There are Changes in Traffic in Downtown Sofia Will be due to Bulgarian EU Presidency

n the coming days, the movement in the central part of the capital will be a real challenge. The reason is the official opening of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The ceremony for the official opening of the Bulgarian presidency of the Council of the EU in Sofia will take place on Thursday (January 11th) in the Ivan Vazov National Theater. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, President Rumen Radev, President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, EU Council President Donald Tusk, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will hold speeches at the opening.

Here are the changes in traffic in the center of Sofia:

The stopping and parking of road vehicles, with the exception of the vehicles carrying the participants in the events, are prohibited as follows:

From 17.30 on 10.01.2018 until departure of the delegations on 12.01.2018: 

on "Gen. Gurko'' between ''G. St. Rakovski "and" Kn. Alexander I ".

From 17.30 on 10.01.2018 until the end of the events 11.01.2018: 

on "Kn. Alexander I "between" Gen. Gurko "and Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.;

on ''Aksakov'' Str. between "Diakon Ignatiy" Str. and "G.S. Rakovski" Str.;

on "Diakon Ignatiy" Str. between "Gen. Gurko "and ''Tsar Osvoboditel'' Blvd.; 

on "Kuzman Shapkarev" Str. between "Ivan Vazov" Str. and "Gen. Gurko'' Str.;

on "Slavyanska" Str. between "G. S. Rakovski" Street and "Diakon Ignatiy" Str.;

on "G.Benkovski" Str. between "Tsar Osvoboditel" Blvd. and "Ivan Vazov" Str.;

on ''Ivan Vazov'' Str., between "G. St. Rakovski "and" Diakon Ignatiy "Str.;

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