Chain-reaction crash on Trakia Highway kills five
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A pile-up involving dozens of vehicles on the Trakia highway killed at least five people and seriously injured ten others. The scale of the collision was sufficient to trigger the national BG-Alert emergency system, and the road remains closed as authorities clear the wreckage.
The competition regulator has fined the supermarket chain Kaufland a record 76 million euros for unfair commercial practices. The retailer responded by suggesting it may reconsider 200 million euros in planned domestic investments; the state appears to have decided that a fine in the hand is worth more than a pledge in the bush.
Shipping companies have begun charging a "war risk" fee for vessels docking at Varna and Burgas, as the proximity of the conflict in Ukraine reaches the balance sheets of Bulgarian ports. In Varna, President Rumen Radev met Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, while the nationalist Vazrazhdane party met her with a protest.