Travel warning for Romanians who go to Bulgaria. Circulation restrictions due to the Red Code of heavy rains
Photo taken on October 4, 2025, which shows several vehicles damaged on a street covered by mud and water, after heavy rains in the Elenite resort, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Photo: AFP / AFP / Profimedia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) informs Romanian citizens who are located, transit or intend to travel to Bulgaria that restrictions on road traffic are expected as a result of meteorological warning codes for abundant precipitation.
According to a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, in accordance with the data transmitted by the National Institute of Bulgarian Meteorology and Hydrology, for October 8, a Red Code warning, Lovech, Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Razgrad and Silistra and o Orange Code for Vratsa regions, Dobrich.
“In context, restrictions on road traffic are expected,” says the quoted source, according to Agerpres.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that additional information on the weather status, road situation, customs regulations, electronic vignettes and border crossing points can be accessed on the official pages of the Bulgarian authorities and on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as follows:
– information on the weather state – www.weather.bg;
-information on the current road state: on the free application Lima-www.lim.pi.bg, on the website of the Agency 'Road Infrastructure'-www.api.bg and on the phone number 070013020, accessible in non-stop regime;
-information on the customs regime, to the entrance to Bulgaria from Turkey-www.mae.ro/travel-conditions/3677 (travel conditions in Bulgaria, the title of customs regulations) and on the website of the Agency 'Vemi' in R. Bulgaria-www.customs.bghttp: //www.bg/;
-information on the e-vignette and the e-toll-www.bgtoll.bg;
– information on the situation of traffic through the Bulgarian border crossing points – www.mvr.bg.
Romanian citizens can request consular assistance at the telephone numbers of the Romanian Embassy in Sofia: +35929712858 and +35929733510, the calls being redirected to the Contact and Support Center of Romanian Citizens (CCSCRS) and taken over by the Call Center operators in permanent regime.
Also, the Romanian citizens who face a difficult, special, emergency situation have available the number of the emergency phone of the diplomatic mission of Romania in the Republic of Bulgaria: +359879440758.
At the same time, the MAE recommends consulting web pages http://sofia.mae.ro and https://mae.ro.
The coastal area of Bulgaria was also targeted by a day of a red code for torrential rains, due to the Barbara storm, which brings extreme weather phenomena, where five counties and Bucharest were also targeted by a red code warning.
