Drought, which has swept across Europe, is a growing concern for Bulgarians living along the Danube. The low water level of the river is causing extreme losses to shipping. Hundreds of self-propelled and nonself-propelled vessels are waiting in..
A total of 160 cyclists from all over Bulgaria and from Romania are setting out from the town of Vidin under the motto “The river, Dobrudzha and the sea”, on August 27 and 28 along a 700-km. long route – from the Northernmost points of Bulgaria at..
The queue of trucks waiting to cross Danube Bridge 2 near Vidin - Kalafat already exceeds 10 kilometers of length, BTA reports. Drivers are forced to wait for 16-18 hours. Crossing the bridge itself takes less than 5 minutes, while checks at the border..
At the height of summer, let us take a look at the national road network, though not the thoroughfares leading to the seaside resorts in the environs of Varna but at the region of the town of Vidin. Once the capital of the Tsardom (Kingdom) of..
Located near the Vraska Chuka border crossing, Kula is the northwesternmost Bulgarian town. Everyone who passes through Kula takes a break in the central part to see the most popular site of the town – the old fortress tower which gave the name..
The longest cave in northwestern Bulgaria, Bashovichki Pech, where fossil remains of cave animals have been found, is endangered due to a construction site in its immediate vicinity. For 10 years, speleologists who study it are fighting for its..
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development lowered its forecast for the Bulgarian economy due to the low level of vaccination against the novel coronavirus and the political crisis. Does Bulgaria stand a chance to recover after..
Northwestern Bulgaria remains the poorest region of Europe even though half a billion Leva has been allocated under the Innovation and Competitiveness programme, indicates an analysis by the Ministry of Economy of the effectiveness of..
The hospital in Vidin, Northwestern Bulgaria, has sought help from the Ministry of Health because it can no longer accept patients with coranavirus. The patients are transported from the emergency centre to other medical institutions in the country,..
There are huge queues of trucks in the area of the Danube bridge 2 at the town of Vidin. The Traffic Police said that due to the repairs in the Pass of the Republic connecting North and South Bulgaria via the Balkan Range , the drivers are heading to..
