Confederation of Bus Carriers

A national protest against high fuel prices was organized, on social networks, for today in the Bulgarian capital.

It is planned to start at 4 p.m. Bulgarian time on Alexander Nevsky Square in Sofia. The citizens' demands are that the prices of diesel and petrol be below BGN 2 and gas below BGN 1.

With a scandal, some of the carriers left the meeting with Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, at which measures against rising fuel prices were to be discussed.

According to Magdalena Miltenova of the Confederation of Bus Carriers, they have not heard of any anti-crisis measures.

A national protest in several industries on Tuesday, September 28 will lead to blockades of key intersections in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven, Haskovo, Yambol, Ruse, Vidin, Blagoevgrad and Dobrich, stopping all bus lines operated by private companies and blockade of the border checkpoints "Danube Bridge 2" and "Kapitan Andreevo".

Bus carriers and road hauliers threatened with a false start of the toll system on March 1st. The road transport companies have not bought on-board devices and are refusing to pay a rental fee, which will cost them BGN 15 million a year. They also asked for a postponement for the introduction of the toll system.

The construction of the toll system is scheduled and ready to be released on August 16, announced Regional Minister Petya Avramova last week. From May 15th, testing of the toll system begins in the "taxi" section based on distance traveled, she said.
 

The business community in Bulgaria said on 11th of February that it demanded postponing the deadline for the introduction of the new cash registers and fiscal printers, reports BNT.