Nearly 100 employees of the Road Infrastructure Agency blocked Hemus motorway connecting Sofia and Northern Bulgaria. Protesters blocked the motorway for 15 minutes, demanding a 30% pay rise.
They also call for a compulsory insurance against accidents and the replacement of workwear. Road engineers and experts are paid between EUR 562 and EUR 613 a month, which is quite insufficient and lead to staff turnover, protesters noted.
The international scientific conference “Bulgarians in the Northern Black Sea Region” will be held in Sofia on October 27 and 28, 2025 in the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Prof...
The annual planned maintenance of Kozloduy NPP Unit 6 starts today and is expected to last until early December, the nuclear power plant has announced. During the shutdown, technical maintenance of the systems and facilities will be carried out,..
Saturday will start off with lows between 6°C and 11°C, dropping to around 6°C in Sofia. Skies will brighten for a time over northern Bulgaria before turning cloudy again later, with rain moving in by evening and overnight. Cloudy spells are also..
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