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..
Freight transport is working at its maximum, as a structure that is necessary for the economy, Transport Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov told the BNR. It is evident that land transport has no alternative. Passenger transport, especially international..
Owners and drivers of cargo trucks and busses with EBPO, VI and EEV emission standards running only on natural gas or bio ethanol will be refunded half of their road toll taxes. The users can get acquainted with the refund procedure on the web..
As of today, between 60 and 80 TIR trailers will be transported to and from Turkey each day onboard a train. The Bulgarian Ministry of Transport is negotiating with the railway haulers to buy more wagons. Thus, trailers of more than 100 cargo vehicles..
The Austria-Hungary border has again opened for Bulgarian citizens. Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Vienna Ivan Sirakov has informed that the first vehicles have already crossed the border. The Austrian and the Hungarian Police are providing passage corridor to..
Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov held a phone conversation with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban. Many Bulgarian citizens continue to wait for permission to cross Hungary, Premier Borissov underlined during the phone call. Hungary’s Prime..
