Students Demand Freedom, 14 December 1989

In 1997 Bulgaria was at breaking point, facing an overall crisis. Tens of thousands of people were protesting daily against the former Communist government. On 10 January the country's parliament in Sofia came under siege.

Bulgaria

Класс!

Students in the Bulgarian capital Sofia call for the abolition of Article 1 of the Constitution of the country. It would mean dropping the ruling role of the Communist Party across society.

The political establishment -- both the Communists and "cooperative" dissidents -- is shocked, they call the students "extremists". It's the beginning of the end of Communist rule that has lasted 45 years.

From "Studenti", Director Atanas Kiryakov, 1990