Transport
Romania and Bulgaria Plan Five New Danube River Bridges
Romania and Bulgaria began feasibility studies for the building of five new bridges over the River Danube after a meeting on Monday in Bucharest between Romania's Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu and his Bulgaria counterpart, Nikolai Sabev.
UPDATE/President Iohannis signs decree finding vacancy of Development and Transport Ministries portfolios
President Klaus Iohannis signed on Thursday the decree finding the vacancy of the Development and Transport Ministries portfolios.
Sofia Summiteers Face Sight of Truck Drivers' Protest
EU leaders arriving in Bulgaria's capital for the long-awaited EU-Western Balkans Summit on May 16-17 will be met by the sight of protesting truck drivers parking their lorries alongside the main Sofia-Tsarigradsko highway on Wednesday and Thursday.
Minister: Metro barriers to be activated by end-February
The barriers that work with the recently launched electronic transport tickets will be activated at all metro stations in Athens by the end of February, Greece's Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis has said.
So far barriers are operating at only six out of 60 metro stations across the capital, in what authorities say is an extended pilot stage.
The 'others' did not do the same
Recently, whenever government lawmakers have found themselves under pressure during their rare appearances on radio or television programs, the only thing they have seemed capable of doing is blaming their predecessors, saying, "The others before us did the same thing," or something along those lines.
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Bulgaria and Greece to Build Multimodal Freight Corridor Between Black Sea, Aegen Sea and Dunabe
Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and Greek Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Christos Spirtzis have agreed to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the two countries connecting the ports of Varna, Burgas, Kavala and Alexandroupoli, the ministry's press office announced, quoted by Focus News Agency.
New obstacles to sell-offs
Greek ministers are trying to raise fresh obstacles to foreign investments despite the prime minister's invitations to investors to put their money in Greece.
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Bulgaria EconMin Visiting Azerbaijan on Thursday, Friday
Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski will head a delegation sent to Azerbaijan as part of a bilateral committee that will have a session on September 29-30, the government says.
The Fourth session of the Bulgarian-Azerbaijani intergovernmental committee on economic cooperation will be presided by Lukarski and Azerbaijan's Transport Minister Ziya Mamedov.
Bus Stations in Bulgaria To Be Divided in Three Categories
Bus stations in Bulgaria will be divided in three categories. They must have Wi-Fi, a web page and telephone connections. These are the regulatory changes proposed by Transport Minister, Ivaylo Moskovski.
Bulgaria to Restructure Road Transport Agency over Alleged Wrongoing
Bulgaria is to make structural changes to its road transport agency after the revelation of possible woringdoing in the issuence of driving licenses and certificates to road transportant company, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said.