Transport

Prosecutors have started an investigation into the deadly pile-up that left 3 people dead and 14 injured (10 seriously) in a tunnel o the Hemus Motorway in Bulgaria.

The tunnel is now open after having been sealed off to traffic from Thursday afternoon to about 02:00 local time (EEST) on Friday.

At least two people died and two other were heavily injured after a multiple vehicle collision occurred in one of the tunnels of Hemus motorway on Thursday.

The collision, which involved more than fifty vehicles, occurred in the tunnel of Vitinya in the direction of Varna.

The head of Volkswagen's US division apologized to Congress and said the company takes "full responsibility" for an emissions cheating scandal, according to testimony released Oct. 7.

Toyota Oct. 8 said it was willing to help the United States probe how the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has managed to get hold of so many of its notoriously tough trucks.

Volkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said in an interview with a German newspaper that the company would launch a recall for cars affected by its diesel emissions crisis in January and complete the fix by the end of next year.

Bulgarian mobile operators have the obligation to provide free calls to the common European emergency number 112 to motorists involved in a road accident.

The operators are obliged to provide technical capacity for free calls to 112 from a vehicle involved in a road accident everywhere in the country if there is coverage.

Bulgaria's Parliament has adopted changes to automobile transportation law which obligate taxi drivers to have certificates showing they work under contracts of employment, and not on their own account.

The amendments have been passed at both first and second readings.

Car-hiring service Uber has started a petition calling on users to stand up for its right to remain active in the Bulgarian market, its website shows.

It explains[BG] the petition could send a strong message to the government demanding that it that citizens say "yes" to innovations, new regulations, and the right to choose.

Ride-sharing service Uber is not available in Bulgaria's capital Sofia as of Tuesday, October 06, after having been active since last year.

The Traffic Police department of the Sofia police directorate will propose changes to the Penal Code and the Road Traffic Act aimed at strengthening sanctions for violations.

The proposal envisages the criminalization of speeding, drink-driving, and driving without a license.