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Protesting miners and energy workers block roads in the country

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The workers at Maritsa East mines are protesting today. The road at the Passage of the Republic (Hainboaz) near Gurkovo is blocked. There is also a protest on the Trakia highway in the Stara Zagora region, on the roads to Haskovo and between Galabovo - Dimitrovgrad. The miners from Bobov Dol mine are conducting a motorcade along the Struma highway and the main road E-79 near Dupnitsa. An action has also been announced at the crossroads near the village of Dragichevo between Sofia and Pernik.

Protesters are unhappy with plans to develop coal-mining areas, which foreclose the fate of the industry. The government plans to approve the plans at an emergency meeting on September 29 at 3 p.m. 



Miners and energy workers insist that the state renegotiate with the European Commission the deadline for closing coal-fired power plants. Under the Green Energy Transition Commitments, the shutdown must be completed by 2026. 

Protesters are demanding that the shutdown be delayed until 2038.



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