Protesters have been trying to break the Police cordon in front of the National Assembly building since the beginning of today’s antigovernment protest. Initially, demonstrators were throwing eggs and apples and trying to overturn vehicles of the National Gendarmerie forces.
Tension escalated since the beginning of the new session of this country’s National Assembly. Demonstrators used pepper spray several times. Police officers and journalists breathed in pepper spray, the correspondent of BNR reported. Several people were arrested. The Ministry of Interior has warned that if tension escalates further, they would not hesitate to use crowd-control devices and called on the protesters to distance themselves from the provocateurs.
On Saturday minimum temperatures will range from 5° C. to 10° C., in parts of the lowlands and valleys 1-4° C., for Sofia around 4° C. The day will be sunny but also windy. Maximum temperatures 20-25° C., for Sofia around 20° C. In the evening the..
On 7 November, Bulgarian public service TV BNT is marking 65 years since it was founded, BNT has announced. “BNT is a symbol of trust, of high-value and sustainable tendencies. It is our public mission to preserve the Bulgarian identity with a..
The numerous reports of vote manipulation, of rigging ballots, of adding votes, of vote-buying, of coercion and controlled voting which have been sweeping over the public domain following the election for parliament, call for an immediate answer by..
Today, 3 November, is International Day for Biosphere Reserves, declared by UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme. On this occasion, as of the second..
Today, Vice President Iliana Iotova is opening the exhibition “Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece” at..
In the elections on October 27 this year there were problems in both phases of the process - when the votes were submitted and when they..
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