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A blast in downtown Sofia in February this year, aimed at the anti-government Galeria paper, left the surrounding buildings with broken windows. Photo by BGNES
Bombs have exploded in front of the offices of two Bulgarian opposition parties in Sofia, damaging neighboring buildings.
The first blast went off at 3:58 a.m. in front of the headquarters of the conservative Order, Law and Justice Party, RZS, in central Sofia.
About twenty minutes later another explosion ripped off the air in front of an office of the party of former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov, the die-hard rightist Democrats for Strong Bulgaria.
No casualties were reported.
The blasts come just a day after Bulgaria's centrist and leftist opposition tabled in parliament a no confidence motion against the cabinet of Boyko Borisov, which the two targeted parties are expected to support.
Rumors have emerged, suggesting that the blasts are a PR trick, masterminded by the parties themselves, and drawing parallels to the bomb that exploded in front of the offices of Galeria, an anti-government newspaper, early on February 10 in downtown Sofia.
The two heads of the newspaper are widely believed to have ordered the blast, under the guidance of Aleksei Petrov, a highly controversial businessman, considered to be the prime minister's archenemy, patron of the weekly and closely linked to RZS.
Right before the blast, Galeria had published transcripts of taped phone conversations between senior government officials and Customs Office chief Vanyo Tanov, which prompted Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to seek and win a confidence vote in Parliament on January 20.
The tapes, whose authenticity was not verified, alleged that the government of PM Boyko Borisov is favoring certain companies and individuals with respect to investigations and appointments in the Customs Agency. All tapes featured conversations of Customs Agency head Vanyo Tanov.
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov took office in the summer of 2009, pledging to curb corruption and organized crime after criticism from Brussels.
Just as in February the blasts against the opposition parties precede the European Commission's report on Bulgaria's efforts to fight graft, due to be released this week.
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