Protests fired up across a dozen Bulgarian cities as opposition leaders and demonstrators clashed with the government over budget plans. Reform party chiefs got into it with Borisov outside parliament after he claimed last week's rally belonged to business groups rather than political movements. One co-chair warned that younger voters were finally getting mad enough to show up, and that energy could catch leadership off guard.
Interior officials set up screening stations around Sofia's government district to filter out known troublemakers from earlier demonstrations. Opposition figures publicly accused authorities of planning to plant provocateurs in the crowd to make peaceful protesters look bad, demanding that security forces block infiltrators from stirring up problems during the gatherings.
Interior officials set up screening stations around Sofia's government district to filter out known troublemakers from earlier demonstrations. Opposition figures publicly accused authorities of planning to plant provocateurs in the crowd to make peaceful protesters look bad, demanding that security forces block infiltrators from stirring up problems during the gatherings.
