No Euro Prices on Fuel Pumps Yet: Bulgaria’s Gas Stations to Use Alternative Displays
From August, the familiar large digital boards and fuel pumps at gas stations across Bulgaria will not be showing prices simultaneously in both leva and euros
Bulgarian protesters organized in a group under the name "Eagles' Bridge' have declared March 9 a day for "returning the State to the citizens."
They are calling a national conference on the same date. It will be held in Sofia's brand new multifunctional facility Arena Armeets and it will begin at 1 pm.
The choice of the expensive venue already prompted many to question who is actually going to pay the bill.
The demonstrators have also announced a permanent tent camp near the building of the Administration of the President until their demands are met. These demands are: convening a new Grand General Assembly, amending the Election Code, and a moratorium on bank foreclosures and assets freezes.
Thousands of people are blocking traffic on the key Eagles' Bridge intersection in the Bulgarian capital Sofia Sunday in another huge protest rally against monopolies, poverty and the political model of ruling the country.
The entire downtown area is blocked as well.
Other demands include eliminating monopolies, a majority ballot, not adjourning the Parliament; the President appointing a program government instead of a caretaker one; drafting a Civil Participation Bill providing a 50% civil quota in all institutions; returning 51% of the shares of power utilities to the State; closing the Bulgarian Energy Holding, BEH, for draining the energy sector, establishing a procedure to recall Members of the Parliament.
These demands, on their part, have stirred fears of an attempt to return to Communism as there have been calls for nationalization and full abolishment of the political system and of all parties.
Hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians are protesting across Bulgaria and in many cities around the globe.
In Bulgaria many of the procession pass by monuments connected to historical events to lay flowers.
On February 21, Bulgaria's Parliament approved the resignation of the government of Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, and his ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, amidst the unprecedented since 1997 protest rallies.
The weather across Bulgaria on Saturday will be mostly sunny, although temporary increases in cloudiness are expected in the eastern regions and mountainous areas
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On July 11, the weather across Bulgaria will be predominantly sunny, though cloud cover is expected to increase at times, especially during the afternoon
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Vrana Park has officially closed to the public, as the Sofia Municipality begins the process of transferring the site back to the Bulgarian state
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