Balgarianovinite.com A 3.25 km stretch of road between the town of Dimari, Northeastern Greece, and the border with Southern Bulgaria will be officially opened Tuesday, the Smolyan Regional Administration announced. The ceremony is organized by Greek partners from the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace administrative region. Once the final section on Greek territory of the cross-border route is brought into operation, the Rudozem–Xanthi border crossing is expected to open to traffic.
The construction of the border crossing near Rudozem was negotiated under a Bulgarian–Greek bilateral agreement in the 1990s. The opening of the cross-border road was delayed for decades, with the most recent obstacles linked to delays in construction on the Greek side. The completion of the Dimari–border section removes the final barrier to putting the route into operation.
Following Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area in 2025, the EU-funded Rudozem–Xanthi border checkpoint became redundant even before its official opening. Free movement without border controls through the Rudozem–Xanthi crossing will become possible only after the opening of the Dimari–border road section. At this stage, traffic will be limited to vehicles weighing up to 3.5 tonnes.
The opening of the Rudozem–Xanthi road is expected to boost economic development in the Smolyan region by stimulating tourism and business activity on both sides of the border, representatives of the regional and municipal authorities said. Ceremony Opening Road from Dimari in Greece to Bulgarian Border to Be Held, Rudozem-Xanthi Border Crossing to Follow 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-20 08:36:33 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law