1 January – New Year’s Day
3 March –  National Holiday (Bulgaria’s Day of Liberation from the Ottoman Rule)
1 May – Labour Day
6 May – St. George’s Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
24 May – Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and of Slavonic Alphabet
6 September – Bulgaria’s Unification Day
22 September – Bulgaria’s Independence Day
1 November – Enlightenment Leaders Day – a day-off for educational establishments  
24 December – Christmas Eve
25 and 26 December – Christmas
Easter – two days (Sunday and Monday); moveable holiday