Public transport workers in Sofia are planning a protest on Thursday morning (18 January). The protest is organized by the Federation of Transport TUs, which is part of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, and the principal demand is a 30% pay rise as of 1 March. An obstacle standing in the way of meeting this demand is the non-functioning Sofia municipal council, which has been unable to elect a chairperson ever since the local election on 29 October, 2023. This is also hindering the adoption of a budget of Sofia for 2024.
Drivers, conductors and other employees say they cannot wait any longer for politicians to reach some kind of agreement. “In our sphere the starting salary is about 1,300 Leva a month (EUR 665). That kind of money is not enough. We don’t have the time to rest as we work overtime because we are understaffed,” the public transport workers say, as quoted by public service TV BNT.
The traffic of trucks in the area of the Danube Bridge at the border with Romania is heavy. This situation is expected to continue over the weekend as the trucks that were waiting at the Kapitan Andreevo crossing at the Bulgarian-Turkish border for..
The truck traffic on the Maritsa highway to the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing at the Bulgarian-Turkish border is now normalized. "As of this morning, there are no more queues of trucks standing on the roadway waiting to cross the border," assured..
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, searches have been carried out in Sofia, Burgas, Petrich and Rila in connection with an investigation into alleged fraud with EU funds in the restoration of a church. In 2017, a public tender..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
Romania and Bulgaria have a chance to join the Schengen area by land as of January 2025 , Hungarian Interior Minister Sándor Pinter said after an..
Partly Cloudy