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Bulgarian MPs on Friday banned the wearing of veils that cover the face - a bill proposed earlier this year by the nationalistic coalition, Patriotic Front. The  so-called "burqa ban" was passed on a second reading with overwhelming support.

The southern Bulgarian town Pazardjik has become the first in Bulgaria to introduce a total ban on wearing the face-cover known as the burqa in public.

The changes to the municipal regulation on public order banning the burqa, proposed by counsellors from the nationalist National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria, were backed by 39 of 41 members of the municipal council.

Pazardzhik became the first Bulgarian city to ban the wearing of veils covering the face in public places, BNR public radio broadcaster reported on Wednesday.

The city parliament approved the ban in a 39-2 vote with no abstentions, according to BNR.

Bulgaria's Patriotic Front proposed to Parliament on Wednesday to ban the wearing in public places of burqas, or head veils hiding the face, citing potential threats to national security.

If approved, the proposed new article in the Penal Code would ban the wearing of any apparel that hides the face of a person entirely or in part.

The mayor of the city of Pazardzhik, in southern Bulgaria, has proposed to ban the wearing of burqas in buildings housing branches of local and central government, citing security reasons.

The issue of burqas in Bulgaria is exaggerated, but should be considered in light of future security problems, Bulgarian Deputy PM and Education Minister Meglena Kunevas has said.

She has made her comments a day after embracing a suggestion of Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov, who over the weekend opined the wearing of burqas should be banned in public.

No burqas should be worn in public in Bulgaria, Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has said.

Tsatsarov has commented in relation to an ongoing trial against 14 people accused in spreading anti-democratic ideology and war propaganda.

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