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In connection with the increased delays in flights, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov ordered the Civil Aviation Administration (DG CAA) to start inspections of air carriers operating from and to Bulgaria. DG CAA inspectors will monitor compliance with European legislation, the establishment of common rules for compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding, cancellation or long delays.

Carriers are required to provide information on the reasons for delays or cancellations.

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications calls on Bulgarian organizations and citizens to participate in a public consultation of the European Commission on the Digital Agenda for Europe 2021-2027. The program has a budget of € 9.2 billion. The public consultation focuses on the priorities and project proposals for the first 2 years of the 2021-2022 program.

An impact assessment is a prerequisite for the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament to make a coherent and fair decision on the three Mobility Package I dossiers, as this opportunity was heretofore missed. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rossen Jeliazkov, appealed with that statement to the Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament, Karima Delli.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rossen Jeliazkov, made an appeal to Finland to be a neutral broker, as a Presidency of the Council of the EU, during the discussions on the Mobility Package I. This happened during conversations between Minister Rossen Jeliazkov and the Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland, Sanna Marin. The meeting is part of the visit of the Bulgarian Minister at the European Parliament where the forthcoming steps about the Mobility Package I are being discussed.

The Minister of transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rossen Jeliazkov met the ministers of transport of Poland, Hungary, Lithuania and Latvia at the EP. The positions of the like-minded Member States on the Mobility Package I were discussed, with the Romanian representative official stated that Romania will definitely join the group of the like-minded group and will actively participate in the negotiations on the Package.

5G technology is a revolution for the economy, industry, society and people. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during the first call via 5G mobile network in Bulgaria. The demonstration was part of the series of 5G practice tests carried out by Telenor Telecommunication Company.

By the end of 2021 the Bulgarian road section Slivnitsa - Dragoman - Serbian border will be successfully completed. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov today in the framework of his visit to Serbia.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov, together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic, inspected the construction works of the highway in Serbia from Nis to the border with Bulgaria.

Both ministers offered flowers to the monument of Vasil Levski in Tsaribrod and held a working meeting with the Mayor of the city Vladica Dimitrov.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov checked the progress of the construction and assembly activities of the Congress and Research Center in Burgas. The project is worth 13.6 million leva and is financed with funds from the Port Infrastructure SC. It is expected that it gets completed at the end of this year.

There are no words that can compensate for the grief and pain, there are no years that can overcome the feeling of oppression in the souls because of this injustice. With these words, the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov adressed the relatives of the victims during a commemorative ceremony on the occasion of the seventh year of the Sarafovo Airport bombing in Burgas.

Statement by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov on the selected concessionaire of Sofia Airport:

"The notification, along with the Protocol and the Decision on the selection of a concessionaire of Sofia Airport, was sent to the participants in the procedure.

The procedure for Sofia Airport was opened by Decision of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of 02.07.2018. During the course of the procedure, 3300 questions were sent and answered.

In Bulgaria and Russia simultaneously, the fourth joint philatelic edition was launched. This time, the postal administrations chose as a plot one of the traditional branches of the economy - wine production, said during the ceremony in Pleven, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski. He added that the art project, which is being launched on the Russian philatelic market, depicts the special grape variety - "Kaylashki Rubin", which is not inferior to the quality of world-famous varieties.

The creation of a Consultative Council between government, industry and industry experts can accelerate the creation of ethical rules for the development of artificial intelligence and help to make effective use of the European supercomputer in Bulgaria. This idea was supported by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen  Jeliazkov and representatives of the IT business during the second Round Table on the Digital Economy, which was organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov validated a postage stamp on 140 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Russia.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov held a meeting with the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, Patrick Ky. The meeting is at the invitation of Minister Jeliazkov and is part of the measures to ensure the safety and protection of the environment in the civil aviation sector in Bulgaria.

We are consistent in implementing the transport and digital connectivity policies with our neighboring countries. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rossen Jeliazkov in Plovdiv during an Economic Forum. In his words, the most important condition for achieving better connectivity is the efficient maintenance, modernization and infrastructure development.

Bulgaria and Romania will prepare an intergovernmental agreement to build a third bridge over the Danube river between Svishtov and Zimnic. This is what the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov and the Minister of Transport of Romania Alexandru-Răzvan Cuc have agreed today at a meeting in Sofia. It was agreed by the end of July that the draft agreement would be ready and after its adoption by the governments of the two countries to be proposed for ratification by national parliaments.

A total of € 27 million is the budget of the second 2019 competition in the Telecommunications sector of the Connecting Europe Facility. Proposals will begin on 4 July 2019 and will continue until November 14, 2019. The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, as national coordinator of the program in the Telecommunications sector, supports Bulgarian organizations wishing to join .

Residents of Sarnitsa will use postal services in a renovated station, said Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov. Together with the mayor of the municipality Nebi Bozov and the executive director of Bulgarian Posts Deyan Duneshki, he opened the administrative building of the municipality in which the post office is located. The ceremony was also attended by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Khalil Letyfov.

A new technological system will enhance the security and safety of Bulgarian seaports. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rossen Jeliazkov, in the presentation of the results of the project "Design and construction of technical systems for risk prevention and enhancing the security of the territory of seaports / RPSSP /".