Tag: bus accident.
News 24.11.21 | 11:19

OMO Ilinden demands EU investigation for issuing Bulgarian citizenship through fictional addresses

The party of Macedonians in Bulgaria, OMO Ilinden PIRIN this morning expressed its deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the 45 Macedonian citizens killed in the bus accident that happened on the Struma highway. They say that they cannot but express serious concern about some of the information...

Macedonia 24.11.21 | 10:49

Osmani: Identification process ongoing, transport of victims to Skopje being arranged

The persons injured in the bus accident are in good condition according to the doctors. Some have already underwent surgeries, others will be operated on today, said Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani in Sofia on Wednesday. Osmani informed that he comes to the hospital to visit them and communicate with...

Macedonia 24.11.21 | 10:41

Bulgarian doctors: One patient has hand burns, girl with a knee wound to undergo surgery, a third patient is in psychological shock

All patients injured in the bus accident on the Struma highway in Bulgaria are in stable condition that is not life-threatening, said the doctors from Pirogov Hospital this morning. T he necessary surgical interventions were performed yesterday. Two more surgeries will be performed today. One of the...

Macedonia 24.11.21 | 09:39

The investigation will last six months: The causes of the accident will be announced soon, but not the culprits

The investigation into the accident in which 45 passengers were killed and seven people were injured will last for six months after a Macedonian bus caught fire on the Struma highway in Bulgaria. This is what the Bulgarian experts told the Bulgarian media this morning. They believe that the causes of...

News 24.11.21 | 09:23

Second day of mourning after the bus accident

Wednesday is the second day of mourning after the bus accident at the Struma highway in Bulgaria that claimed the lives of 45 passengers, with seven others injured. An investigation is underway into the accident after the Macedonian bus caught fire on the Sofia – Blagoevgrad highway. According...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 14:22

Government declares three days of national mourning

The government at Tuesday’s session decided to declare three days of mourning nationwide due to the bus accident in Bulgaria which killed 46 passengers. At the beginning of the session, ministers held a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims and offer condolences to their loved ones. Macedonia...

Balkans 23.11.21 | 14:18

Turkish MoFA extends condolences to Macedonia, Bulgaria over fatal bus accident, nursing home fire

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has extended its condolences to the governments and people of Bulgaria and Macedonia over the casualties and injuries in a fire that broke out in a nursing home in Varna and the accident of a passenger bus with Macedonia license plates near the city of Pernik on...

News 23.11.21 | 14:15

Sarafov: Bus accident victims being identified

The passenger list has been sent to Skopje and the process to identify the victims of the bus accident, which took place on a highway in Bulgaria, has started, Borislav Sarafov, head of the National Investigation Service (NIS), said at a joint news conference alongside Macedonia’s Chief Public Prosecutor...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 14:09

Ruskovska: The owner of the transport company is at the scene of the accident

This is a great tragedy, especially when 12 children were killed, said chief Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski from the scene of the accident. He expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. I am satisfied with the current cooperation with the Prosecutor’s Office in Bulgaria. We have...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 13:54

Mourners lay flowers outside Macedonia’s Embassy in Sofia

People have been laying flowers in front of Macedonia’s embassy in Sofia expressing condolences over the deadly bus accident early on Tuesday, which killed at least 45 passengers, MIA’s Sofia correspondent reports. Young women, who refrained from revealing their names, said they laid flowers because...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 12:30

MoFA sets up Crisis HQ over Bulgaria bus accident

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has set up a crisis HQ over the fatal bus accident in Bulgaria. Considering the severe incident in the Republic of Bulgaria, in which many of our nationals lost their lives, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up a Crisis HQ regarding the accident, says MoFA...

Balkans 23.11.21 | 11:08

Bulgaria to declare a day of mourning

Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said that the Bulgarian government is considering a day of mourning for the “Besa Trans” bus tragedy that killed 45 passengers, but also for yesterday’s tragedy in Bulgaria when a fire in a retirement home killed 9 people. Today is a special day. Two great...

Balkans 23.11.21 | 11:00

Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis, MoFA extend condolences over bus accident

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have extended condolences to the families of the victims in the bus accident that occurred on a Bulgarian motorway early on Tuesday, MIA reports from Athens. I am absolutely shocked by the terrible accident and lost...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:45

Eyewitness: Bus driver made a mistake on the road, made a sudden turn of the steering wheel, hit the road sign with the front tire and that’s how the tragedy happened

The scene can’t be described, says one of the first to arrive at the scene of the bus accident, Vasko Pirgov from the regional administration of Pernik. He was awakened early in the morning and sent to the scene of the accident. The police and the fire service were already there. I think the driver...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:33

Zaev: Passengers are from Macedonia, one from Presevo, one Belgian national

Experts will determine the cause for the accident. The victims come from Skopje but also other places. They are all Macedonian nationals, along with one citizen of Serbia’s Presevo, who went to Istanbul together with his fiancée from Kumanovo. The list of passengers also includes a Belgian national,...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:02

Filipce: Injured bus passengers in stable condition that is not life-threatening

All seven injured passengers treated in the Sofia-based Pirogov hospital are in stable condition that is not life-threatening, said Health Minister Venko Filipce on Tuesday. He visited the injured passengers who survived the bus accident at a hospital in Sofia this morning. The news of the terrible tragedy...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:38

Mickoski: There are no words that can express grief in such moments

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski extended his condolences to the families of those killed in the bus accident on the motorway in Bulgaria early on Tuesday. There are no words that can express grief in such moments. Condolences to the families of the victims. This is a great tragedy for Macedonia,...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:34

Radev expresses condolences to Pendarovski over bus accident

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev expressed his condolences to the President Stevo Pendarovski over the severe bus accident in Bulgarian highway in which 46 people were killed. On behalf of the Bulgarian people and on his own behalf, President Rumen Radev expressed his sincere condolences to the families...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:28

Pendarovski extends condolences: I expect a full investigation and responsibility for the tragedy

President Stevo Pendarovski has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed and injured in the bus accident on a motorway in Bulgaria early on Tuesday. In these difficult moments, I express my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all persons and our fellow citizens...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:05

Osmani: The bus that caught fire in Bulgaria is owned by a Skopje agency, tourists were returning from the extended weekend

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani told Bulgarian media that more than 40 people had been killed in the horrific bus accident in Bulgaria. As far as I know, the travel agency is from Skopje, and I believe that most of the citizens are from Skopje, Osmani said. Asked by reporters whether they know the age...

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