Students gathered on the adjacent square to the Parliament and sat down together in a peaceful ‘OCCUPY’ protest on Tuesday, November 12th.
Surrounded by riot Police the students blocked traffic in the streets nearby the Parliament.
When announcing their decision to "occupy" the Parliament on Tuesday, Sofia University students said they were coming out of their blockaded school to protest on the street in order for their voice to be heard.
Representatives of the University of Veliko Tarnovo, of Plovdiv universities, of Sofia's New Bulgarian University, the Technical University and the University of Forestry joined them in front of the Parliament to call again for the resignation of the Bulgarian government.
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