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The Ministry of Culture’s Central Council of Modern Monuments unanimously approved the request for the use of the Kallimarmaro Stadium for a memorial concert on October 11. However, 26 families of the Tempi train disaster victims oppose the €15 ticket, arguing it undermines the event’s symbolic meaning.

We are in favor of the concert and any event for the victims of the Tempi tragedy, but we are against the ticket, said Dmitris Plakias, who lost his daughter and twin nieces in the accident.

A young woman was forcibly removed from a public transport bus in Sofia, despite having a valid electronic ticket purchased online. The controller responsible for checking passengers was unaware of the mobile application used to buy tickets, according to a report by Nova TV.

Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) has declared a significant adjustment in train ticket prices, citing a sharp surge in the company's expenses over recent years. According to the press center of the national railway carrier, the price hike, averaging 20%, is scheduled to take effect from May 7.

Coastal shipping companies on Thursday began offering ticket discounts of up to 50% on passenger ferries departing from the ports of Piraeus, Rafina, Thessaloniki and Kavala, following a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis where they were asked to cut transport costs for the average Greek family.

Prices of cards and the new changes, valid from January 1st 2023, can be also be read here.

1 The new time tickets - how to use and charge them

How do I buy a ticket?

The ticket for public transport in Sofia priced at BGN 1.60 will be available in the duration of 30 and 60 minutes.

The new tariff policy for public transport in the capital is being prepared by the Municipal Council.

As of 5pm yesterday, the electronic toll collection system had found that 690 vehicles were traveling on the national road network without an e-vignette, the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) reported. 805 vehicles were traveling on the national road network without an e-vignette for yesterday

As of February 17, motorists who drive on the national road network in Bulgaria without an up-to-date electronic vignette will be liable to huge fines. The offenders will be filmed by the cameras of the toll system and will automatically be included in the database, BG TOLL said quoted by BNT.

Lara Fabian's concert that had been originally been planned to take place for December 12 at the Olympic Stadium (OAKA) Indoor Arena in Athens has been rescheduled for February 1.