Transport

The number of deadly crashes has risen by as much as 90 percent over the past 10 years in Turkey, parallel to a percentage increase in the number of all crashes, including fatal ones, over the same period, statistical data from the Turkish Statistical Institute shows.

Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) has allocated an additional BGN 3 M to anti-landslide fortification in two sections of the Struma motorway.

At least 10 migrants who were seeking to reach Europe are feared dead after their inflatable dinghy capsized off the coast of Libya, a local prosecutor on the Italian island of Sicily said July 23.

A UNHCR spokesman had earlier said that the potential toll could reach up to 40, but prosecutor Francesco Paolo Giordino said it would be closer to "about a dozen".    

Protesting ferry workers temporarily blocked French road access to the undersea rail tunnel linking France to Britain on July 21, a Eurotunnel  spokesman said.

The low-cost airline Wizz Air starts to conduct flights to five new destinations from the Bulgarian capital Sofia from Sunday.

Return flights from Sofia to Bari, Geneva and Cologne will be conducted every Monday and Friday, while the return flights to Memmingen (Munich West) and Naples will be serviced on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Istanbul?s Atatürk Airport saw all-time high flight traffic on July 21, with 1,389 airplanes taking off from or landing at the airport. The previous record ocurred on May 14 this year, with 1,375 landings and take-offs. 

In an immediate response to a request for assistance from Greece, the EU provided firefighting planes to help stop the spread of forest fires in several parts of the country, including in the outskirts of Athens.

Antalya Airport on Turkey's Mediterranean coast hit an all-time high in passenger traffic on July 18, with 169,000 passengers taking off or landing via 1,012 airplanes throughout the day. 

Regent Seven Seas Cruises offers a 128-night around-the-world voyageon the Seven Seas Navigator in 2017. The ship debarks from Miami on January 5, 2017, but the price of the cruise doesn’t come cheap with fares starting at $54,999. Fares include meals, shore excursions and first-class air fare with passengers allowed to upgrade to packages that offer more in-depth tours.

Uber, the US-based taxi sharing company, will challenge the BGN 100 000 fine imposed by Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition at the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS).

Uber was fined BGN 100 000 over creating unfair competition of regular taxi drivers in Sofia.