Bulgarian Truck Drivers Block Danube Bridge between Vidin, Calafat

World » SOUTHEAST EUROPE | January 24, 2017, Tuesday // 10:52
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Truck Drivers Block Danube Bridge between Vidin, Calafat File photo, BGNES

Road haulage workers have staged roadblocks on Danube Bridge 2, connecting Vidin in Bulgaria to Calafat in Romania, private NOVA TV broadcaster reports.

Protesters have moved to vent their anger at Romanian authorities, saying it takes hours to process their papers on the Romanian side.

One has told NOVA he had to wait for 40 hours before crossing into Bulgaria, while the average stay for most of the others is 15 hours.

Focus Radio reports that the lanes direction Calafat-Vidin, leading to the bridge, are packed with kilometers of trucks, whose drivers are waiting to be granted passage.

It takes time not only to process the papers but also to scan the trucks entering and leaving the country as police are looking for irregular migrants hidden in the vehicles.

Traffic has also been hampered due to the heavy weather conditions, with ice flow halting the movement of ferries across the Danube.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Southeast Europe » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: TIR, transit truck, Danube Bridge 2, Vidin, Calafat, Romania, Bulgaria

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria