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New trilateral meeting regarding the project on connection of the optical networks of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia in the border regions will be carried out in June in the current year. It was agreed upon during the talks carried out today in Brussels between the Commissioner responsible for digital economy and digital society Günther Oettinger, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov and the Minister of Information Society of Romania Marius Bostan.

Amendments in the EU regulatory framework on electronic communications should ensure balance and transparency, said Deputy Minister Valery Borissov during a working lunch of the ministers responsible for competitiveness and telecommunications, which took place today in Brussels. In the discussions took part representatives of Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK. The meeting was attended by Mr. Andrus Ansip - Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Single Market.

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anton Ginev, the executive director of "Port Complex Rousse" EAD Petar Dragoshinov and the Chief executive Director of "Bulgarian Posts" EAD Deyan Daneshki validated a postal-philatelic edition titled "150 years of Port Rousse".

The implementation of OP "Transport" 2007-2013 completes with a 97 % absorption, announced Eng. Galina Vassileva, Deputy Head of the Managing Authority of OP "Transport" 2007-2013 and OP "Transport and transport infrastructure" 2014-2020 during the monitoring committee of the two Programmes. She pointed out that OPT 2007-2013 has financed 118 projects, 11 of which are major infrastructure projects totaling over 1 billion 911 mln. euros.

In the presence of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski was held the official naming of the newest mobile crane at Port Varna. The crane Liebherr LHM 550, with a capacity of 144 tons, was named Yatrus – an ancient Thracian god holding the marine element in obedience.

The Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tsetska Tsacheva, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov and the President of "Hristo Botev" Foundation - Boyan Botiov, validated a postal - philatelic edition on the theme "140 years of the descent of Botev's detachment from the "Radetzky" ship at the Kozloduy river bank." The ceremony was held today at the Club of the Member of Parliament, at the premises of the National Assembly.

Information and communication technology is the fastest growing sector, which is entirely brought to light - with more than 10,000 companies that produce and sell goods and services for over 8 billion levs. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov during the opening of the ICT career day. The event was organized at the initiative of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications and the main partners are the Bulgarian Association for Information Technology and the National Palace of Culture.

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anton Ginev participated in the First Central and Eastern Europe Countries – China Transport Ministers’ Meeting (16+1) and a Business Conference. The events took place in Riga, Republic of Latvia, in the period 16 – 17 May 2016.

Within the frame of the Ministerial Meeting Deputy Minister Ginev made a presentation entitled “Bulgarian transport infrastructure. China and Central and Eastern Europe Countries connectivity.”

The modernization of the railway line from Plovdiv to the Greek and Turkish borders began more than 10 years ago and finally completes.

"Information Services" AD presented to the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski a centralized system for issue and booking of tickets in real time. This happened during the official opening of the railway sections Dimitrovgrad - Simeonovgrad, Liubimets - Greek border and railway station Liubimets. The assignment is of "BDZ - Passenger Services" EOOD. The contract was awarded following a tender.

"Information Services" Plc signed a three-year contract for technological maintenance of the information and communications systems of the Ministry of Finance. The company will be responsible for maintenance and development of ICT systems of MF, "Customs" Agency and the National Revenue Agency.

Under the contract, "Information Services" Plc will perform activities such as maintenance and development of communication infrastructure, information systems and will provide outsourcing services for specialized units of the Ministry of Finance and others.

According to information received by the Agency for Privatization and Post-Privatization Control there is currently no investment interest for privatization of "BDZ-Freight services" Ltd. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski on a briefing today after a meeting with leaders of trade unions and the national railway carrier.

Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications was awarded for the active support of the National campaign "Easter for everyone" - "Give a holiday to grandparents." Deputy Minister of Transport , Information Technology and Communications – Anton Ginev, accepted a plaque from the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria – Maya Manolova, who is the patron of the initiative. This happened during the award ceremony of the participants in the campaign, which was held today at the Central Military Club in Sofia.

Top companies from IT and telecommunications sector are partners of the Ministry оf Transport, Information Technologies and Communications during the ICT Career Day that will be held on 17th May 2016 at the National Palace of Culture. The initiative is dedicate to the International Day of Telecommunications and Information Society.

On May 10, 2016 the Council of Ministers hosted the conference "Data inviting - a year later".

During the event  the progress of Bulgaria on the Open Data Platform (https://opendata.government.bg) was presented. Bulgaria's Open Data Portal where state institutions publish sets of statistics and data. 177 sets of data as public information available to be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes could be found on the portal.

"Information Services" AD made a profit amounting to over 4 million levs in the first quarter of 2016. The Company revenues from sales grew to 176 thousand levs, which is 5 % over the planned in the Business Plan for the same period. The increase was a result of new contracts and increased sales of electronic signatures by 40 % compared to the planned. Reported profit before taxation was 440 thousand levs, which is 7 times more than the envisaged in the Business Plan.

At the premises of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications was held today an evacuation training for all present individuals. Nearly 500 employees and citizens fulfilled all planned actions on the safe exit of the buildings, panic and incidents were not allowed.

The Fifty-fifth anniversary of the test flight of the first primate in space was marked by a postal-philatelic edition.

The artist Tahsin Ahmed has depicted the chimpanzee Ham also as a personification of the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese horoscope.

"Years after the first flight of a primate the world continues to be staring at space", said during the ceremony Deputy Minister Valery Borissov. In his words, Bulgaria is a part of the cosmic family with its two astronauts, a number of elaborations of devices for space research and the production of space food.

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications ranked second in a research, via evaluation of the websites and electronic submission of applications to the administrative structures within the system of the executive power, carried out by the "Access to Information" Programme.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova opened the fully modernized Central Railway Station in Sofia.

Minister Moskovski commented that the railway station is now a unique facility. "In every European capital this building is a landmark. I believe that it will continue to be so." In his words, all efforts this and next year are focused on regaining stability and success of railway transport, thus ensuring its sustainability.