A protest of the bus carriers and the taxi drivers has been announced for today. The reason for their dissatisfaction is the parliamentary-backed presidential veto on legal changes concerning unregulated transportation. The motive for the..
The government has approved the Bulgarian position to file a lawsuit before the Court of Justice of the EU on 3 appeals against the Mobility I Package, BTA has reported. Despite the opposition of Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary,..
Sofia will test for the first time in Europe an innovative practice for "green public transport on demand". Instead of moving on predetermined routes, new electric buses will create a route map based on citizens’ searches submitted via a mobile..
Bulgaria will file a lawsuit before the European Court of Justice, Transport Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on the occasion of the final adoption of the Mobility I package by the EP. Romania, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Cyprus and..
Because of the "Mobility" package, carriers of heavy cargo are ready to leave Bulgaria, BNT has reported. Out of 12,000 companies for transportation of goods in Bulgaria, the largest ones already have registrations abroad. The withdrawal of..
In a joint analysis, the Dusseldorf Institute for Macroeconomics, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies WIIW and the French OFCE Institute have called on the EU to invest the billions planned for recovery from the Covid-19 crisis..
Today, the quarantine for international transport and bus drivers is lifted. This way passing through the territory of Bulgaria will not require temporary isolation. Previously, international drivers returning to Bulgaria had to remain in quarantine..
Owners of tourist transport companies have protested in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas and Ruse. The reason for their dissatisfaction is that the sector, which has been affected by the pandemic cannot benefit from government financial assistance. For..
The Covid-19 crisis caused direct and indirect damages in the transport sector. It is not yet possible to tell the exact size of the damages, Bulgaria’s Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov said in an..
President of the Confederation of Bus Carriers, Magdalena Miltenov, has told BTA that in at the backdrop of emergency measures related to the coronavirus crisis, more than 50 percent of the 1500 companies operating in the sphere of public transport..
