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Traffic at Kulata border checkpoint with Greece is normal

Photo: BGNES

Traffic is normal at the border checkpoints with Greece Kulata, Kapitan Petko Voivoda, Makaza and Ivailovgrad, BGNES reports.

According to border police only trucks and seasonal workers with the required documents are allowed through Ilinden-Exochi border crossing. At the Vidin crossing point of exit towards Romania, truck traffic is intensive. Zlatograd checkpoint is still closed in both directions.

Yesterday the lines of cars and trucks at Kulata reached 15 kilometres, leaving hundreds of families with children blocked at the border with Greece. 



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