2. LOCATION - Bulgaria borders countries:
Romania to the north, Serbia and the Republic
of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and
Turkey to the south. The Black Sea defines the
extent of the country to the east.
AREA - 110,994 square kilometers
POPULATION - 7,351,234
CAPITAL – Sofia
LANGUAGE – Bulgarian
RELIGION – Orthodox Christianity
CURRENCY – BGN
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4. Bulgarian History
• 681 AD – 1018 AD – First Bulgarian Empire;
• 1185 AD – 1396 AD – Second Bulgarian Empire;
• 1878 – Liberation from Ottoman Presence with the help of Russia ;
5. • 1945 - Bulgaria lost the Second World War followed by
a bloody military take-over and a period of a 45-year
communist oppression
• 10th Nov 1989 – democratic changes began in Bulgaria;
• 2nd April 2004 – Bulgaria became a NATO state-
member together with 6 other ex-communist countries;
• 25th April 2005 – Bulgaria signed the EU Treaty of
Accession;
• 1st January 2007 – Bulgaria joined the European Union
together with Romania
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7. Perfect conditions for winter and summer
tourism
Bansko, Borovec, Pamporovo
Albena, Sunny Beach, Gold Sands