Jean
@jeanmandredeix
English looking for information about Bulgaria
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Registration: 08 January 2025
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OMG fires raging across Bulgaria by Mrs Homemaker
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/wildfires-rage-across-bulgaria-destroying-forests-homes-2025-07-27/Villages have been evacuated,聽 So far no loss of life thank goodness Its just an awful state of affairs.聽 I do hope everyone ...
@Mrs HomemakerReducing CO2 will not stop the climate changing. It should be preparedness for extreme weather. We could reach net zero tomorrow, all live in poverty and the climate won鈥檛 stop changing and it鈥檚 not humans doing it. Earths ... Read More
Driving from UK by jeanmandredeix
I take my hat off to anyone who has done journey from UK in two or three days!We left Suffolk at 2.30am Saturday and done a heavy drive in our van to Germany, some 12 hours or so.Today we drove the rest of Germany, Austria and are staying in Hungary ...
We are Garvan to the west. 馃槃 Read More
Any Brits moved from another EU country to Bulgaria post Brexit? by grumpyoldbird
I'll be moving to Bulgaria from France later this year. My S1 is registered to my French address, but if I change it to a Bulgarian address before I leave France, I won't have health cover until its registered in Bulgaria.I will need to produce my ...
I found the Bulgarian Embassy really helpful if you have a query and they have an email address on their website. Read More
Driving from UK by jeanmandredeix
I take my hat off to anyone who has done journey from UK in two or three days!We left Suffolk at 2.30am Saturday and done a heavy drive in our van to Germany, some 12 hours or so.Today we drove the rest of Germany, Austria and are staying in Hungary ...
@knobworx We are north east, near Silistra and did consider Vidin but didn鈥檛 do it in the end as by timing the Giurgui Bridge early on a Sunday there were very few Lorrie鈥檚 and queue was shorter. I did check out ferries but they seemed ... Read More
Driving from UK by jeanmandredeix
I take my hat off to anyone who has done journey from UK in two or three days!We left Suffolk at 2.30am Saturday and done a heavy drive in our van to Germany, some 12 hours or so.Today we drove the rest of Germany, Austria and are staying in Hungary ...
No air con in a cheap van made the journey intolerable and my husband has a bad back so we can鈥檛 do the journey in a short time.We did the return journey on a different route. We used the Giurgui Bridge but early on a Sunday and that was easy. ... Read More
Question on Visa D by jeanmandredeix
We are currently getting paperwork together for the retirement Visa D but am a bit concerned on my husbands application as I am in receipt of state pension but he only has company pension for now. They seem to want a state pension? Am I right? Will ...
@gwynj I decided to check with the Embassy and they replied very quickly and said it will be accepted so long as it鈥檚 done the same as the state pension paperwork. Read More
Moving dogs and cats from uk to BG by Suzi Masterson
ok so i have to many dogs (6) and 3 cats that will be coming with us. im pricing up the options.id thought id fly them and arrange it myself. not rocket science.im trying to find an airline that will let me do that! i even thought ill drive them to ...
@European family pet transport Did you realise you are responding to a very old post 馃槂 Read More
Question on Visa D by jeanmandredeix
We are currently getting paperwork together for the retirement Visa D but am a bit concerned on my husbands application as I am in receipt of state pension but he only has company pension for now. They seem to want a state pension? Am I right? Will ...
@JimJ Yes, I agree. It concerns me how he is treating everyone but they certainly don鈥檛 like pensioners and seem to want to ensure they won鈥檛 receive a pension. I read yesterday that they are saying about 80 for retirement! I take it ... Read More
Question on Visa D
We are currently getting paperwork together for the retirement Visa D but am a bit concerned on my husbands application as I am in receipt of state pension but he only has company pension for now. They seem to want a state pension? Am I right? Will ... Read More
Free puppy. Svilengrad area by frazer2022
We have just taken in a young male puppy. I'm guessing that he is around 6 months old and we would like someone to give him a permanent home.He was dumped in our village a couple of weeks ago and now he is living part time in our garden where he is ...
@frazer2022 No, we are right up in the north near Silistra but wouldn鈥檛 be the first time I have travelled far to get a rescue. When we lived in France the rescue contacted me to foster a dog who was found shot. Needless to say we kept her and ... Read More
Recommendations for Banks in Bulgaria (EU Citizen) by sfriggieri75
Hi everyone. Can anyone please share which bank is best for opening an account as an EU citizen in Bulgaria, and what documents are required? 馃檹
Couldn鈥檛 be asked, we have the two accounts. We were there for more than 4 hours so I was just pleased to get the accounts going. Read More
Recommendations for Banks in Bulgaria (EU Citizen) by sfriggieri75
Hi everyone. Can anyone please share which bank is best for opening an account as an EU citizen in Bulgaria, and what documents are required? 馃檹
@Kath948381 They don鈥檛 like joint accounts for some reason. When we opened our accounts with UBB she seemed horrified that we wanted a joint one and we have ended up with separate ones. It鈥檚 annoying as my husband takes no interest in ... Read More
OMG fires raging across Bulgaria by Mrs Homemaker
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/wildfires-rage-across-bulgaria-destroying-forests-homes-2025-07-27/Villages have been evacuated,聽 So far no loss of life thank goodness Its just an awful state of affairs.聽 I do hope everyone ...
Bulgaria has about 600 wildfires every year. Yes, there is a drought at the moment. Can we stop the climate changing, it鈥檚 easy, No. It鈥檚 been changing since the world began. I wonder how many who believe in 鈥榯he science鈥� ... Read More
Free puppy. Svilengrad area by frazer2022
We have just taken in a young male puppy. I'm guessing that he is around 6 months old and we would like someone to give him a permanent home.He was dumped in our village a couple of weeks ago and now he is living part time in our garden where he is ...
@frazer2022 Wish we could help but we are in UK sorting out our Visa and don鈥檛 return till end of October. We were planning on a companion for our dog. Hope you find a home for him soon. Read More
Giurgui Bridge or Ferry? by jeanmandredeix
I am currently planning our trip home to arrange residency but we had a nightmare at Giurgui Bridge and every time I pass it always looks terrible no matter early or late. So, question is, is there a good time to get across it and if not, what are ...
We have our dog and this trip was to collect house documents so that when we go back we can start residency application. We also wanted to start work on the house which we have done, so got septic tank and windows and door installed. Read More