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We extend the concession procedure of Sofia Airport until January 31, 2017, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski, in relation to the remarks made today by a group of MPs concerning a termination of the concession of Sofia Airport. In his words, the reason for the extension ot the deadline is due to a request made by one of the largest airport operators in Europe.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski will give a special briefing today at 3 p.m. in Hall 3 of MTITC.

The reason for the briefing is the position expressed today by a group of MPs regarding termination of the concession of Sofia Airport.

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications and the National Association of Municipalities will cooperate in the construction and maintenance of a Single portal for telecommunications networks and physical infrastructure. Deputy Minister Valery Borissov hosted today a meeting on the upcoming interaction regarding the future legal act that will regulate this field.

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov and the head of the Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition prof. Hristo Pimpirev validated a postal–philatelic edition, dedicated to the 25th mission of the Bulgarian researchers to the frozen continent.

We provided a total amount of 560 million BGN for railway projects under the Connecting Europe Fcility. This became clear during the visit of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski in Brussels. He pointed out that with these funds the total amount for rail infrastructure under OPTTI and CEF by 2022 will reach 2 billion BGN with the national co-financing.

We begin the implementation of the first railway project, funded under the Connecting Europe Facility This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the signing of the contracts on design and construction of the railway section Sofia - Elin Pelin. According to him, this is one of the first four transport projects, approved in 2015 still during the first call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility.

A postage stamp will mark the first Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The issue is one of the highlights in the thematic plan for postal-philatelic editions in 2017. The document was signed by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski. Proposals for themes were made by the Special Council on Postage Stamp Issuing which since 1 August to mid-October examined hundreds of proposals for postal-philatelic editions for the next year.

We expect that by the end of the year will complete the selection of a new vessel to combat oil spills, was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the high level meeting on the occasion of the International Black Sea Day - October 31.

The processes in the transport sector evolve beyond political mandates, so the word "sustainability" is key to our system. This was stated by Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the conference on "Mobility for a connected world." The event is organized by the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) and involves representatives of leading institutions in transport, companies and students.

"For the cyber threats we should talk openly, not sweep them under the rug and  try to cope with them only by our own efforts." With these words, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov addressed the participants and the observers in the computer assisted training MT CybEx.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski opened the fourth Business Conference on logistics.

Video of the speech of Minister Moskovski is available.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski handed over the annual awards of the Bulgarian Construction Chamber in the category "Significant constructors in transport infrastructure." The ceremony took place within the traditional ball on the Day of the constructor - October 26.

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology organized an information day for the "Telecommunications" sector under the Connecting Europe Facility.

There are four open calls under Work Programme 2016, the deadline for submission of proposals is December 15, 2016. The topics include Cyber Security, eInvoicing, Automated Translation and access to the digital resources of the European cultural heritage (Europeana).

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski attended the celebrations on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the commissioning of the railway line Varna-Rousse. The celebration dedicated to the first railway line in Bulgaria was marked today with an attraction journey. The jubilee composition was pulled by a steam locomotive 03.12 and was constituted also by a wagon from the royal composition of Tsar Boris III - "Corona Express."

Under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov and Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Rashid Ismailov in Sofia was held the Eighth Meeting of the Standing Bulgarian-Russian Working Group "Information Society and ICT".

The European Union Agency for Railways will certify our experts in the field of investigation of accidents in rail transport. In the period 17 - 20 October in the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications will be carried out a training and certification of experts from Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

Opportunities for cooperation in the training of air traffic controllers and employees of the aviation administration of Bulgaria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) discussed the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Minister of Economy of the Emirates Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri. Minister Mansouri is paying a visit to Bulgaria upon the invitation of Minister Ivaylo Moskovski.

Experts from the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, the Communications Regulation Commission and representatives of the telecommunications business started elaboration of the national position on the proposals of the European Commission to reform the electronic communications.

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Valery Borissov hosted the meeting to form a position on the new draft legislative package on connectivity within the EU.

"Information Services" AD signed an agreement with the Central Election Commission (CEC) on computer processing of the results of the election for president and vice president and the national referendum.

Bulgaria was re-elected for a second consecutive term in the managing body of the Universal Postal Union – the Council of Administration, for the period 2016 – 2020. On the eve of the World Post Day - October 9, this is high praise for the Bulgarian administration, commented the Minister of Transport, Information technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski. Bulgaria's reelection happened during the 26th Congress of the Universal Postal Union, which was held from September 20 to October 7, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.