Truck throughput capacity at Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo border checkpoints with Turkey will be increased within a week. This is the commitment the Bulgarian state is assuming, Minister of Transport Nikolay Sabev announced after holding meetings with Turkey’s Deputy Minister of Trade Tuna Turagay, representatives of the authorities in Edirne and the Turkish customs authorities.
The number of trucks coming in from Turkey and processed at Kapitan Andreevo should go up to 2,000, and at Lesovo – to 1,000. For the purpose additional customs and border police staff are to be posted there.
Minister Sabev did not meet with the protesting haulers who blocked traffic at the border, only letting it through on the hour. The protest is over the queues of heavy trucks forming after the state took over phytosanitary control at the border.
In an address to the Bulgarian citizens, the Bulgarian head of state Rumen Radev has announced that he is submitting a proposal to the National Assembly to hold a national referendum. The question in it is "Do you agree that Bulgaria should..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be from 8 to 13°C, in Sofia - around 9°C . During the day it will be cloudy with temporary breaks in the clouds over the western regions. In the southern and eastern parts of the country it..
Librarians, backed by trade unions, have staged a protest in front of Sofia Library, demanding higher salaries. According to a recent decision by the Council of Ministers, those working in the field of information and bibliographic services will..
The Ministry of Education and Science and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), one of the five institutions of the World..
Roma families from Sofia's "Zaharna Fabrika" residential district, who were left homeless after their illegally built homes were demolished on April 15..
A second flood in two weeks in Northwestern Bulgaria has caused damage in the villages of Lehchevo and Kobilyak. The rainfall, accompanied by large..
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