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Bulgaria Starts Construction of Hwy to Greek Border [Apr 05, 2012] Bulgaria is holding Thursday, April 5, the groundbreaking ceremony of the 15-km Lot 4 of the Struma Highway. On March 19, the Greek company Aktor and the Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency signed the contract for the construction of Lot 4 of the Struma Highway leading from Sofia to the Bulgaria-Greece border. The construction of the road section will cost BGN 59 M, and is supposed to be ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Keep Its Road Vignettes until 2017 [Dec 10, 2011] Bulgaria will not fully implement electronic toll systems for its roads before 2017, Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency Chairman Lazar Lazarov has predicted. The electronic toll systems will replace Bulgaria's existing road vignettes (stickers). The Bulgarian Transport Ministry has to choose a consultant who should decide what the right type of toll systems is the most appropriate, Lazarov has ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria on Emergency Situation Brink over Winter Storm [Oct 18, 2011] The heavy snowfall in the last two days, accompanied by gusty winds and fallen trees and branches are causing a nearly critical situation in Bulgaria, according to the Head of the Road Infrastructure Agency, Lazar Lazarov. Lazarov spoke Tuesday during an emergency press conference. He informed that all Stara Planina mountain passes are closed for traffic as a safety measure to avoid vehicles ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Regional Minister Assigned to Keep Eye on EU Funds [Oct 10, 2011] Bulgaria's Minister of Regional Development, Liliyana Pavlova, is going to directly manage the EU operational program Regional Development of which she was in charge as Deputy Minister at the same institution. Pavlova is also going to be in charge of the Road Infrastructure Agency, which deals with projects for construction and repairs of roads and highways, along with the Management of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Road Agency with 5th Management Reshuffle in 2 Years [Sep 12, 2011] The Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency has appointed a new CEO dismissing the current director Sergey Mihalev only six months after he took over. Mihalev's contract was terminated with his consent, the Bulgarian Regional Development Ministry, which is in charge of the road agency, announced Monday night. Mihalev has been replaced with Lazar Lazarov, an acting member of the Governing Board of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Opens Bids for Struma Highway Lot 1 [Jul 07, 2011] The bids, which were submitted for a section of the future Struma Highway, connecting Sofia to the border with Greece, will be opened on Thursday, the road infrastructure agency announced. A record number of bidders ? 19 ? applied with offers to build Lot 1 of the Struma Highway ? including companies from Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Germany, and Greece. Regional Development Minister Rosen ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Priority Projects Under 'Bulgaria 2020' Included in Trans-European Road Network [Jun 30, 2011] Regional Development Minister Rosen Plevneliev has termed "a big victory for Bulgaria" the fact that the priority projects under the Bulgaria 2020 strategy (seven highways, seven high-speed thor [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Starts Rehabilitation of Abandoned Northern Road [Jun 03, 2011] A whole array of senior government officials have given the start of the rehabilitation of the road between the Northern Bulgarian cities Pleven and Lovech, its first repairs in 26 years. The road infrastructure project was opened by Deputy PM and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, a native of Lovech, Regional Development Minister Rosen Plevneliev, and Parliament Chair Tsetska Tsacheva, who is ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Restore E-79 Road to Greece by Thursday [Dec 10, 2010] The main road connecting Bulgaria and Greece, E-79, will be restored in Thursday, the Director of the Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency, Bozhidar Yotov, has announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Not Compromising Quality of Lyulin Highway [Sep 28, 2010] Bulgaria will not compromise with the quality of the Lyulin highway, the head of the Road Infrastructure Agency said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Close to Picking Consultant for Struma Highway [Sep 24, 2010] This became clear Thursday as the Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency made public the offers of the six bidders in the tender for a feasibility study and audit of the highway that is supposed to run from the capital Sofia to Kulata on the Greek border. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Likely to Impose Sanctions over Delay of Lyulin Highway [Sep 20, 2010] The Turkish "Mapa Cengiz" has claimed that the southern arc of the junction "Daskalovo" of Bulgaria's Lyulin Highway will be open by the end of the week, the head of the Road Infrastructure Agency has announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Rushes to Build Highway from Sofia to Serbian Border [Jul 29, 2010] The highway connecting Bulgarias capital Sofia with the Kalotina border crossing on the Serbian border will be ready by 2015, announced Bozhidar Yotov, head of the Road Infrastructure Agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Gives Go-Ahead to Trakiya Highway [May 03, 2010] Bulgarias tie-in "Unified Highway Trace" won the tender for the construction of the new 32-kilometer-long section of the Trakiya Highway at the end of February and a month later signed a contract with the Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Road Agency to Sign Trakiya Highway Deal [Apr 23, 2010] Bulgarias Road Infrastructure will sign the contract with Unified Highway Trace for the construction of a 32 km stretch of the Trakiya Highway on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister Promises Functioning Road Infrastructure by 2020 (Novinite.com) [Mar 30, 2010] Bulgaria's Minister of Regional Development, Rosen Plevneliev, has pledged the country will have a fully functioning road infrastructure by 2020. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister Promises Functioning Road Infrastructure by 2020 (Novinite.com) [Mar 30, 2010] Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister, Rosen Plevneliev, has promised a fully functioning road infrastructure will be in place within 10 years. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Subpoena Blunder Postpones Notorious Bulgaria Road Fund Case (Novinite.com) [Mar 17, 2010] Former Director of Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Fund, Veselin Georgiev (l), who is charged with abuse of power and conflict of interests, sits in the courtroom Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

World Bank Offers Assistance for Bulgaria Road Infrastructure (Novinite.com) [Feb 27, 2010] The permanent representative for the WB in Bulgaria, Florian Fichtl,held discussed with PM Borisov and the WB Director for Central Europe and the Baltic countries ways to help modernize Bulgaria?s road infrastructure. [via YahooNews] More >>

Austrian Constructor Appeals Bulgaria 'Trakiya' Highway Bid (Novinite.com) [Feb 12, 2010] Austrian road construction consortium "Strabag" has lodged a complaint with Bulgaria?s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC). The target of the complaint is the National Road Infrastructure Agency, the CPC has announced on Friday, and concerns the recent bidding procedure for construction of a new section of the "Trakiya" highway . "Strabag" consortium?s bid was one of four excluded ... [via YahooNews] More >>