Bulgaria's Restive Varna Votes for Mayor, 9 Runners in Race
Domestic | June 30, 2013, Sunday // 08:45| views
Varna was named "the capital of Bulgarian protests” during the winter as locals staged the most massive rallies in the country. Photo by BGNES
The citizens of Bulgaria's third-largest city of Varna, on the Black Sea coast, are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a new mayor.
The Varna rallies triggered Bulgaria's January and February 2013 protests that led to the resignation of then-PM Boyko Borisov and calling of early elections May 12.
They also tragically included a number of fatal self-immolations, many of them due to poverty and personal distress.
Nine candidates are running in Sunday's vote, including former ruling GERB party candidate Ivan Portnih and local businessman Veselin Mareshki.
We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!
Back