Greece gives green light for road to Bulgaria

02.10.2007

The Greek supreme court has permit the construction of a road between the Northern Greek town of Komotini and the Bulgarian border.
The court overruled complaints from Komotini citizens and complaints Greek newspaper Ethnos announced.
In the complaints, citizens and environmentalists claimed the road did not comply with the ecological regulations and would lead to ontamination of the region.
The Greek court ruled that the project was harmless to the eco-balance.
Bulgarian news agency BTA reported that the road would connect the Egnatia highway in Greece and Bulgarian border. The plan was included in a Bulgarian-Greek agreement contracted in 1996. In 1998, the two countries signed a protocol for co-operation, which envisions the opening of three new border checkpoints in the region.

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