A protected zone in the vicinity of Vetren village next to Lake Srebarna has been declared for the conservation of the sturgeon in the River Danube, the WWF has announced. The protected territory Esetrite-Vetren covers an area of over 288..
The first cruise ship on the Danube for the tourist season docked on March 20 in the Vidin port . Nearly 150 American and Japanese tourists are traveling on board the luxurious "Viking Lif". They first visited the unique Belogradchik rocks and the..
The heavy traffic between Bulgaria and Romania, made even worse by Russia’s war against Ukraine, has once again raised the issue of building a third bridge across the Danube so as to improve connectivity between the two European countries...
The ship Danuvina Alacris – the Living Danube – a replica of a Roman navis lusoria has successfully navigated the distance from Vidin to Lom along the Bulgarian shore. It took two years to build the ship in Germany, applying an ancient 4..
“Expanding connectivity in various spheres between Bulgaria and Romania, including by building a third bridge, and the joint efforts to maintain navigation along the River Danube are important for the economic exchange of the entire region,”..
Bulgaria and Romania agreed on a third bridge over the Danube River. The infrastructural facility will be built near Ruse-Gyurgevo border crossing. For this purpose, an agreement will be signed between the two countries. This was agreed upon by the..
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..
Hundreds of vessels are currently waiting in the Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube River and the forecasts for the river level are not optimistic at all. Due to the lack of sufficient water in the Rhine, the Main and the..
Because of the critically low level of the River Danube, as of 26 July, 2022, the ferry service between Oryahovo, Bulgaria and Bechet, Romania is being suspended , the ferry complex has announced. The service will be resumed as soon as the river..
