Tsarigradsko shose

The US Embassy says it has received information of a "possible threat against an unspecified bus line or bus lines" in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

It has advised US citizens to avoid the area of what has been known for years as Hotel Pliska (Boulevard Tsarigradsko Shose 87).

More than 200 000 vehicles are expected to leave the Bulgarian capital on Wednesday as people embark on trips for the long weekend.

The long weekend will last from Thursday when Bulgaria celebrates its national holiday (Liberation Day) until Sunday.

Intensive traffic is expected on Wednesday afternoon, especially towards the seaside and the winter resorts.

An armed robbery of a security van took place in one of the malls in the Bulgarian capital on Monday morning.

According to media reports, four masked men armed with assault rifles attacked a security van in the underground car pak of the mall located on Tsarigradsko shose boulevard.

Traffic police estimates that more than 200 000 vehicles will leave the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on Wednesday and Thursday as the great travel for the forthcoming holidays begins.

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov have officially opened Sofia Tech Park, a project that has long-been described as a key step toward a knowledge-based economy.

Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev identified the most perspective sectors of the Bulgarian economy during his visit to Sofia Tech Park on Thursday.

Donchev reminded that a strategy on smart specialisation had identified the most perspective sectors for the country as being the information technologies (IT), bio-technologies, pharmacy, machine construction and electronics.

The extreme renovation works taking place all over the infrastructure network in Sofia made thousands of people use public transportation. Most of them have started using the subway in town as a faster means of getting to work.

The number of passengers using the Sofia subway jumped by 9,000 people in just a day Monday, as reported by the municipality's press office.

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History

Repair works began on Monday on two Bulgarian motorways - Hemus and Trakia and the largest boulevard in Sofia - Tsarigradsko Shose.

The repair works of the Tsarigradsko Shose began in the section between Sofia Ring Road and the crossover above Aleksandar Malinov Boulevard, daily Dnevnik reports.

The subway section to Sofia Airport starts functioning Thursday at 1 pm.

Starting 1 pm on Thursday until midnight, passengers who board a train at one of the new stations will travel free of charge across the entire subway network in Sofia.