Bulgarian nationalists blocked for several hours Friday the three main crossing points with Turkey to prevent coaches bringing in thousands of Turks with Bulgarian passports to vote in Sunday's elections, organisers said, Yahoo News reported.
The protests marked a further escalation of a spat between EU member Bulgaria and its neighbour Turkey over Ankara's open support for a new party representing Bulgaria's Turkish minority.
About 50 protesters gathered at Kapitan Andreevo, the main checkpoint, with banners reading "Bulgaria above everything!" and "No to Turkish interference!" as loudspeakers blared patriotic songs, an AFP photographer said.
Later in the afternoon police had put an end to the protests after caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov called for the blockade to be lifted, authorities said.
