SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Authorities in Bulgaria on Saturday banned an annual torch-lit march in downtown Sofia in honor of a late general who led the pro-Nazi Union of Bulgarian National Legions during World War II. png","height":60,"width":150,"@type":"ImageObject"}},"alternativeHeadline":"Authorities in Bulgaria have banned an annual torchlit march in downtown Sofia in honor of a late general who led the pro-Nazi Union of Bulgarian National Legions during World War II","articleSection":"international","metadata":{"timestamp":"2023-02-25T18:27:33Z","dateModified":"2023-02-25T19:16:45Z","sourceLine":"ABC News","shortLink":"","keywords":"War and unrest, Politics, General news, Government and politics","title":"Bulgaria bans neo-Nazi event after public outcry","description":"Authorities in Bulgaria have banned an annual torchlit march in downtown Sofia in honor of a late general who led the pro-Nazi Union of Bulgarian National Legions during World War II","image":{"url":"https://s. On Saturday, police also blocked the streets around the site where Lukov had lived in Sofia to prevent the nationalists from holding a ceremony in memory of Lukov, which in past years was the high point of the event