

A woman throwing empty beer cans at armed police forces in front of the National Assembly Building in Sofia, Bulgaria. 02/09/2021

Thousands of people gathered on Independence Square, around the buildings of the Bulgarian National Assembly (Town Hall), The Presidency and the Council of Ministers to protest against the deeply rooted and systemic corruption within the political circles of the Bulgarian government. 02/09/2021

People perched up on the Serdika Metro Station entrance in front of the building of the National Assembly during one of the mass anti-corruption protests that took place in the summer of 2020 across Bulgaria. 02/09/2020

Later in the evening on 02/09 during the mass anti-government protest in Sofia things escalated as hoards of armed police forces were deployed to push against the crowds surrounding the government and presidential buildings on Independence Square. The event started as a peaceful protest, as it had been happening during the many consecutive days prior, until a handful insurgents began provoking the gendarmerie by throwing objects such as full beer cans, road signs, stones, smoke bombs and small fireworks at them. The police responded by using force, shoving and pushing people further away from the buildings in organised marches in order to secure and expand the primer.

A massive fabric sign painted in the colours of the Bulgarian National Flag saying "Resignation" is stretched in front of the Bulgarian National Bank entrance.

Hired insurgents and other protesters throwing fireworks at the gendarmerie stood in front of the National Assembly's main entrance. 02/09/2020


A fraction of the people that gathered on the night of 02/09/2020 in protest of the elected Bulgarian government and their corrupt policies, standing on the stair of the National Bank in Sofia.

An elderly man waving the Bulgarian flag during on of the anti-government protests in Sofia. 10/09/2020





