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In a revealing development regarding the Sofia traffic accident involving a public transport bus, authorities have disclosed that 21-year-old Viktor Iliev had already been cited for speeding prior to even obtaining a driver’s license.
The violation occurred on October 6, 2024, on the Trakia highway, where the speed limit is set at 140 km/h. Iliev’s car, however, was recorded traveling at 168 km/h. Sofia Police clarified that the speeding ticket was issued to him as the registered owner of the vehicle, not specifically as the driver.
The police also explained that electronic speeding tickets are automatically generated, relying on vehicle ownership information rather than verifying whether the driver holds a valid license. Iliev failed to provide information within the legally mandated 14-day period regarding who was operating the vehicle at the time. According to the State Directorate of Road Safety, current legislation does not require that a vehicle owner receiving an electronic ticket must possess a driver’s license.
From April, several previously underserved parts of Sofia are set to gain direct links to the metro through more than 40 kilometers of new and reorganized bus routes
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The United Kingdom has decided to extend the validity of the general license covering Lukoil’s subsidiaries operating in Bulgaria, the Ministry of Energy announced.
Washington has prolonged the validity of a US license allowing negotiations for the sale of foreign assets owned by the Russian oil major Lukoil, extending it until February 28
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A 53-year-old man with a criminal record has been detained in Bulgaria during a targeted police operation against vote buying, carried out in the village of Brestnitsa in the Lovech region
A criminal network linked to Bulgaria has been accused of defrauding dozens of elderly people in northern Greece through an elaborate telephone scam that resulted in losses exceeding 600,000 euros, according to Kathimerini.
A premeditated murder investigation is underway after a violent incident in the village of Kokalyane near Sofia, where a man is accused of fatally stabbing another person inside a garage that had been adapted for living
Italian authorities have launched an investigation into a large-scale scheme involving the illegal export of hazardous waste to Eastern Europe, with five Bulgarian nationals among those under scrutiny
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