The Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council has extended the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The former Pan-European Transport Corridor 8 from the Black Sea to the Adriatic Sea will be included in the new Western Balkans-Eastern Mediterranean Corridor. The construction of transport infrastructure along this axis can now be financed by EU operational programmes. There are two Bulgarian projects along the axis- the Black Sea Motorway from Varna to Burgas and the Rila Motorway from Ihtiman via Dupnitsa to North Macedonia.
Meanwhile, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention has unanimously closed the case in Strasbourg against Bulgarian windfarms in Kaliakra which were accused of threatening bird species in the region, reports the BTA.
One fifth of Bulgarians have been in a car with a driver who has consumed alcohol. 275,000 people ( 5% of the country’s population) were driving under the influence of alcohol, indicates data of a survey conducted by Research Center Trend,..
Bulgaria’s National Assembly condemned the acts of violence against ethnic Bulgarians in North Macedonia - especially the crime against the secretary of a Bulgarian cultural club Hristian Pendikov. The MPs called on the institutions to take..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev appointed the new caretaker government, dissolved the 48 th National Assembly and scheduled early elections for April 2. Galab Donev will continue to serve as caretaker Prime Minister. He will be assisted by the..
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the country‘ s Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia Angel Angelov has returned to..
T he MPs adopted conclusive amendments to the Health Insurance Act. The amendments, which were adopted unanimously and without debates, introduce a..
Bulgaria’s National Assembly has declared the Great Famine of 1932 and 1933 In Ukraine (Holodomor) a genocide. 134 MPs voted in favor, 26 MPs voted..
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