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Petrol stations under construction on Bulgaria’s Trakiya motorway – report

December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

The opening of the final 34km stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, which links capital city Sofia with the Black Sea

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Struma motorway stretch delayed by four months to July 2014

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

The stretch of Struma motorway between Sandanski and Koulata in southwestern Bulgaria will be finished four months behind schedule, the

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Bulgaria 

Traffic congestion on Bulgaria’s Trakia motorway, Serbian border

August 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Long queues of cars were causing traffic congestion on Bulgaria’s most-travelled motorway and at the main checkpoint on the border

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Bulgaria 

Stefan Chaikov appointed head of Bulgaria’s road infrastructure agency

August 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister Dessislava Terzieva appointed Stefan Chaikov as chairperson of the board at Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency on

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Bulgaria 

Chain-reaction car crash mars opening of motorway section near Sofia

August 19, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways, Sofia

Several cars and lorries were involved in a chain-reaction crash on the outskirts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia on August

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Bulgaria 

Iron Age necropolis near Strouma motorway in Bulgaria destroyed

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

Part of an early Iron Age necropolis in Doupnitsa district in southwestern Bulgaria, in the immediate vicinity of the recently-launched

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Bulgaria 

Traffic jams on Sofia-Varna road expected throughout August

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Construction works on a new road section were expected to result in large-scale traffic jams on the Sofia-Varna road throughout

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Bulgaria 

New stretch of Bulgaria to Greece Struma Motorway opens

July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

A 14km stretch of the Struma Motorway, part of Pan-European Corridor IV and that when complete in full will link

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Bulgaria 

Final stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway opened on July 15

July 15, 2013July 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

The final 34km stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, which links capital city Sofia with the Black Sea city of Bourgas

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