Another round of budget protests clogged central Sofia as thousands packed the government district to demand officials scrap next year's spending plan and start over from scratch. Police threw up nine checkpoints around parliament and nearby buildings while opposition types warned about possible agent provocateurs trying to cause problems in the crowd.
Traffic ground to a halt around the Triangle of Power area, and protesters kept streaming in through metro stations after the demonstration kicked off. Someone fired up a torch in the middle of everything, but organizers immediately told people to put that thing out. Emergency vehicles pushed through the masses at some point, though details about what went down stayed murky.
Traffic ground to a halt around the Triangle of Power area, and protesters kept streaming in through metro stations after the demonstration kicked off. Someone fired up a torch in the middle of everything, but organizers immediately told people to put that thing out. Emergency vehicles pushed through the masses at some point, though details about what went down stayed murky.
