Councillors in Sofia, the country's capital, have voted to rename one of the stops on its new metro line "European Union" in a gesture of thanks for help with financing the project. The EU is paying more than 80% of the 1 billion levs (£400 million) costs for the second line of the Sofia underground. Bulgaria has a history of renaming streets, factories, schools and even towns.
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Renamed metro line is EU tribute
The European Union's reputation may be taking a battering from the debt crisis, but Brussels can at least be grateful for a vote of confidence from its newest and poorest member, Bulgaria.
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