About a thousands workers of the Kremikovtzi steel plant have staged a protest Thursday morning, blocking the traffic downtown Sofia.

Workers from the troubled plant protest once again in front of the parliament building over unpaid salaries and call on the government to take the measures necessary to tackle the issues that make the future of the factory unclear.

The main demands of the workers are the guaranteed supplies for Kremikovtzi from the National Electric Company NEK, the natural gas supplier Bulgargaz, and the state railway company BDZ, and the immediate finding of reliable new investors who would operate the steel plant.

On Friday the steel-maker declared an emergency situation over a sudden coal shortage and a few days later it completed the process of shutting down one of its blast furnaces, which had never been done before in the plant.

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