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Bulgaria, Romania Bust Illegal Nigerian, Afghan in Dutch Car Trunk [Nov 14, 2011] Bulgarian and Romanian border police officers have arrested two illegal immigrants hidden in the car trunk of a Dutch citizen, Bulgaria's Interior Ministry announced. The two men ? one from Nigeria and one from Afghanistan ? were found hidden in car driven by 50-year-old citizen of the Netherlands during a joint inspection of the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities on the so called Danube Bridge ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Build 'Bullet' Train to Danube Bridge [Mar 19, 2011] Bulgaria will build a super-fast railroad highway to connect the capital Sofia with the western city of Vidin and the new Danube Bridge there. The investment amount is estimated at EUR 2.7 B.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Slashes Unilaterally Hated Danube Bridge Levies [Mar 09, 2011] Bulgaria's government reduce three times the levy for passing through the only bridge on the Danube connecting Bulgaria and Romania. Thus, the fee per car crossing from Bulgaria into Romania through the Danube Bridge linking Bulgaria's Ruse and Romania's Giurgiu is brought down from EUR 6 to EUR 2. The step is unilateral since Romania has not taken the same measure, and cars crossing into ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to Slash Notorious Danube Bridge Fee [Feb 21, 2011] Bulgaria's government is taking steps to modify the levy for passing through the Danube Bridge linking Bulgaria's Ruse and Romania's Giurgiu. According MP Plamen Nunev from Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB, the Borisov Cabinet will include the issue of the Danube bridge passing fee in its weekly meeting agenda either this or next Wednesday. At present there is an EUR 12 fee per car for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Foreign Minister 'Hopes' for Drop of Hated Bulgaria-Romania Bridge Fee [Dec 06, 2010] Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has expressed hopes that the government will soon be able to modify the levy for passing through the Danube Bridge linking Bulgaria's Ruse and Romania's Giurgiu. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania Lose More Ground to Danube Bridge Builder [Oct 07, 2010] The Transport Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania Alexander Tsvetkov and Ana Boagiu inspected Thursday the site of the construction of what is expected to become at some point in the future the second bridge linking Bulgaria and Romania over the Danube near at Vidin-Calafat. [via YahooNews] More >>

2 Killed in Bulgaria Traffic Accident Inferno [May 08, 2010] 2 people have died in an inferno after a traffic accident on the road between Ruse and Razgrad in northern Bulgaria, local police reported Saturday. A truck and 2 cars were involved in the accident close to the Pisanskiya Bridge, which has closed the main road from Ruse to Razgrad. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Albania, FYROM, Italy Throw Weight behind Corridor VIII [Apr 29, 2010] Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, and Italy have attended a conference entitled Corridor VIII Bridge between the Adriatic and the Black Sea. The forum in Tirana was opened by Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Thursday. Bulgaria is represented by Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov. [via YahooNews] More >>

EC Said to Extend Deadline for Bulgaria, Romania Danube Bridge [Apr 21, 2010] The EU will most likely extend deadline to construct the second Danube Bridge between Bulgaria and Romania with ISPA program funds until 2012. This has been announced by Bulgarias Deputy Environment Minister, Ivelina Vasileva, before the Parliamentary EU Affairs Committee on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Tobacco Growers Skirmish with Police at Danube Bridge [Apr 21, 2010] Protesting tobacco producers clashed with police as they attempted to blockade the road to the Danube Bridge connecting Bulgaria and Romania near Ruse. [via YahooNews] More >>

Connecting Bulgaria and Romania: New Bridge over the Danube (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] The bridge between Vidin, Bulgaria and Calafat, Romania should open up one of Europe's poorest regions. Barges loom in the mist. Trucks wait, idling. A small crowd of passengers rub their hands and stamp their feet to keep warm. It's snowing and near-freezing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania Seek EU Concession over Danube Bridge (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] The prime ministers of Bulgaria and Romania have approached the European Commission with a request to extend the deadline of the financial memorandum for the construction of a second bridge over the Danube River. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hopes to Wrap Up Danube Bridge II by 2012 (Novinite.com) [Feb 19, 2010] The construction of a second bridge over the Danube River is expected to be completed by June 2011 and put into operation at the end of the same year, Bulgaria's transport minister said in parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Risks Possible Loss of Danube II Euro-funding (Novinite.com) [Jan 27, 2010] Bulgaria risks the loss of European funding for construction of the Danube Bridge II crossing, if the EU refuses to extend the project deadline beyond the end of 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Risks Possible Loss of Danube II Euro-funding (Novinite.com) [Jan 27, 2010] If the Danube Bridge II construction is not completed by end 2010, Bulgaria risks the loss of EUR 200 M in European funding for the project. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>