Due to Bulgarian farmers’ protests, the border with Bulgaria will be closed for at least two hours. The National Association of Bulgarian Grain Producers has made public a map with 80 road segments where traffic will be blocked by heavy farming equipment at least two hours a day, indefinitely. Farmers want the government to ease the administrative burden on the farming sector, compensations for the negative impact of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, as well as more protection for Bulgarian agriculture in regulated trade with Ukraine. The Romanian Foreign Ministry has recommended all citizens traveling to Bulgaria check for border traffic updates and strictly abide by temporary regulations and the recommendations of border police.
Eugen Cojocariu, RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL
