[Bulgaria] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Workers at the TEREM-Khan Krum military plant in Targovishte, Bulgaria staged a one-hour protest on April 7, 2025, blocking the main Sofia-Varna road intersection over delayed wage payments and uncertainty about the company's future strategy.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. The brief disruption to the Sofia-Varna corridor could affect regional freight movement if protests expand or recur, though the single-hour duration suggests minimal immediate impact.

Watch points

• Monitor for additional labor actions at Bulgarian defense manufacturing facilities, which could signal broader industry-wide wage payment issues
• Track any expansion of protests to other transportation corridors connecting Sofia with Black Sea ports