Bulgaria’s govt survives no-confidence vote amid protests

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s center-right government has survived the fifth no-confidence vote called by the Socialist opposition over its alleged failure to curb widespread graft. The 240-member parliament rejected the motion Tuesday by 124-102, with 11 abstentions and three lawmakers absent. The more serious challenge for Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s government are the two-week-old street protests in which tens of thousands of Bulgarians insist that the government mus