The Grand National Uprising 4 has begun downtown Sofia. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Bulgaria’s government and this country’s Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev. Traffic at Tsar Osvoboditel Avenue in the so-called Triangle of Power has been blocked. The situation is calm at 5 pm. There is enhanced Police presence in the area, reporters of BNR inform.
A protest car rally against this country’s government is taking place in the city of Ruse. Traffic at the roundabout near Danube Bridge border crossing has been blocked. The blockade is expected to be lifted at 6 pm.
Bulgarians abroad are also declaring support for the protests in Bulgaria. Protest rallies are expected to be held today in London and Hague. On Sunday, protests are to take place in Mannheim, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Brussels, London and Montreal. Bulgarians living abroad made a video in which they are asking the government and the Prosecutor’s Office questions in different languages formlulated by the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG).
The College of Prosecutors of the Supreme Judicial Council has agreed to resume the suspended procedure for the election of the Prosecutor-General. According to the adopted timetable, the hearing of the candidates and the election of a new Prosecutor..
After the Central Electoral Commission refused the registration of the two factions of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party (DPS) with coalitions of DPS, the leader Ahmed Dogan and chairman Jevdet Chakarov submitted documents for independent..
The Central Election Commission has refused to register the coalition "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms - MRF" and "MRF - New Beginning" for participation in the upcoming early parliamentary elections on October 27, BTA reported. The reason is..
From today until September 15, Sofia's Vitosha boulevard and the park in front of the National Palace of Culture are transformed into a huge open-air..
It is 80 years, on 9 September, since the communist coup d'état which put an end to the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Talking about the communist past is..
Over a hundred participants in the voluntary teams of the Bulgarian Red Cross for disaster and crisis action, as well as representatives of the..
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