Bicycle

Up to 300,000 bicycles will be distributed this year to children and teenagers in order to encourage regular physical activity, Turkish Health Ministry announced on April 21. The bicycles will also be given to the municipalities in order to encourage them to construct bicycle roads. 

Starting Friday, the Lovers' Bridge in the center of Bulgaria's capital Sofia is hosting an exhibition of posters showing images of the Netherlands and its bikes.

A group of cyclist enthusiasts from Dom?ale, Slovenia have developed an ultra stylish accessory ? an innovative multi-function bicycle bag made out of discarded bicycle inner tubes, which is an absolute joy to use and is available on Kickstater too!

The Dutch ambassador to Sofia, Tom van Oorschot, reiterated the stance of his country that Bulgaria is not ready for accession to the Schengen Area.

The diplomat said this in an interview for private bTV station which was conducted while riding a bike in downtown Sofia.

Bulgaria has renewed production of the legendary socialist-era bicycle called Balkan, with the first new bikes to go on sale in March.

The bikes are crafted by the original producer, Balkanvelo, a firm based in the town of Lovech.

The new bike is a replica of the old one, but a large number of improvements have been introduced.

The volume of Bulgaria's exports of bicycles increased by more than a fifth between 2013 and 2014 to almost 819,000 units, maintaining an upward trend, Bike Europe trade journal reported on Monday.

The total value of Bulgarian bike exports also increased, exceeding EUR 108 M in 2014, or about 32% more than a year earlier, according to an article posted on bike-eu.com.

The exhibition “Meet the classic bicycle” is being hosted at the WE venue in Thessaloniki.

Among the top attractions of the exhibition is a handmade bicycle which was made by the British company “Raleigh” and constructed during WWI and a military bicycle made by BSA and used by English paratroopers during the period of the expeditions in WWI.

Turkey's first regulations on bicycle lanes and parking spots made the news last week. This raised more than a few eyebrows in a country where it's not uncommon to see parked cars on pavements leaving no room for pedestrians, or aggressive car traffic making its own rules.

Turkey's Environment and Urban Planning Ministry has issued a bylaw to ensure safe cycling in intra-city traffic by regulating the construction of bicycle roads and stations. 

The regulation on the design and construction of bicycle roads, stations and parking lots entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette on Nov. 3. 

Izmir's women bring grace and style to everything they do, including public demonstrations zmir's women like to boast that they bring grace and style to everything they do, including public demonstrations. That is probably why "Chic Women's Bicycle Tour," participated by some five hundred women, may well be the most ornamented demonstration in the country.