2021 in Bulgaria

Events in the year 2021 in Bulgaria.

Incumbents

 * President: Rumen Radev
 * Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov (until 12 May), Stefan Yanev (from 12 May until 13 December), Kiril Petkov (from 13 December)

Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria

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 (b. 1947).
 * 26 January – Georgi Ananiev, politician and former Minister of Defence (b. 1950).
 * 6 May – Vanya Kostova, singer (b. 1957).
 * 8 May – Georgi Dimitrov, footballer (b. 1959).
 * 27 May – Lorina Kamburova, actress (b. 1991).
 * Tinka Dineva
 * Gergana Kofardzhieva
 * Klara Marinova
 * Denis Teofikov
 * Georgi Penkov
 * Petio Petkov
 * Angel