Alternatively there are card phones of two types, Mobika (blue phones) and BTK (orange phones), with cards for each ranging in price from 4 to 25 leva. They can be bought at certain shops, kiosks or post offices.

Europe, America, Near East, Japan, Africa and Australia can be dialed directly. For those countries that cannot be dialed directly you must order the call by dialing 0123. For any other kind of international operator assistance dial 0123. (You can find our useful numbers for more information). There is also a fax and e-mail service at 4, Gen. Gurko Str.

There is no problem for foreign nationals, staying or working for short or long term here in Bulgaria to become their clients, but still the best choice is to buy prepaid cards with no obligations - 'VIVATEL' for Vivatel, 'PRIMA' for M-Tel and 'B-CONNECT' for Globul .

•   02 - Sofia
• 073 - Blagoevgrad
• 056 - Bourgas
• 064 - Pleven
• 032 - Plovdiv
• 082 - Rousse
• 052 - Varna
• 062 - Veliko Turnovo

• Austria - 0043
  Vienna - 1
• France - 0033
  Paris - 1
• Germany - 0049
  Berlin - 30
  Frankfurt - 69
  Munich - 89
  Hamburg - 40
• Greece - 0030
  Athens - 1
• Hungary - 0036
  Budapest - 11
• Italy - 0039
  Rome - 6
  Milano - 2
• Macedonia - 00389
  Skopje - 91
• Romania - 0040
  Bucharest - 1
• Russia - 007
  Moscow - 095
  St. Petersburg - 812
• Turkey - 0090
  Ankara - 312
  Istanbul(EU) - 212
  Istanbul(AS) - 216
• UK - 0044
  London (city) -171
  London (suburb) -181
• Ukraine - 00380
  Kiev - 44
• Yugoslavia - 00381
  Belgrade - 11

Post offices and major hotels in most cities and towns have international postal, telephone, telegraph, and fax services. In the larger towns and cities, Internet cafes and pay-for-use services are springing up.

There is an Internet cafe with half an hour free use and ISDN demonstration center at 6, Gen. Gurko Str. Video communications and connections are also available there (tel. 980 48 00).