Commuting

Commuters in Athens are expected to encounter slow traffic, as track-based public transport workers (STA.SY) are on a 24-hour strike. The subway services, tram and suburban railway routes will not be operating for Thursday, February 23. Workers have also scheduled 24-hour strikes for Monday, March 1 and Friday March 4 of next week.

Istanbul has been ranked 15th among the cities with the most traffic in the world and 10th among the countries most congested, according to a new report by transportation analytics firm INRIX. 

Automotive production in Turkey surged 31 percent year-on-year in the first month of 2017, an Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD) report showed on Feb. 10.        

A pretty blonde stops traffic after getting out of her car to dance on the roadside.

A driver who was heading to the other side of the road braked as she put her hands up in the air and started dancing to the sound of the music coming from her car stereo.

The result was a three-vehicle pile-up as two cars behind smashed into him.

Nearly 0.5 million Bulgarians, or 18% of the total of persons employed, are internal labor migrants, according to statistics of trade unions.

According to statistics of Bulgarian trade unions, the number of commuters exceeds 400 000 but their exact number remains unknown.