File photo from the wave of protests against fuel prices that started in Bulgaria 2011. Sofia Photo Agency
The latest round of protests against what ralliers believe to be excessively high fuel prices took place in Bulgaria Sunday.
Some 600 protesters gathered in capital Sofia, where they temporarily blocked traffic at the Orlov Most bridge intersection downtown.
Another 500 gathered in southwestern city of Blagoevgrad in what was the second-largest anti-fuel prices protest this Sunday.
People also gathered in the major cities of Burgas, Plovdiv and Varna.
Protesters have complained about what they see as the abuse of a dominating marked position for car fuels in the country by Russian-owned company Lukoil Bulgaria.