With an official ceremony, Zheleznitsa tunnel on Struma motorway was opened to traffic. The tunnel is 2 kms. long, and it is the longest tunnel built in the country. Struma motorway is part of the Orient/East–Med Corridor, linking Vidin with Kulata, catering to the traffic to Greece. It is the shortest route between Western and Central Europe towards Thessaloniki and the Aegean Sea, connecting Europe with Asia. Sofia is expecting a positive response by the European Commission, within a fortnight, regarding the last section of the motorway across Kresna Gorge. “The proposal is for it to pass East of the gorge,” said Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Andrey Tsekov, and added that an optimistic deadline for the completion of Struma motorway would be 2028.
Mayors of municipalities adjacent to the motorway demanded the construction, as a matter of urgency, of an additional road link to Simitly, where traffic towards Bansko-Gotze Delchev-Greece can be diverted to avoid congestion after the new tunnel Zheleznitsa.
"There will be no technical problems with the voting machines in the June 9 elections," said the caretaker Minister of e-Government Valentin Mundrov on the occasion of the completed verification of the technical devices. He added that the team leaders'..
Bulgaria's Caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov suspects attempts of Russian interference in the elections for the Bulgarian and European parliaments on June 9 this year. "The Kremlin's goal right now is to directly influence the upcoming..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will range from 11 to 14°C, with a low of 12°C in Sofia. Morning fog is expected in the plains and valleys. The day will start sunny, but clouds and rain will develop over the mountains in western and..
Clouds will break and decrease overnight, except in eastern Bulgaria. Light to moderate winds will blow from west-northwest. On Friday, 24 May, the..
The heads of European news agencies received a souvenir of the Bulgarian alphabet for 24 May. The general director of the Bulgarian News Agency..
The association "Angels on the Road", uniting families who lost their loved ones in road traffic accidents, held a motorcade and a pedestrian march in..
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