Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Bulgarian Ministry of Transport confirms priority of Corridor No. 8 connecting the Adriatic with the Black Sea

Photo: Archive

Bulgaria's Ministry of Transport has been working for years to develop Corridor No. 8, connecting the Adriatic with the Black Sea through Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria.

Of the 1,220 km of railway line along the corridor, 747 km are on the territory of Bulgaria. Only 2.5 km from Gyueshevo to Deve Bair and North Macedonia remain to be built, the ministry recalls.
The section is financed under the Transport Connectivity Program 2021-2027 and will be completed on schedule by 2029, while the missing Macedonian section is 70 km.
“The claim that the country has postponed the modernization of the Bulgarian section is media speculation. The Radomir-Gyueshevo railway line is operational and after the completion of the 2.5 km section, it will be able to connect to the Macedonian railway network via a cross-border tunnel,” the ministry points out.
The statement was made in response to the letters sent by Skopje to the European institutions that the construction of Transport Corridor No. 8 is not a priority for Bulgaria.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

The government proposes that prices in euros and leva be displayed until the end of 2026

The government has submitted to Parliament a draft bill to amend and supplement the Law on the Introduction of the Euro in Bulgaria. The proposed changes aim to improve the regulatory framework related to the dual display of prices for goods and..

published on 7/22/25 10:42 AM

Bulgaria has the lowest government debt-to-GDP ratio in the EU

The ratio of government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) in EU countries rose to 81.8% at the end of the first quarter of 2025 , up from 81% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024. This is according to the latest data published today by the European..

published on 7/21/25 5:58 PM
CITUB Vice President Ognyan Atanasov presented the results of the survey.

85% of workers in TPP and mines want to stay in the energy sector, a survey shows

If they had the opportunity, 85 per cent of workers in thermal power plants and coal mines in the Stara Zagora, Pernik and Kyustendil regions would remain in the energy sector. These results are from a survey conducted by the Confederation of Independent..

published on 7/21/25 4:40 PM