03:17Bulgaria: Nationalists torchlit procession marks Liberation Day
Hundreds of nationalists from across Bulgaria marched through the city of Stara Zagora on Sunday to celebrate the country's Liberation Day.
Demonstrators chanted "blood and honour", "for Bulgaria - freedom of dead" as well as "Long live the victory", while waving various flags many of which carried far-right symbols.
The evening procession, organised by 'Defender' patriotic organisation and the far-right Bulgarian National Union, ended in front of the monument to Bulgarian revolutionists.
The event was escorted by a strong police presence and passed off peacefully.
Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule in the wake of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Liberation Day marks the date when the Treaty of San Stefano was signed and Bulgaria was proclaimed as an independent state.
03:17Hundreds of nationalists from across Bulgaria marched through the city of Stara Zagora on Sunday to celebrate the country's Liberation Day.
Demonstrators chanted "blood and honour", "for Bulgaria - freedom of dead" as well as "Long live the victory", while waving various flags many of which carried far-right symbols.
The evening procession, organised by 'Defender' patriotic organisation and the far-right Bulgarian National Union, ended in front of the monument to Bulgarian revolutionists.
The event was escorted by a strong police presence and passed off peacefully.
Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule in the wake of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Liberation Day marks the date when the Treaty of San Stefano was signed and Bulgaria was proclaimed as an independent state.