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Long lines of trucks and cars at the border with Turkiye

Photo: BGNES-archive

Long lines of trucks and cars have formed at the border with Turkiye, reported Nova TV. The line of trucks on the Maritsa motorway has reached Svilengrad and is over 12 kilometres long, which is due to the increased traffic before the holidays. 

Over 2,800 heavy vehicles have been processed at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing in the past 24 hours.1,500 of them were heading towards Turkiye. Car traffic is also intense at the border crossing.




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