2021 in Bulgaria

Incumbents

• President: Rumen Radev
• Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov, Stefan Yanev, Kiril Petkov

Events

March

• 22 March – Two Russian diplomats were declared persona non grata and expelled after being implicated in a GRU spy ring.

July

• 30 July – Caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov announced that the government would impose stricter restrictions until August 31 following a surge in COVID-19 cases.

September

• 7 September – The government imposed new COVID-19 restrictions after a rapid surge in COVID-19 infections.
• 8 September – Thousands of people went to the streets in Sofia to protest the government's decision of imposing stricter COVID-19 restrictions.

November

• 14 November – General elections were held in the country to elect both the President and the National Assembly.
• 23 November – A Macedonian bus carrying 52 people crashed and caught fire on the Struma motorway near the village of Bosnek, south-west of Sofia, killing 45 people, including twelve children. It was the deadliest road accident in Bulgarian history and was referred to as the deadliest bus crash in Europe in a decade.

Deaths

• 6 January – Filip Trifonov, actor.
• 26 January – Georgi Ananiev, politician and former Minister of Defence.
• 6 May – Vanya Kostova, singer.
• 8 May – Georgi Dimitrov, footballer.
• 27 May – Lorina Kamburova, actress.
• Tinka Dineva
• Gergana Kofardzhieva
• Klara Marinova
• Denis Teofikov
• Georgi Penkov
• Petio Petkov
• Angel