At 8:00 a.m., public transport employees began blocking key junctions in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. They insist on an urgent update of the state budget due to the jump in prices.
"We are expected to return to the negotiation table, but if social dialogue failed, we would come out again and protest," Ivan Kirilov, chairman of the Federation of Transport Workers at “Podkepa”, said at a briefing in front of protesting public transport workers. He added that if their calls were not heard, those employed in the industry would cause transport chaos and leave the capital without public transportation.
On Friday morning there will be fog or low clouds in the lowlands and valleys. Minimum temperatures will be between -3°C and 10°C in the Pre-Balkan, around 1°C in Sofia. Visibility will improve after midday, but clouds will increase from the north-west..
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