Liberation Day in Bulgaria (2019)

**Liberation Day in Bulgaria was observed on March 4, 2019**, marking the national holiday *Ден на освобождението на България от Османско робство* (Day of Liberation from Ottoman Oppression). Celebrated nationwide, this date commemorates Bulgaria’s formal end of over 500 years of Ottoman rule following the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) and the Treaty of San Stefano. |*Ден на освобождението на България от Османско робство*—literally "Day of Bulgaria’s Liberation from Ottoman Slavery." |No, it is observed nationwide across Bulgaria as a public holiday.