Liberation Day in Bulgaria (2017)

**Liberation Day in Bulgaria was observed on March 3, 2017**, marking the national holiday *Ден на освобождението на България от Османско робство* (Day of Liberation from Ottoman Oppression). Celebrated nationwide, the date commemorates Bulgaria’s formal independence from over 500 years of Ottoman rule, achieved through the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) and the Treaty of San Stefano. |Ден на освобождението на България от Османско робство (Day of Liberation from Ottoman Oppression). |No, it is observed nationwide as a key historical and patriotic commemoration.