Balgarianovinite.com Citizens from regional centres, including Ruse, Veliko Tarnovo, Shumen, Montana, Yambol, Vidin, staged protests on Wednesday in front of regional and municipal administration buildings against local tax increases, the 2026 state budget bill and called for the government resignation. In Ruse, the protest was organized by Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria, while the residents of other regional centres organized themselves through social media.
Participants include representatives of local branches of MECH, Velichie, and citizens. Demonstrators were chanting slogans such as “Resign”, “Mafia”, “Out With the Mafia”, “Bulgarian Heroes”, waving national flags and holding banners reading “No to D”, “You Angered the Wrong Generation”, “We Want a Future in Bulgaria”, “The State Is Ours, Not Theirs”, “Resistance Against the Dictatorship”, “Out With Sarafov From Power”.
Ruse citizens were holding caricatures of Ruse Mayor Pencho Milkov, who Tuesday announced in a Facebook post that he is withdrawing the proposed increase in the property tax rate and the property component of the vehicle tax. “Regarding the municipal waste fee, the 2026 State Budget project included provisions to postpone the implementation of the polluter pays principle, but they are not in effect because the bill was withdrawn and not adopted. Therefore, the Municipality of Ruse is awaiting the final decision of the National Assembly,” Milkov wrote.
Earlier on Wednesday, the National Assembly unanimously approved the withdrawal of the state budget bill, and the bills of the National Health Insurance Fund, and the Public Social Insurance for 2026. The Council of Ministers requested that the National Assembly withdraw the three draft budgets on Tuesday, following a night of protests on Monday. Citizens protested against the 2026 draft budget in Sofia and in other cities across the country. Protests in Regional Centres Call for Government Resignation 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-03 20:21:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law