Balgarianovinite.com A march in memory of General Hristo Lukov (1888-1943) took place in Sofia on Saturday evening. The march covered a short route to the house where Gen. Lukov lived, on which a commemorative plaque is mounted.
There was heightened police presence, and traffic on part of the nearby boulevard was briefly blocked.
Participants in the march chanted “General Hristo Lukov” and “Banned but not forgotten”. They lit candles in front of the house. The event was organized by the Bulgarian National Union.
Lukov was a popular military commander but was also known for his close links to the Third Reich and his activity as leader of the far-right Union of Bulgarian National Legions.
On Friday, Sofia Municipality said that in June 2025, the Edelweiss Bulgarian National Union asked to hold the procession on February 14, 2026 on a specific route from central Sofia to Lukov’s house. The Mayor banned the event but the Sofia City Administrative Court overturned the ban.
The Mayor then designated a new starting point and a considerably shorter route without blocking vehicle traffic.
Earlier on Friday, the Foreign Ministry firmly opposed the planned holding of the Lukov March in Sofia and called on the responsible institutions to take all legal actions to prevent it. According to the Ministry, such events are incompatible with the values and traditions of Bulgarian society and Bulgaria will not have its territory used as a stage for an international display of extremism, intolerance, discrimination and hatred, the position further says. The Foreign Ministry added that such events are used to cast Bulgaria unjustly in a negative light and to overshadow its human rights achievements. Annual March Held in Sofia in Memory of General Lukov 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-14 20:45:04 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