Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Bulgarian Road Safety Institute calls for efficient road control

Photo: BGNES

The Road Safety Institute in Bulgaria has sent a request to the President and the caretaker Prime Minister for immediate measures against road accidents. Among the institute's proposals is for the Interior Ministry to change traffic control from static to dynamic and to build an average speed system across the country, which would cost about 2.5 million euros.

According to unconfirmed data from the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, 201 people died in accidents and 2,096 were injured in the first six months of the year. The festive month of May turned out to be the blackest with 56 deaths..




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Caretaker PM Glavchev wishes the next cabinet a long and successful mandate

Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has expressed hope that the National Assembly will elect a regular government today and that it will have a long and successful mandate. “There are no dysfunctional systems, we are handing it over after a..

published on 1/16/25 10:09 AM
In the photo (from left to right): Admiral Ercument Tatlioglu - Commander of the Turkish Navy, Rear Admiral Kiril Mihailov - Commander of the Bulgarian Navy, Vice Admiral Mihai Panait - Commander of the Romanian Navy

Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Group will be activated twice during the Bulgarian command

The main task of the Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Group remains the fight against floating mines in the Black Sea and ensuring free and safe navigation in its western part, said Rear Admiral Kiril Mihaylov, Commander of the Naval Forces...

published on 1/16/25 9:35 AM

Two persons killed, six injured after train accident near Sofia

Two freight trains, moving on the same track between the Svetovrachene and Kremikovtsi railway stations near Sofia, caused the death of two people, as another six were taken to hospital with injuries. One of the injured persons is in a life-threatening..

published on 1/16/25 8:55 AM