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Driving instructors announce nationwide protest

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Driving instructors from all over the country went on a national protest an blocked traffic on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard downtown Sofia near Alexander Battenberg Square. The discontent in the sector is due to planned amendments to two regulations concerning the training conditions and the way driving tests are organized and held.

Driving instructors call the texts lobbyism that places additional administrative burden on the sector and are prerequisite for corruption. They insist that the changes are coordinated with representatives of the sector, reporters of BNR inform.




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