Lazar Lazarov

There are more than 1000 spots on Bulgaria's roads at risk of landslides and partial collapses due to the profuse rains this year, the head of the Road Infrastrue Agency Lazar Lazarov told the Trud daily.

Bulgaria's ministries of agriculture, regional development and transport have reported shortfalls which are expected to be covered by the budget update.

A total of BGN 92 M is necessary for the payment of subsidies to farmers and for the co-financing of EU projects for the development of rural areas.

Bulgaria's contract with Greek company Aktor on the construction of Lot 4 of the Struma motorway will be terminated due to its refusal to sign an annex.

Bulgaria's Regional Development Ministry gave Aktor an ultimatum to sign an annex to the contract by Friday.

Lot 2 of the Struma motorway will most probably be completed by the autumn of 2015, according to Bulgaria's caretaker Regional Development Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva.

Zaharieva inspected Tuesday the 37.5km motorway section from Dupnitsa to Blagoevgrad.

The motorway section from Kalotina to road junction Hrabarsko may be completed in 3 years, according to Lazar Lazarov, Chair of the Management Board of Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency.

Lazarov, as cited by Monitor daily, explained that the 32-kilometer-long motorway section covered almost fully the motorway section from Sofia to the Bulgaria-Serbia border.

Lazar Lazarov, head of the Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency, has said that the construction of a Hemus motorway section may be temporarily suspended due to a funding shortage.

Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) mulls terminating a contract with a Greek company tasked with building a section of the Struma motorway.

The construction of the motorway section, which is near the Bulgarian-Greek border, has come to a standstill and no activity is underway.

Stefan Chaykov, Chair of the Management Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA), has resigned.

His decision to leave the post was made public in a media statement of the Regional Development Ministry late on Thursday.

Chaykov is the first senior public official to leave office during the term in office of the caretaker government.