Is flag burning illegal in Bulgaria?
Criminal offense
Flag desecration is illegal in Bulgaria with imprisonment terms of up to 2 years.
Bulgaria is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- North Macedonia
- Criminal offense Desecration of national and international flags is banned under criminal code, though enforcement is questionable.
- Romania
- Legal / protected speech Flag desecration is no longer a criminal offense in Romania.
- Hungary
- Criminal offense Desecration of the Hungarian national flag is illegal.
- Croatia
- Criminal offense Desecrating national flags is a felony in Croatia with up to one year imprisonment.
- Ukraine
- Criminal offense Ukraine punishes flag desecration with up to one year imprisonment.
- Slovenia
- Criminal offense Desecrating national symbols in Slovenia is a criminal offense punishable by up to one year imprisonment.
Other laws in Bulgaria
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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