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The truck queue at the  Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Turkish border has reached 7 kilometers, the Bulgarian Border Police reported, quoted by BNR.

The trucks are waiting to exit the country. At Lesovo checkpoint, the queue is about a kilometer-long.

Bulgarian and Romanian border authorities have agreed to open a permanent third lane for trucks at the exit of the country at border cross checkpoint Danube Bridge 2.

In order to alleviate traffic, vehicles from countries outside the EU will be processed separately.

Border police officials of Bulgaria and Romania will meet near the city of Vidin on Wednesday to discuss the long queues of trucks lining up to cross the Danube Bridge 2 which connects the countries.

Tensions surfaced on Tuesday as truck drivers blocked the bridge, saying they had waited for many hours to pass.

There are no more protesting truck drivers barring passage through Danube Bridge 2, which connects Vidin in Bulgaria to Calafat in Romania, local media report.

Demonstrators have been assured by Vidin Governor Momchil Stankov that the situation at the Danube Bridge crossing point will be addressed swiftly.

Road haulage workers have staged roadblocks on Danube Bridge 2, connecting Vidin in Bulgaria to Calafat in Romania, private NOVA TV broadcaster reports.

Protesters have moved to vent their anger at Romanian authorities, saying it takes hours to process their papers on the Romanian side.

There is heavy truck traffic at the exit of the Bulgarian - Romanian border. All ferry points are not operating due to the ice flow, announced the Interior Ministry.

This is why there are long queues of vehicles waiting to enter Romanian territory. The queue at Danube Bridge - Vidin is about 14 km, while the queue at Danube Bridge - Ruse is about 13 km.

There is heavy traffic at the Bulgarian - Romanian border and a 6-km queue at border cross checkpoint Danube Bridge - Vidin.

The queue of trucks at Danube Bridge - Ruse is 7 kilometres long, reported the press centre of General Directorate Border Police.

There is intense traffic at the Bulgarian-Turkish border at the border cross checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo, announced Border Police.

The situation is even worse at the Bulgarian-Romanian border. At the exit of border cross checkpoint Danube Bridge Vidin, there is a 4-km queue of cargo trucks.

110 kilogrammes of marijuana have been discovered during an inspection in the area of Danube Bridge 2 Vidin-Kalafat via the joint efforts of Bulgarian and Romanian customs and police authorities.

The drug was hidden in a vehicle leaving the country, driven by a 26-year old Bulgarian citizen, announced the Customs Agency.

Bulgarian and Romanian tax authorities agreed оn making inspections of the high risk goods at the border between the two countries, during a meeting in Veliko Turnovo, on 16 November, according to the National Revenue Agency.