The municipalities of Garmen, Simitli, Petrich and Blagoevgrad have declared a state of emergency due to torrential rains. There are no injured or distressed people, but the damage is huge. The mayor of Garmen has requested urgent state aid because the..
The Struma motorway has been cleared after the night’s snowfall. The road to the border with North Macedonia near Gueshevo is open. Nearly 100 trucks temporarily blocked the Hemus highway in the direction of Sofia, it was reported...
Heavy trucks of road construction companies blocked traffic downtown Sofia on Monday. Protesters of the Bulgarian Branch Chamber "Roads" demand that they received their remuneration for the repairs done. They also want the..
The Trakia Highway connecting Sofia and Burgas is in critical condition and should be closed for traffic because of violated safety requirements. This is what Bogdan Milchev of the Road Safety Institute (an independent non-governmental experts’..
A working group will try to solve the problems of road companies. This has been decided at a meeting in the Council of Ministers with the leadership of the Bulgarian Branch Chamber "Roads". Prime Minister Stefan Yanev has ordered..
Workers in the Black Sea Motorways have organized a protest in the centre of Sofia over unpaid 18.5m euros and blocked traffic in front of the Council of Ministers. They are dissatisfied that they have not received salaries for almost 4 months. Payments..
An orange code alert for heavy snowfall has been issued for 8 districts of Northern Bulgaria by Bulgarian authorities. The eight districts are Montana, Vratsa, Lovech, Gabrovo, Veliko Tаrnovo, Turgovishte, Razgrad and Shumen. 501 snow removal..
"I call for the urgent protection of transport traffic and for maintaining the normal functioning of the 'green corridors'". This was what Bulgarian Minister of Transport wrote in a letter to the EU Commissioner for Transport Adina-Ioana..
Bad weather has led to closing of 3 border checkpoints, Daniel Ivanichkov of the Road Infrastructure Agency has told BNT. The checkpoints at the Greek border "Kulata" and "Ilinden" are closed. Traffic was also stopped at Gueshevo on..
"Wherever there are compromised roads in the country, machines and builders are working now," This was what Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said a video published on his Facebook page. Today, together with the Deputy..
