Last respects have been paid to the 15 Bulgarians who died in a joint mourning ceremony in the town of Pirdop. Photo by BGNES
Bulgarian MPs have held a minute silence at the National Assembly in honor of the 15 Bulgarians who died in the Ilinden boat tragedy in Macedonia on Saturday.
The parliament speaker, Tsetska Tsacheva, stated that the National Assembly would give time to helping the families of the deceased and to investigating the circumstances surrounding the Ohrid lake tragedy. She added that the parliament would be working in a solemn atmosphere.
Last respects have been paid to the 15 Bulgarians who died in a joint mourning ceremony in Pirdop at 10:00 before the bodies of the deceased are sent back to their families for burial. Over 1000 people turned up at the memorial ceremony.
The killed Bulgarians came from Pirdop, Anton, Mirkovo and Zlatitsa, all of which are roughly 100 km east of the capital Sofia.