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5-km Queue at Kapitan Andreevo Border Cross Checkpoint
There is a 5-km queue of trucks at the Kapitan Andreevo border cross checkpoint, reported the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police.
There is heavy traffic at the Kulata border cross checkpoint.
Traffic is normal at all border cross checkpoints with Romania, Serbia and Macedonia.
7-km Queue at Kapitan Andreevo Border Cross Checkpoint
There is a 7-km queue of trucks at the exit of border cross checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo.
The queue at border cross checkpoint Lesovo is 3 km, reported the press centre of Border Police.
Traffic at all border cross checkpoints with Romania, Serbia, Macedonia and Greece is normal.
Heavy Traffic at Lesovo, Kapitan Andreevo Checkpoints
There is a 2.5 km queue at the exit of border cross checkpoint Lesovo.. The queue of trucks at border cross checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo is 4.5 km, announced Border Police.
Traffic at all border cross checkpoints with Romania, Serbia, Macedonia and Greece is normal.
Turkey under siege?
All of us in Turkey are remnants of an empire that crumbled at the turn of the last century. I was born in Bursa, in western Turkey. My mother's Tatar ancestors came to Bursa from Romania during the Balkan Wars. My father's Circassian ancestors came to Elazığ from the Caucasus just before the turn of the century. Both had been driven from their homes by the advances of the Russian Empire.
Romania's Ex-President Indicted Over 1990 Violence
Military prosecutors of the Romanian Supreme Court on Friday indicted former president Ion Iliescu and other former senior officials with crimes against humanity for their role in the violence in 1990 that left at least four dead and over 700 wounded in Bucharest.
Romania likely to get its first Muslim prime minister
Leader of Romania's Social Democratic Party Liviu Dragnea has proposed Sevil Shhaideh for the post of prime minister.
Dragnea's party won the December 11 parliamentary elections.
Exit adds fourth festival to Summer of Love 2017
ZAGREB/NOVI SAD - Exit Summer of Love 2017 will combine four regional festivals into a unique festival adventure, Exit Team said at a press conference in Zagreb Wednesday.
Why Germans invest in Serbia and Romania, but not Greece
"In Romania and Serbia a new German investment is made every week," said the head of the German-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Michalis Maillis, deploring the unwelcoming conditions for investments in Greece.
Leftist Win in Romania Creates Dilemma for President
Romania's Social Democratic Party, PSD, won legislative elections on Sunday and is set to designate the next Prime Minister, although it is still unclear if it managed to win a majority in parliament.
According to partial results after 98 per cent of the votes were counted, the PSD won 45.9 per cent, but this result might change after a redistribution of votes.
Social Democrats easily win Romania parliamentary elections
Romania's left-leaning Social Democrats easily won parliamentary elections a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last Socialist prime minister from power, near-final results released showed Dec. 12.
Hitrino Incident: Derailed Tank 'Did Not Explode'
There was no explosion of the cistern loaded with liquefied petroleum gas that derailed on Saturday, causing a blast that killed 7 people and left 29 injured, Bulgarian firefighters' chief Nikolay Nikolov has said.
Centre-Left Social Democrats Win Romanian Elections, Exit Polls
Romania's centre-left wing Social Democrat Party, PSD, won the country's legislative elections on Sunday, but failed to secure a parliamentary majority, leaving the door open for negotiations on forming a coalition with another parliamentary group.
Romania's Social Democrats Poised for Comeback to Power
The Social Democrat Party (PSD) is in for a big win in the general election held in Romania on Sunday, exit poll projections show.
If confirmed, the result could bring the left-wing party back into power after resigning over last year's protests.
The PSD got 45.2% of the vote, acording to the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology (CURS), quoted by AGERPRES.
Romanians Going to Polls under New Voting Rules
Voting has begun in Romania in a regular parliamentary election, with social democrats and liberals will be vying to get the biggest number of seats.
Some 18.9 million Romanians are eligible to cast ballots. The voting day started at 07:00 local time (EET).
Five Die as Freight Train Explodes in Bulgaria
Bulgaria is to hold a day of national mourning on Monday for the victims of an explosion on a cargo train transporting liquified gas to Romania.
Five people were killed and ten are in a serious condition, three of them in a critical condition, the Bulgarian Health Minister Petar Moskov said on Saturday.