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According to the plan, the cross can be seen from every point of the Trakiya Highway and even from the Turkish Edirne.
The tallest Christian cross on the Balkans, 72 meters, will be built in Bulgaria in memory of the victims of the hellish bus crash at the Bakadzhik peak.
Currently, at the peak there is a Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship monument, which will be removed.
According to the plan, the cross will be seen from every point of the Trakiya Highway and even from the Turkish Edirne.
A bus careered down a mountainside called Bakadzhik Peak and plowed through a crowd of pedestrians heading to a religious festival in southeastern Bulgaria Thursday, killing 18 people and injuring at least 20.
Police said the bus had failed to stop due to a technical problem.
A report is expected to be presented soon. It will show whether the bus driver, who is only a witness now, will be charged.
The driver of the bus which careered down a mountainside near Yambol in May 2009 and killed 18 people has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS).
The Yambol Regional Court sentenced to a total of 26 years behind bars the two defendants in the case of the so-called 'killer bus.
Nails, wire and a 5 stotinki coin were used instead of necessary parts in the bus that crashed killing 18 people near Yambol in May 2009, it was revealed in the local District Court Thursday.
The District Court in the southern city of Yambol began Monday the trial in the case of the deadly bus accident in May 2009.
The official charges against the two defendants in the May bus accident in the "Bakadzhik" area near the city of Yambol are ready and will enter the court by December 10.
The driver of the bus that caused the death of 18 Bulgarians in May, in the "Bakadzhik" area near the city of Yambol, has been officially charged by the Prosecution.
Holy Saturday, known in Bulgaria as Lazarus Saturday’s continuation of the Easter cycle, is a quiet but deeply symbolic day in the Orthodox Christian calendar
Health authorities in Bulgaria report a total of 101 confirmed measles cases across the country, according to data from the Ministry of Health
Good Friday, known in Bulgaria as Razpeti petak, is one of the most solemn and deeply observed days in the Orthodox Christian calendar
The Bulgarian scientific research vessel “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” (NIC 421) has returned to Varna, docking at the Marine Station and marking the official end of the country’s 34th Antarctic expedition
Holiday weather conditions are expected to remain mixed across Bulgaria, with alternating periods of sunshine and rain showers, according to the forecast
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has decided that no official delegation will travel to Jerusalem this year to receive the Holy Fire, citing the ongoing tensions in the Middle East
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