Holidays

In an effort to avoid traffic jams, many of the travelers who left their cities for Eid al-Fitr vacations are already hitting roads to come home, three days before the end of nine-day-long holiday

Тhe Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors today the Ascension of the Lord, also called Spasovden. It is always celebrated on Thursday, the 40th day after the Resurrection of Christ - Easter.

According to the New Testament, 40 days after his resurrection, Jesus Christ remained on earth to preach his study and talk to the apostles.

Heroes Day is celebrated on Thursday, June 6, on Ascension Day, all over the country through military and religious ceremonies, wreaths laying at the tombs and memorials of the heroes fallen in the line of duty, over time, on the battlefields. The Ministry of National Defence is organising today military and religious ceremonies dedicated to Heroes Day in all major garrisons of the country.

In his address President Radev outlines the ethnic tolerance that lies in the core of Bulgarian culture which demonstrates mutual understanding and respect among people of different religions, reports BNT. 

Rumen Radev - President of Republic of Bulgaria: "I believe that celebrating Ramadan Bayram will again show the unifiing power of our society as a whole."

Some 23 people were killed in road accidents across Turkey during the first three days of the Eid al-Fitr holiday this year, June 1-3, the Interior Ministry has announced.

As the nine-day long Eid al-Fitr holiday approaches, Turkish travel agencies have been anxiously waiting for Greece to start the visa facilitation program for thousands of Turkish tourists making reservations in Aegean islands.

Some 1,500 Syrians have left Turkey through the Öncüpınar border gate in the southeastern province of Kilis in the past three days to spend the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in Syria.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to give farmers 3,447,000 Turkish Liras in support until Eid al-Fitr, early June.

Parking is not paid during the days of public holidays, reported NOVA TV. 

Plovdiv citizens and guests of the city will be able to park for free in the ''Blue Zone'' on May 1, which is recognized as an official holiday - Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity.

The nine-day-long Eid al-Fitr holiday will cheer the tourism sector in Turkey, with tourism players expecting approximately 2 million local tourists to flood to resorts, creating a financial turnover of 3 billion Turkish Liras ($500 million).