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From October 11, 2024, the Turkish shipping company IDO will launch a ferry connection with modern catamarans between Istanbul and Burgas. It will be especially for tourists who are in Turkey and who want to come on a sea trip to Bulgaria for a day or two, said TravelNews, citing Maria Belkoleva, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Port of Burgas EAD.

The first 200 guests will be mostly Americans, Canadians, British and Germans. They will go to Burgas, Nessebar and Sozopol.

“The idea is that, starting next year, the big tour companies that go to Istanbul will include Burgas and the region as one-day trips. For this purpose, an IDO catamaran will be used“, said Belkoleva, saying that the “Port of Burgas” is looking for all kinds of options for increasing ships and goods from the country and to the country.

The big goal is to return flights to Bulgaria.

“For now, the major international cruise lines are including Bulgaria in their programs for 2026, hoping that the war in Ukraine will have ended by then. They have already traveled most of the routes in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, and are now looking for new and interesting places for cruises,” explained Belkoleva, adding that there is also interest from tourists from Australia and Europe.

A partner of the Turkish company IDO in our country is the Bulgarian Sea Link Shipping Ltd. By the end of the year, 6 trips will be made between Istanbul and Burgas, announced the manager of the company, Panayot Zolumov. It is hoped that if the ferry line is successful in 2025, there will be significant growth and more passengers and the line will eventually be a regular service between the two cities. Zolumov also expects that many Turkish tourists with Schengen visas will come this way. “I hope that the Bulgarians will also be interested in catamaran trips to Istanbul, especially during the summer season”, he sends.

The regional structure of the BCCC in Burgas is also working on the project with the president Georgi Dereliev, as well as Bulgarian tourists.

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The Sofia City Council is to confirm the names of the Sofia metro stations currently under construction. At their last meeting, the transport committee in the town’s parliament unanimously adopted a report on what their names should be. The proposal for names was made by the head of “Metropolitan” Stoyan Bratoev, and the report was submitted for consideration by city councilors from different organizations.

The six stations of the metro extension from “Orlov Most” to the Military Academy, zk “Geo Milev”, “Slatina” and “District Hospital” will be called as follows: “Sitnyakovo”, “Geo Milev”, “Slatina” , “Shipchenski Prohod”, “Arena Sofia” and “Trakia”. “Thus, the proposed names create a clear reference to where metro stations are located and which neighborhoods they serve. In addition, they are short and easy to reproduce in virtual information,” wrote the importer.

To keep the name “Trakia” for the sixth station from the metro line to the “Trakia” highway, SOS will change the name of the third stop of the future extension after “Hadji Dimitar” to the direction of station railway “Levski”. “The Trakia metro station, which is currently under construction, is located east of Vitinya Street and south of the Gen. Blvd. Vladimir Vazov”. The highway “Hemus”, leading to Mysia, was expected to lead to funny comments in the public space. Vladimir Vazov”, the Transport Commission concluded.

Until the future Trakia station at Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd is matched with an existing city name, SOS will designate the area between Tsarigradsko Shose local lane and Dimitar Mollov Street in Mladost as Square Thrace. One of the entrances to the future metro station.

The Transport Commission also decided that the two new metro stops in “Lyulin” should be named “Tsarica Joanna” because of their location on the route of the same name, and “Struma” because of a connection the metro with AM “Struma”.

Future stop on “Pancho Vladigerov” Blvd and the railway “Metropolitan” suggests that the Sofia-Voluyak line between “Lyulin” and “Obelya” should be named “Pancho Vladigerov”. Initially, NKŽI planned to call it “Obelya M”, but due to the fact that the nearby stop “Obelya” was a few hundred meters from Sofia Municipality, they objected that the similar names could cause confusion cause among passengers.

The Transport Commission has accepted further changes to the names of two of the existing metro stations. In the near future, the stop “Mizia / New Bulgarian University” will be called simply “Mizia”. This is the name of the square above the stop. The reason is that the station is at a great distance from the school (752 m from the entrance) and there are three other public transport bus stops next to it. In addition, the name was long and made it difficult to write on the information plates, the importers said.

Soon Tsar Boris III Boulevard / Krasno Selo metro station will be called just “Krasno Selo” station “Bull. “Bulgaria” will drop “boulevard” and it will be called only “Bulgaria”.

The decisions of the transport commission will be confirmed at a session of the town council, which will probably happen in September.

Transport to Vitosha

From September 21, bus No. 63 will run to Vitosha Golden Bridges on Saturdays and Sundays, the Transport Commission also decided. Buses will stop at all existing stops in the section from Fuaran Geal stop, with #63 currently traveling to it. It is expected that some of the buses on route No. 63. Those who wish to ride a bicycle will be able to do so at the start and finish stops.

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About 30 Ukrainian refugees – mostly elderly people over 65 with mobility problems and mothers with children – were moved today from the training center of the National Academy of Sciences in Bankya to a hotel in the centre- tourism “Saints Konstantin and Elena”, said BNR.

The foundation of the income group was given two years ago to house Ukrainian refugees under the program of humanitarian aid to those who fled the war.

About a week ago, however, its residents realized that they had to leave the building in Bankya. The problem is that many of them have serious illnesses and surgeries, and the move is proving to be a big problem.

At 6 in the morning a bus comes today, and its only job is to take people to Varna. There is no one to accompany the refugees during the journey, no one to help people after surgery and with mobility problems, despite the group’s assurance to the National Operations Headquarters that inter- seek adequate income from the Social Welfare Agency if additional care is required. , BNR says. However, there are no people from the Social Assistance Agency. When she arrived in Varna, a young woman after spine surgery asked for help with her luggage, but was refused.

It is interesting what the NRA’s explanation is for the forced movement of Ukrainian refugees.

For 2 and a half years, the NRA base in Bankya was provided for shelter and food for Ukrainian citizens with temporary protection, and because of this often urgent repairs were needed, the building was recycled, it was also necessary to repair. the top, the revenue agency explains.

In addition, since the training center works as a place of residence for refugees from Ukraine, it could not be used in its entirety, the NRA explains. As a result of the merger between the Customs Agency and the National Revenue Agency, more than 600 trainings and workshops are planned until the end of 2024, in which more than 23,000 employees will participate.

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