site.btaNovember 3, 1989: First Civic Demonstration against Totalitarian Regime in Bulgaria

November 3, 1989: First Civic Demonstration against Totalitarian Regime in Bulgaria
November 3, 1989: First Civic Demonstration against Totalitarian Regime in Bulgaria
Activists of the Ecoglasnost independent association staging a demonstration in Kristal Park, Sofia, November 3, 1989 (BTA Archive Photo/Zhivko Angelov)

On November 3, 1989, activists of the Ecoglasnost independent association staged a demonstration in Sofia’s Kristal Park. Some 4,000 people took part in what became the first civic demonstration against the totalitarian regime in Bulgaria. 

The activists handed to Parliament a petition signed by 12,000 people against two hydropower projects, Mesta and Rila. 

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