Bulgarian nationalists protest against NATO bases and want the government out.

Police in Bulgaria clashed with members of the ultra-nationalist Vazrazhdane (Revival) party, who were protesting the policies of the pro-Western government by demanding the government’s resignation and the closing of NATO military sites.

A large crowd gathered before the parliament building to voice their disapproval of the EU member’s support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. They waved Bulgarian and Russian flags, blew whistles, and called for an early election in a country that has already held five elections in the past two years.

Protesters tossed eggs at the defense ministry while chanting “Resignation” at the government buildings protected by highly armed riot police.

Last Monday, Bulgaria, which has supplied Ukraine with weapons, removed its prohibition on Ukrainian cereals.

Neli Tyulekova, a 60-year-old businesswoman, stated, “Bulgarians do not want to participate in the war between Russia and Ukraine, we want to be a neutral country.” She claimed that providing guns to Ukraine “incites the war further” in Bulgaria.

Signs stating “American bases out!” were displayed by several demonstrators. Now that a military facility has opened in the NATO member country of Bulgaria, the region is at peace.

“The last instruction that came from the masters of Bulgaria, from the U.S., is for Bulgaria to make a new military base,” Revival leader Kostadin Kostadinov said. Say it with me now: “NATO Out!”

Protesters finished their march before a monument honoring the Soviet soldiers, sparking a brawl with police trying to keep them away from the protected structure.
It has been determined by the government to dismantle the monument.

Electrical engineer Neli Balabanska, 51, said she hoped the demonstrations would topple the administration.

On Thursday, the State Agency for National Security (SANS) reportedly ordered the expulsion of one Russian national and the prohibition of entry into Bulgaria by two Belarusian nationals for five years.