Marin Raikov, the new interim prime minister, said Bulgaria would not initiate a request to impose EU sanctions on Hezbollah, but would “present the objective facts and circumstances and let our European partners decide.” In February, Bulgaria said that Hezbollah was behind the July 2012 attack in Burgas. Bulgaria’s center-right government was replaced on March 13 by the interim technocrat administration. The Bulgarian opposition has criticized Bulgarian attempts to blacklist Hezbollah.
