The Bulgarian Prime Minister said his whole government is resigning from office after nationwide protests against austerity and high electricity prices, according to Reuters.
Boyko Borisov, who will step down today, told parliament: "I will not participate in a government under which police are beating people."
The Government is looking at ways to try and persuade Romanians and Bulgarians that Britain isn't the best place to head to next year when the entry rules change.
The Immigration Minister Mark Harper has told ITV News the Government is looking at making immigrants from the EU have a residency permit and register for access to public services.
It's certainly an idea we are looking at. Some other EU countries already have a mandatory register for access to public services and we're looking at the costs and benefits to see if its sensible.
The Prime Minister admitted today benefits, the NHS, housing and legal aid would be looked at.
All to ensure Britain isn't seen as a soft touch, he said.
See more on ITV News at 6.15pm
Tory MP Mark Pritchard said he feared immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania could travel to the UK to claim benefits when current restrictions preventing them from doing so expire at the end of this year.
But the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov told ITV News: "I cant see any factors that would make the UK particularly attractive compared to other places in Europe. In fact I can see at least one factor that makes the UK far less attractive and that's certainly the weather."
A Turkish politician had a lucky escape after a gunman rushed up and pointed a gun to his face at a conference before being wrestled to the ground.
Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party had been delivering a speech when the 25-year-old man rushed on stage.
Dogan struck the man before he could pull the trigger of the gas pistol and then he was quickly wrestled to the ground. The man, later identified as Oktai Enimehmedov, a Bulgarian national of Turkish origin, was also carrying two knives.
He was arrested and taken to hospital for injuries which appear to have been sustained by several people filmed punching and kicking him on the ground.
Television footage showed the man jumping out of the audience brandishing the gun which he pointed at Dogan's head. Security guards pulled him to the ground and he was repeatedly beaten and kicked by conference delegates.
Police said they arrested the attacker, a 25-year-old from the Black Sea town of Burgas, who was also carrying two knives. Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said the attacker tried to fire two shots but "most likely the gun misfired".
Dogan, 58, who has lead the party for almost a quarter of a century, returned to the party conference a few hours after the attack and was greeted with standing ovation from delegates.
Up to 250,000 Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants could come to Britain within the first five years after access restrictions are lifted, campaigners have warned.
Migration Watch UK, reached the estimate - equal to the population of Newcastle - by assessing three different methods of predicting the likely inflow from Romania and Bulgaria, and said immigration from the two countries could amount to 50,000 a year between 2014 and 2018.
Bulgarian authorities are analysing DNA, fingerprints and the Michegan drivers licence used by the man who blew up a bus full of Israeli tourists in an effort to identify him, the Associated Press reports.
Moshe Museri, who was lightly injured in the blast and was wearing bandages on his hand and leg when he arrived back in Tel Aviv, said:
What do I remember from the moment of the explosion? Bodies on the ground, severed hands and legs.
Shalom recalled the moment he jumped from the stricken bus:
We saw all the people running to the front of the bus, and we jumped from the window. Unfortunately there were three bodies lying there when we jumped. And everyone who managed to jump from this bus (was)saved, all the others were all dead or wounded.
– Airport official Svetlin MirchevAll of them were screaming and running. Some were screaming Jewish names. It was such a panic they didn't have (any) idea where to go or what to do. It was a massive explosion.
Surveillance video of the man suspected of bombing a tourist bus at an airport in Bulgaria has been released as investigators attempt to identify him.
The footage shows a long-haired man carrying a large rucksack and a smaller carry-on bag, walking close to a Thomson stand at Burgas Airport.
Investigators are meanwhile scanning DNA samples from the fingers of the suspected bomber in a bid to trace his identity.
Officials said he was carrying a fake passport, which claimed he was travelling from the state of Michigan in the US.
Iran has said Israeli accusations that it was behind the suicide bomb attack on an airport bus in Bulgaria are "unfounded."
The Iranian Embassy in Sofia issued the denial.
Eight people, including the bomber, were killed in yesterday's blast on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Burgas Airport.
The attack drew a promise by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "react powerfully" to what he called "Iranian terror."
