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Traffic along E-79 international road to Greece back to normal

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Traffic along the international road E-79 from Sofia to the border checkpoint with Greece at Kulata is back to normal. This was announced for BNR by the director of the Regional Road Administration in Blagoevgrad Ivan Kunev. 

Earlier today, anti-government protesters partially blocked the traffic on the road at the exit of Blagoevgrad, in the direction of Kulata, and temporarily hindered traffic to Greece and Sofia. Queues formed, but the demonstration ended after noon, Radio Blagoevgrad reports.



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