Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Grozdan Karadjov, on Thursday called for swift coordination between Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece to build additional bridge infrastructure linking the three countries. He was speaking during a trilateral meeting with Greece Alternate Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Konstantinos Kyranakis, and Romania’s State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Horatiu Cozma, the Bulgarian Transport Ministry reported.
Currently, only two bridges connect Bulgaria and Romania along their 475-kilometre shared stretch of the Danube River, a transport shortfall Karadjov described as a new Iron Curtain within the European Union. According to him, relying on a single crossing point, such as the Ruse-Giurgiu bridge, causes systemic vulnerabilities.
“When all traffic is concentrated at a single point, any congestion along the North-South [transport] corridor paralyses capacity. That’s neither efficient nor a sustainable transport architecture. We urgently need at least one more crossing further East, for example, a bridge between Silistra and Calarasi,” Karadjov said.
He stressed that connecting Bucharest with Athens and Alexandroupolis with Odesa should be a shared priority for all three countries and emphasized the need for genuine, not merely declarative, transport integration.
Kyranakis expressed support for the initiative, underlining the importance of concrete action in the short term. Cozma noted the strategic importance of the Alexandroupolis–Ruse–Giurgiu–Moldova corridor for Bucharest.
During the meeting, the parties agreed to hold a technical session in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, in early November, bringing together infrastructure experts from the three countries. The goal is to draft joint project proposals to be submitted to the European Commission by the end of 2025 under suitable EU funding programmes, Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry added.
The acceleration of transport connectivity in Southeast Europe was also the focus of a ministerial conference held earlier in the day in Sofia, hosted by Karadjov. At the opening of the forum, he said that regional connectivity is at the heart of Bulgaria’s Presidency of the South-East European Cooperation Process and is a key driver of economic development, security, and the region’s integration into European networks. Transport Minister Calls for Accelerated Agreement with Romania, Greece on New Bridge Infrastructure THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-16 19:15:15 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
