Massive protests in Bulgaria, president calls early elections

2026-01-16 20:31:00 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Massive protests in Bulgaria, president calls early elections

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced early elections this Friday.

According to  CNNgr , the three largest parties refused to take responsibility for forming a government, following the resignation of the previous government last month, due to mass protests.

President After this, Radev declared: "We are going to the elections."

Radev gave the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party a last chance to try to form a government, but the party rejected the request, the third to do so this week.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Rosen Zhelyazkov, resigned on December 11 after weeks of protests against corruption.

Thousands of people have protested in Bulgaria since last year against the government's budget plans, subsequently forcing the executive to abandon them.

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