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A total of 19 bids were submitted for the three Lots under the project for modernization of the railway line between the towns of Kostenets and Elin Pelin. The large number of offers is yet another proof that the procedure is as transparent and competition-based as can be, said the Deputy Minister of Transport, information Technology and Communications, Velik Zantchev, at the bids opening today at NRIC headquarters.

Dredging activities to deepen the River Danube in the region of the islands of Vardim and Belene have ended. This is the most critical region for navigation in the Bulgarian section of the river. As a result of the dredging, which took 42 days, the depth of the navigable route was increased by over 100 cm. Following these activities, measurements showed the fairway is more than 3 meters in depth and 150 meters in width, ensuring seamless navigability.

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Dimitar Genovski, and the Defense Minister, Krassimir Karakachanov, validated a post stamp on the occasion of 140 years of the establishment of Bulgarian Armed Forces. The philatelic product is the most appropriate way for expressing gratitude for the high morale and patriotism of the thousands of Bulgarians serving in the army, Deputy Minister Genovski said during the ceremony. In his words, our country has always prided in institutions such as the Bulgarian Armed Froces.

Information Services Jsc ended the first half of 2018 with revenues of BGN 9.8 million and profitability of 7%. The increase over the targets set in the business plan for 2018 is over 2 times for profit and 2% for revenue.

The company accounted for 6% higher labor efficiency (monthly work per employee) compared to the planned for the period.

We have carried out thorough studies of the way other European countries manage their airport infrastructure, both within and outside the EU. The results show that the share of private management of airports rose by 80% as at 2016, and adding data from 2017 and 2018 the figures will be even larger. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski, at the hearing in the Transport and ICT Commission to the National Assembly following BSP’s claim for suspension of Sofia Airport concession.

By the end of 2018 new methodology will be developed for testing psychological fitness of public transport drivers as well as those drivers with suspended license. This emerged from “Human factor in road safety” press conference, held today in Sofia. The event was organized by the Institute for Population and Human Studies to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences within the project “Enhancement of road safety by developing new methodologies to study psychological fitness of drivers”.

It is of particular importance for Bulgaria to take advantage of the added value of the projects resulting of cooperation within the 16+1 Initiative, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Velik Zanchev said during a meeting with the president of the Chinese Railway Group Limited (CREC) Zongyan Zhang. The Chinese company is in Bulgaria to take part in a business forum, part of the Seventh Meeting of the Heads of Government of Central and Eastern European countries and China.

Today, July 5, 2018, the notice of the concession award procedure of Sofia Airport is published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The notice number is 2018/S 127-290417.

Following the publication of the notice, the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications has the right and obligation to provide full and free access to the concession documentation, as set out below. The aim is to ensure equal and simultaneous access to the concession terms of all potential investors.

In times of technological and social "phenomena," with a growing confidence of being able to travel around the world within hours, the philately remains alive, dynamic and immense, because the pursuit of beauty and the passion for knowledge are set somewhere deep in mankind, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski said at the opening of a philatelic exhibition dedicated to Bulgaria.

By the end of August the new marker ship will be delivered to mark the Danube River shipping route. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Velik Zanchev at the Ministerial Conference of the Member States of the Danube Commission. The event was held today in Belgrade on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Navigation of the Danube River.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski awarded Plovdiv Airport officials Georgi Tashev and Kiril Ivanov for the quick response when taking part in the rescue operation of the crew of the military helicopter Mi-17, which crashed on 11 June 2018 in the region of the Plovdiv airport. Hristo Shrionov, the Plovdiv Airport's Executive Director, was also honored for the professionalism and excellent organization in the event of the incident.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski discussed with representatives of the coach industry Mobility Package II of the European Commission. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anguel Popov, MEP Andrey Novakov, members of the National Assembly.

With regard to issues related to additional information on the parameters of the procedure to grant a concession of Sofia Airport, we would like to inform you that in order to ensure equal access of all candidates for participation in the procedure and under the provisions of Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts and Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement, the notice of the concession parameters will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

A Roadmap on reduction of roaming tariffs between Bulgaria and Macedonia will be prepared at a joint meeting of the ministries of both countries, the regulators and the mobile operators. This was agreed today at a meeting of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Macedonian Minister of Information Society and Administration Damyan Manchevski. Minister Manchevski proposed Skopje to host the talks in the coming weeks.

An initiative for a cross-border Balkan corridor that will provide testing of connected and automated cars to Western Europe was launched during the first Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski, together with his Greek counterpart on Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Nikos Pappas and the Serbian State Secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Tatjana Matic, signed a letter of intent on cooperation in the field of connected and automated driving.

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Dimitar Genovsky, launched the thematic post-philatelic edition on the day of the official opening of the World Football Championship - Russia 2018.

The Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Maria Gabriel addressed the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski with gratitude and congratulations for the extremely important work done in the field of telecommunications, today during a joint press conference. The reason is the achievement of a preliminary political agreement on the Union's Electronic Communications Code. This topic was discussed at the afternoon session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Luxemburg.

In order to optimize transportations and reduce losses for the business, it is vital to deploy joint cross-border control authorities between Bulgaria and Turkey, and Turkey and Greece, as well as one-stop-shop servicing, announced Velik Zantchev, Deputy Minister of Transport, information Technology and Communications, at the opening of the 33rd session of the General Assembly of the International Road Transport Union to the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.

Bulgaria’s position on the major controversial issues in the first Mobility Package was yet again affirmed at today’s session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Luxemburg. The session, in Transport configuration, was presided by Ivaylo Moskovski, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski, will preside the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council’s sessions on transport and telecommunication on June 7 and 8 2018 in Luxemburg.