Public transport

Slovenia will introduce a new public transport pass on 1 June to allow passengers to use all public transport available in the country except for city transport. Integration of city public transport into the system is planned by the end of the year, according to the Environment Ministry.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic said on Monday a consortium of two European companies - Germany's Deutsche Bahn and France's Systra - would be managing a project to build a Belgrade metro system.

The high performance as well as the very good prospects of the current tourist season were confirmed by the data released by Greece's Civil Aviation Service on passenger traffic at the country's airports in the first quarter of 2023, with Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias underlining in a tweet on Thursday that "new target-markets are bringing additional revenue to the Greek economy."

When it comes to public transport, Slovenia has a ticketing system that is easy to use but not affordable, shows a report by Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe that ranked 30 European countries.

The Municipality of Sofia is extending the operation of public transport in Sofia for Easter, announced the press center of the Municipality.

The transport will run until 01:30 a.m. on the night of the Resurrection of Christ on April 15 to 16, 2023.

The continuing work stoppages in public transport (always at the beginning of the shift) achieve nothing more than unnecessarily disrupting the lives of tens of thousands of commuters in Attica - especially those who are most in need of the buses and trolley buses.

Bus and trolleybus workers will stage a new work stoppage for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding safe and quality public transport. 

The work stoppage will last from the start of the shift until 9 a.m. and from 9 p.m. until the end of the shift. 

Buses will run normally on the routes assigned to the privately operated KTEL intercity buses. 

Workers in Athens' buses and trolley-busses will continue their protest for a second day on Wednesday, with services running only between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., the Athens Urban Transport Organization's (OASA) workers' union said.

The union is calling for "safe and quality means of transport with respect to human lives." All other means of public transport will operate normally. 

Over 7 million electronic tickets have been sold for travel in Sofia's public transport since the beginning of the year until now, according to the Center for Urban Mobility. The most preferred is the 30+ ticket. Up to 10% of people using this ticket transfer to another vehicle within 30 minutes.

Public transport will be disrupted on Wednesday due to the nationwide strike called by the Greek Civil Servants' Union (ADEDY) as part of protest mobilization over last week's deadly train collision at Tempe.