site.btaUnions Lift Public Traffic Blockade in Sofia on Tuesday

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) said on Monday that they are lifting the blockade on Sofia's surface public transport, which will resume normal operation on Tuesday. In a livestream on their Facebook page, CITUB's Transport Unions Federation President Alexander Shopov and protesters began removing the blockade at the Banishora depot.

The protest has left Bulgaria's capital without surface public transport for six days.

CITUB Vice President Todor Kapitanov explained that the additional BGN 15 million allocated by the Government on Monday are enough to cover the protesters' demands for a pay rise by BGN 300 for all workers in Sofia's public transport.

Shopov thinks technological time is needed to move the means of transport, but on Tuesday Sofia will have public transport again.