Roads blocked because of high fuel prices

The maximum price per litre of petrol has to be set at BGN 2 and propane - butane gas has to be BGN 1 demanded the participants in the second protest action against high fuel prices raised yesterday.

A column of hundreds of cars set out from the district of Gorublyane in Sofia towards the National Assembly Square shortly after 1 pm.The procession of drivers who pushed their cars on Tsarigradsko Shosse Blvd caused huge traffic jams and blocked the roads in downtown Sofia.

Posters with the demands of the drivers were placed on the back windows of the cars, posted BGNESS. Buses going to the centre were forced to stop and passengers had to walk. According to the protesters, fuel prices are extremely high, compared to average incomes in the country, and cars are a necessity.

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