Car costs

The toll fees will not significantly affect the prices of food products, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Petya Avramova told reporters in Sliven, quoted by Focus Radio. She explained that the lowest tolls would be for vehicles of 3.5 to 12 tonnes, the most common means of transport and the most used in domestic goods transport.

Turkey earned 293.8 million Turkish Liras ($55.4 million) in toll fees from two bridges on the Istanbul Strait as well as toll roads in the first two months of 2019, official figures showed on March 28.

Motorists who have skipped the biennial inspection of their vehicles will need to visit a Vehicle Inspection Center (KTEO) soon or face a hefty fine, as the Independent Authority for Public Revenue is launching a cross-checking process in cooperation with the Transport Ministry to identify the vehicle owners who have neglected this obligation.

Today is the fourth day with problems with the e-vignettes introduced in Bulgaria on 1 January, 2019, reported the Bulgarian National Radio.

No terminals for purchasing electronic vignettes at border checkpoints and petrol stations, or terminals which are out of order is what the public have been complaining of.

The deadline for road tax payments has been extended to Friday, January 11, after Finance Ministry figures showed on Monday that a considerable number of vehicle owners had yet to fulfill this obligation.

Some 13,000 electronic vignettes have been purchased so far, the Road Infrastructure Agency reported on 31st of December, quoted by the Bulgarian National Television. 

It has come to the attention of residents of the Greek capital that municipal police officers have recently embarked on an avid campaign to crack down on traffic violations, removing, in the process, an excessively large number of car license plates.

A majority of 69% are of the opinion that new infrastructure construction in Bulgaria has facilitated travelling, according to a survey commissioned by the Road Infrastructure Agency and carried out by Bulgarian polling agency Gallup International, reports Focus News Agency. 

Two more stubborn drivers who refused to yield to each other were stuck at a toll gate in Istanbul on Nov. 16. Click through for the story in photos...

Traffic on motorways and main roads in the country is already restored after the protest against high fuel prices, which grew into resentment against poverty, ineffective institutions and a number of other problems in the country, reported bTV.