Around 200 Roma people have gathered in the central part of the Kremikovtsi residential quarter in the Bulgarian village of Garmen to join today's protest against the demolition of illegal buildings.

One of protest’s leaders made statements in Romani language.

Some of the demonstrators are waving Bulgarian flags and posters reading “resignation of Minka Kapitanova”.

The protest is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. and continue until 1 p.m. Initially the protesters planned to start a rally to the Garmen Municipal Office but they did not receive a permit.