Deadly Bus Crash Sparks Shakeup in Bulgaria's Government
Firefighters near the scene of the bus crash on Aug. 25.
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Three Bulgarian ministers resigned in the wake of a deadly bus crash, the biggest shakeup to date in Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s third government, which he formed last year.
The accident in the European Union’s poorest and most-corrupt member state saw the vehicle skid off a mountain road and fall into a gorge near Sofia on Aug. 25, triggering heated debates over institutional responsibility and control over road construction. Seventeen people were killed.