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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev signed the documentation for awarding public contracts for the supply of new rolling stock.

The investment is financed with European funds under the Recovery and Resilience Plan and with budget funds. Until the present moment, public procurements for rolling stock of a similar scale have not been prepared in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria and Georgia will develop the potential of the Black Sea as an alternative to land transport corridors between Asia and Europe and to digital connectivity networks. This was stated at a meeting today by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev and the new Ambassador of Georgia to our country Otar Berdzenishvili.

Intermodal terminals should be a priority for all countries in the European Union and for the countries yet to join it. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimir Papukchiyski during a meeting with the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of North Macedonia Blagoj Bochvarski.

The full use of the potential of the Black Sea and the Bulgarian ports is extremely important for the transportation of goods from Asia to Europe. This was the general opinion during a video conferencing between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev and the Minister of Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland Ville Skinnari.

About BGN 130 million are expected in the budget from the mobile operators for the use of the 700 MHz and 800 MHz frequencies. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Hristo Alexiev, after the adopted changes by the Council of Ministers to the Tariff for the fees collected by the Communications Regulation Commission under the Electronic Communications Act. "We have successfully finished releasing the frequencies and start using them for civil needs.

Investments at Sofia Airport will be accelerated. This became clear after a meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev with the Chief Executive Officer of the Meridiam Fund and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of "SOF Connect" Thierry Déau and the Ambassador of France Joel Meyer.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimir Papukchiyski and Turkish Ambassador Aylin Sekizkök sent the second freight train with 36 prefabricated houses for the severely affected by the earthquake in Turkey.

The train departed at 5:00 p.m. from the Central Railway Station in Sofia. The transportation is provided on two courses along the Kurilo - Svilengrad East Border - Kapukule - Halkali Station - Svilengrad, and the carrier is BDZ Freight Transport EOOD. The first composition that delivered the first 12 wagons with 36 houses left to Turkey on March 7, 2023.

For first time in 50 years, a new railway tunnel was built in Bulgaria. This is what the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policies and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev stated during an inspection of progress in the construction of the Elin Pelin - Kostenets Railway Section.

The development of direct transport connections was discussed at the video conference meeting between the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The talks were headed by Deputy Ministers Nikolay Naydenov and Rahman Hummatov with the participation of representatives of civil aviation administrations, port operators, road transport administrations, railway carriers and Sofia Airport. H.E. Mr.

The agreement to increase wages at Bulgarian Post EAD by 19 percent, as well as the value of the vouchers from BGN 60 to BGN 100, will reduce social tension in the company. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev after the CEO of Bulgarian Posts EAD Philip Alexiev and the representatives of the trade unions in the company, parties to the Collective Labour Agreement, signed an agreement.

We are working as a priority to accelerate the activities of the project for the development of the city railway in Plovdiv. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev after the meeting in Plovdiv with the Regional Governor of Plovdiv Region Angel Stoev and the Mayor of Plovdiv Zdravko Dimitrov.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Nikolay Naydenov transferred the mandate of the Chairmanship of TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission (TRACECA) to Georgia. The organization's sixteenth annual meeting is being held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Measures have been taken to prevent future train accidents. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev during a hearing in the National Assembly in the Committee on Transport and Communications.

Road Transport Administration inspectors already work with a specialized information system for road control. This was announced by the Executive Director of Road Transport Administration Executive Agency Boyko Ranovski during the presentation of the project. He pointed out that the digital system allowed real-time checking of information for vehicles, drivers and carriers in national and European registers.

The one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of Hristo Botev’s birth is an occasion to reconsider once again his heroic cause, exciting poetry and emblematic journalism. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimir Papukchiyski during the validation of a postage stamp dedicated to the national hero. The postage stamp was validated by the Vice-President of the National Assembly Nikola Minchev, the Deputy Minister of Culture Plamen Slavov, the President of “Hristo Botyov” Foundation Boyan Botyiov and the Director of "Bulgarian Posts" Filip Aleksiev.

On the initiative of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev, under the leadership of Deputy Minister Nikolay Naydenov and together with the DG Civil Aviation Administration, a Working Group was formed to establish a mechanism for coordinating the configuration of U-space air space. U-space is the European system being developed for unmanned drone traffic management. It is a set of specific digital services and procedures designed to provide drone operators with safe and efficient access to airspace.

The motor ship Vera Su was auctioned today. This is the fourth bidding procedure that the Maritime Administration Executive Agency organized. One company participated in the auction today - "Varsa Shipping" OOD, which offered to buy the vessel at the announced starting price - 276,000 US dollars without VAT.

The Bulgarian company deals with repairs and maintenance of vessels. The buyer has transferred 10 percent of the price as a deposit, the submitted documents have been verified and meet the requirements and criteria.

Today, Lukoil remitted advance tax in the amount of BGN 90 million, which already entered the State Budget. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Hristo Alexiev, during the presentation of the functionalities of BULATSA - Flight Information Portal in the building of the Directorate General of Air Traffic Services Authority. "These BGN 90 million, in terms of proportion and amount, are more than the taxes that Lukoil has paid to the State for a total of 20 years ago", the Deputy Prime Minister pointed out.

The hundredth anniversary of Todor Kableshkov University of Transport was marked with a thematic postage stamp. The postage stamp was validated by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimir Papukchiyski, the rector of the Todor Kableshkov University of Transport Prof. Daniela Todorova and the CEO of "Bulgarian Posts" Bogdan Teofanidis.

The Transport Ministers Council of the European Union included the route Sofia-Skopie-Durres-Bari in the scope of the new European Transport Corridor "Western Balkans-Eastern Mediterranean". The Bulgarian side has made extremely active efforts in the last four months to restart the project, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev said, upon participating in the meeting in Brussels today. He expressed his gratitude for the understanding shown by the Czech Presidency for the fulfillment of the Bulgarian request.