-26). "Investigations continue into Bulgaria's worst bus crash in nine years". The Sofia Globe. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
5. "Почина актрисата Мариана Аламанчева". dariknews.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 5 February 2018.
6. Почина режисьорът и аниматор, създател на "Чоко и Боко" - Румен Петков (in Bulgarian)