AFP: Embattled Bulgaria PM sorry for 'mistake'
Sofia. Bulgaria's embattled new prime minister apologised Wednesday for the "mistake" that has sparked five straight days of protests and plunged the EU's poorest country into fresh political turmoil, AFP reported.

It is unacceptable for Musa Palev to be Blagoevgrad district governor: CEDB deputy chair
Blagoevgrad. It is unacceptable for Musa Palev, who is from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, to be Blagoevgrad district governor, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, deputy chairman of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB), said at a press conference in the southwestern city of Blagoevgrad, cited by FOCUS – Pirin Radio.

Stepped-up police presence in front of building of Council of Ministers in Bulgarian capital
Sofia. There is stepped-up police presence in front of the building of the Council of Ministers in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, FOCUS News Agency reported.