Traffic congestion

Repairs will soon begin at the entrance of Bourgas , because the section has not been repaired for about 35-40 years. This was announced on Nova TV by Doncho Atanasov from the Road Infrastructure Agency. He confirmed that the roads in the country will be congested throughout the summer season due to simultaneous repairs.

This year's summer season in Bulgaria begins with traffic congestion and blockades on the roads. The toughest situation will be traditionally on the Hemus highway, which will have restrictions all summer. By the middle of June, a repair will take place some 20 kilometers from the Trakia highway after Plovdiv.

Congestion on major streets and boulevards and a delay in public transport throughout Sofia are expected. The reason is the incoming delegations of the leaders of the Western Balkan countries, NOVA said.

A total of 37 drivers in a wedding convoy were fined by Istanbul police for causing a traffic jam on April 1, daily Habertürk has reported.

Early this morning, a tramway train failure caused a traffic jam on Graf Ignatiev Street. Around 8 am the tram lines 10, 12 and 18 interrupted their traffic towards the center of Sofia.

The Urban Mobility Center said the problem that caused the accident was removed and the traffic was restored about half an hour later.

A prosecutor in the central Greek town of Lamia has launched an investigation into the reasons behind the huge bottlenecks and traffic jams that stretched for 15 kilometers, trapping hundreds of motorists and their families in the snow on the national highway on Friday afternoon.

The snowstorms that hit the United Kingdom on the night of Wednesday left 24,000 households without electricity and led to the closure of a number of roads and highways, Sky News reported.

Heavy rain and hail has hit Athens, turning the roads into rivers, causing chaotic traffic jams at the city center.

The phenomena are expected to make the situation at the flooded Mandra even worse.

Torrential rain is causing chaos on the roads of Athens on Thursday. The strong showers started a little after 10 am and is affecting most areas of the capital with traffic congestion in a number of central and peripheral road networks. According to the Greek traffic police, the following roads are experiencing heavy traffic:

There is a lot that can be said - and none of it good - about the strike by workers on the Athens metro on Thursday that caused so many problems not just for thousands of commuters but also motorists who ended up stuck in traffic jams.