13.09.2025
Programmer's day
Programmer's day is a whimsical "holiday" on the 256th day of the year celebrated mostly by computer programmers (reason: 256 = 2 to the power of 8 = the number of values representable in a byte of data). Traditions include drinking, behaving silly, coding silly programs, mini computer games, playing with old computers, etc. Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th.

15.09.2025
26 years since the first issue of Business Industry Capital
The e-edition of BIA "Business Industry Capital" celebrates 26 years since the first issue of the electronic edition of the Bulgarian Industrial Association in 1999 - Business industry capital ". Publisher of "Business Industry Capital" is Bourse Information Company "Capital Market" - a sole-owner of the Bulgarian Industrial Association specialized in business information. The company supports the Information System for Bulgarian Enterprises - BEIS .
For 26 years, the edition has established itself as a preferred business and media partner for more than 37 000 subscribers from the country and abroad. In the sea of ??information provided by the Internet, Business Industry Capital manages daily in Bulgarian and English to briefly present the most important of the economic events in Bulgaria - financial, corporate, stock and news from the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).
The main mission of our publication has always been to promote the Bulgarian economy and the Bulgarian business. And through articles like "Get to know Bulgaria", which quickly became a favorite reading for both Bulgarian and foreign readers, "Business Industry Capital" conducts a broad campaign to promote cultural and natural sites and events in our country. In it every day is presented briefly traditional Bulgarian holidays and customs related to them, famous Bulgarian personalities and their short biography, as well as information about various beautiful places and landmarks of Bulgaria.
26 years are not a small period for a single edition for an electronic media. Our publishing team has accepted the challenge of further developing Business Industries Capital as a publication to make more friends and partners of Bulgaria, BIA and the Bulgarian business.

17.09.2025
Official Celebration of the town Sofia
September 17 is the official holiday of Bulgaria's capital Sofia. The decision announced on 17 September for a celebration of the capital was taken in 1992 by decision of the Municipal Council. On that day bouquet day celebrate all that bear the names Faith, Hope, Love and Sofia.

22.09.2025
The Independence Day (Bulgarian National Holiday)
On September 22, 1908, Bulgaria declared its full independence from Ottoman control. Signing the Bulgarian Declaration of Independence nullified the harmful clauses of the Treaty of Berlin under which the greater part of the railway lines in Southern Bulgaria were under the regimen of capitulations (as Turkey's property) which entailed the payment of an annual tax to Turkey. After the Treaty of Berlin (1878) Macedonia remained under Ottoman rule, while after the wars and the peace treaties (Bucharest, 1913, and Neuilly, 1919) the greater part of it was incorporated into Serbia and Greece. The idea of the national unification of the Bulgarians was fatally doomed, mostly by the policy of the imperialist diktat, but for those affected it was impossible to abandon it. An armed struggle began which in its content, organizational methods and purposes was a continuation of the Bulgarian national-liberation movement of the ‘70s of the 19th century. However, the Ottoman rulers were pushed out of Macedonia and Adrianople Thrace not by means of a democratic revolution but through Bulgaria's, Serbia's, Greece's and Montenegro's military might in the First Balkan war of 1912.

25.09.2025
35 years membership of Bulgaria in the World Bank and IMF
On 25 September 1990 Bulgaria joined the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

08.10.2025
28 years Bulgarian Enterprises Information System (BEIS)
Bulgarian Enterprises Information System (BEIS) was presented for the first time on October 8, 1997 as an integral part of a broader program of the Bulgarian Industrial Association to support and promote activities of the Bulgarian business. For the past 26 years BEIS has established itself as an independent, reliable and efficient source of structured information for more than 70 000 leading Bulgarian companies – basic line of business, products and services, financial indicators, management and connectivity with other companies, specific information on their activities from national and regional media. The information is provided in Bulgarian and English and is updated daily. The project is developed by an experts team of BIC Capital Market Ltd - subsidiary of the Bulgarian Industrial Association.

In recent years, the team's efforts are focused on the development of services for a better and more attractive presentation of the companies and supporting their efforts to attract new Bulgarian and foreign partners. Companies can now extend the presentation of their activities, they can provide details on their products, include all offices and shops in the country, add specific promotional offers. The Bulgarian Enterprises Information System (BEIS) team makes sure that this information is easily and quickly accessible through the system and through the daily electronic issue of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, as well as through the most popular search engine on the Internet.

We believe that BEIS will continue to be a valuable assistant to Bulgarian companies in establishment of business partnerships without borders.

20.10.2025
REFA-basic course has started in Sofia
The basic REFA qualification course on the topic: "Organization and management of the company and optimization of production processes" has started, which will be held from October 20, 2025. The course is held in two modules. Each module consists of 80 study hours (8 study hours per day of 45 minutes). Those who successfully pass the final exams receive an internationally recognized REFA-certificate. More information about the training at www.refa.bia-bg.com

26.10.2025
St. Dimitar’s day – builders’ day
The day of St. Dimitar is celebrated as proffesional holiday of the builders

27.10.2025
Back to the astronomical time - scroll of watches with 1 hour back
The change in Bulgaria is introduced by a decision of the Government by 1979. For the first time in summer and winter time introduces the UK since 1908 for use in full daylight during the summer. The idea of "Daylight Saving Time" actually belongs to the American statesman Benjamin Franklin, who during his stay in Paris in 1784 wrote a whole essay on the topic entitled "The Economical Project". The idea is taken seriously by London building contractor William Uilet (1865-1915) who published a pamphlet entitled "The Waste of Daylight". He recovery promotional campaign that led to the law on British Summer Time (BST), adopted by parliament in 1916 in XX century main argument for the introduction of summer time and saving electricity. According to expert estimates 25 percent of all electricity used for household purposes, goes for lighting and household appliances such as televisions and cassette player. In XVIII century, Franklin also made similar calculations and found that 100 000 households in Paris could save a huge amount, if not light candles in the 183-you dinners from March 20 to Sept. 20.

29.10.2025
Birthday of the Internet
Exactly at 22.30 on October 29, 1969 engineers from UCLA and Stanford Research Institute succeeded for the first time to exchange data between two computers at a distance of 400 miles. The project to connect the two systems is called the Arpanet and was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense.

01.11.2025
In 1900 in the town. Sofia first street lights lightenings
On November 1, 1900 HPS Pancherevo powered lightenings first street in Sofia

01.11.2025
Day of the Leaders of the Bulgarian Revival
November 1 is one of the official holidays in the Republic of Bulgaria. On this day, people celebrate and pay respect to the achievements and memory of the leaders of the Bulgarian Revival – to all those enlighteners, revolutioners and fighers for liberation, who played a major role for the preserving of the spiritual values and the morality of our nation. The first unofficial celebration of the holiday took place in Plovdiv in 1909. People paid respect to their heros nationwide which in 1922 gave reason to Stoyan Omarchevski (back then Minister of the People’s Enlightment) to propose to the Council of Minister to declare November 1a national holiday and a day-off for all schools in Bulgaria. Despite its great cultural and national importance, the day of the leaders of the Bulgarian Revival was forbidden in 1945, when the Government decided Bulgaria already had a similar holiday – the Day of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, which is still celebrated as the day of the Bulgarian enlightment and culture. The celebration of November 1 was resumed in 1990 on the initiative of the Mati Bulgaria union.

10.11.2025
International Accountant Day
On November 10, 1494, Pacoli published his work "Everything About Arithmetic, Geometry, Proportion, and Proportionality." The book is a description of the practices of Venetian merchants how they keep their accounts. Luca Pachioli also formulated the basic accounting principles that are still in use today.