Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Clashes, pepper spray and arrests in front of Parliament’s building

Photo: BTA

Protesters have been trying to break the Police cordon in front of the National Assembly building since the beginning of today’s antigovernment protest. Initially, demonstrators were throwing eggs and apples and trying to overturn vehicles of the National Gendarmerie forces.

Tension escalated since the beginning of the new session of this country’s National Assembly. Demonstrators used pepper spray several times. Police officers and journalists breathed in pepper spray, the correspondent of BNR reported. Several people were arrested. The Ministry of Interior has warned that if tension escalates further, they would not hesitate to use crowd-control devices and called on the protesters to distance themselves from the provocateurs.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgarian citizens now have a regulated right to personal bankruptcy

The Bulgarian Parliament has adopted the Personal Bankruptcy Act, which is an EU requirement for the second payment under the Recovery and Resilience Plan to be implemented. The texts provide that a debtor who fails to service his/her..

published on 6/20/25 9:26 AM

Eurogroup recommends Bulgaria adopt euro from 1 January 2026

The Eurogroup has unanimously recommended that Bulgaria become the 21st member of the eurozone . The countries of the common currency area recommend to the EU Council that this should happen from 1 January next year. The finance ministers of the..

published on 6/20/25 9:19 AM

Temperatures will drop, rainfall expected on Friday

On Friday, the minimum temperatures will be from 15 to 21°C, in Sofia - around 17°C. It will be sunny before noon. Cumulus and cumulus-rainy cloudiness will develop around and after noon. In many places, mainly in Southern and Eastern Bulgaria, there..

published on 6/19/25 7:35 PM