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Sofia Architecture University Joins Student Blockades
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Bulgarian Architecture Students are joining the "Occupy" protest movement and are demanding the resignation of Sofia chief architect.
Students from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, UACEG in the Bulgarian capital Sofia are joining the blockade movement staged at other schools, informs bTV on Thursday.
In a statement issued to the media the architecture students vow to firmly stand behind the “occupy” protest movement against the current government.
Students from UACEG also demand the resignation of Sofia chief architect Petar Dikov over “controversial projects that slowly, but surely are destroying our city”, announced the students, as cited by bTV.
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