Bulgaria moves to quell mass protests / Bulgaria PM to step down amid protests

Report of social unrest in Bulgaria during February 2013 as rising energy prices in advance of a general election later in 2013.

Europe's debt crisis claimed its latest victim on the 20 February 2013 when the Bulgarian government stepped down after days of violent nationwide protests against austerity measures, high energy costs and corruption.

ESO: Background information: Special Report: Bulgaria 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/on-the-winding-road-to-stability/

Spiegel Online International, 20.02.13: Another Austerity Victim: Bulgarian Government Resigns Amid Protests http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/bulgarian-prime-minister-borisov-resigns-following-violent-protests-a-884463.html

BBC News, 20.02.13: Bulgaria government to resign, PM Boiko Borisov says http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21516658

Deutsche Welle, 20.02.13: Bulgarian government resigns over protests http://www.dw.de/bulgarian-government-resigns-over-protests/a-16612812

EUObserver, 27.02.13: Bulgaria's winter of discontent http://euobserver.com/news/119209

EurActiv, 17.02.13: Electricity bills set Bulgaria on fire [ http://www.euractiv.com/elections/electricity-bills-set-bulgaria-f-news-517870

Spiegel International Online, 22.03.13: Unrest in Bulgaria: New Casualty in Wave of Self-Immolations http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/man-dies-in-sixth-bulgarian-self-immolation-in-less-than-a-month-a-890444.html

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