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Greece and Bulgaria to Return Tsar Samuel’s Remains October 3

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC · How we work

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Greece and Bulgaria signed an agreement to return Tsar Samuel’s remains and 48 relics.
The handover will occur on October 3 at Thessaloniki’s Museum of Byzantine Culture.
Bulgaria will fly the remains to Sofia on a military plane with a 21-gun salute.
President Rumen Radev called the deal historic and said Samuel now unites both peoples.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the ceremony could aid Greece’s bid for the Parthenon marbles.

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Greece and Bulgaria signed an agreement to return Tsar Samuel’s remains and 48 relics.
The handover will occur on October 3 at Thessaloniki’s Museum of Byzantine Culture.
Bulgaria will fly the remains to Sofia on a military plane with a 21-gun salute.
President Rumen Radev called the deal historic and said Samuel now unites both peoples.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the ceremony could aid Greece’s bid for the Parthenon marbles.