Public Relations and Protocol

Road safety brought together four ministers, deputy ministers, and three agencies involved in the topic.

Seven cars were stopped from operation for carrying out unregulated passenger transport. The enhanced, comprehensive control is being conducted jointly by employees of the Ministry of the Interior, the Executive Agency "Road Administration," and the National Revenue Agency, as ordered by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. The checks will continue indefinitely in various regions of the country and at border crossing points.

Within 6 months the name of Sofia Airport will be reflected in international aviation registers

We are planning to launch a concession procedure for Plovdiv Airport. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov during a meeting with the aviation industry. “There should be more business and less state in our aviation. I am a supporter of the idea that the aviation business should take over the management of Plovdiv Airport and invest in its development not only as a civil airport, but also as a cargo airport.

All international airports in Bulgaria should be equipped with anti-drone systems. This was agreed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov and the representatives of the airports in Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv, Gorna Oryahovitsa, BULATSA and DG CAA. Different technological options will be explored within a reasonable timeframe, which will be efficient but will not have a negative impact on the existing airport systems.

Legislative changes to ensure that drones do not threaten flight safety must be adopted urgently. One of these is to provide for the possibility of neutralising drones that enter the range of national security sites without authorisation.

From 2026 all services of the Executive Agency Automobile Administration will become electronic. Drivers and companies will be able to apply for documents or pay the necessary fees via a mobile application.

This became clear at a meeting of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov with representatives of the branch organizations in the field of road transport.

‘This way we will eliminate bureaucracy and unregulated practices that hinder business, he explained.

I support any initiative that would improve the safety of taxi drivers. This is what Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov stated during a meeting with representatives of the taxi industry. ‘Not only as a minister, but also as a consumer, I stand by the industry's position to improve the safety of drivers,‘ Deputy Prime Minister Karadzhov noted. He expressed readiness to have talks with all competent institutions to find a functioning mechanism for this purpose.

It is very important to speed up the construction of the transport corridors - from Thessaloniki to Vidin and from there to Northern and Western Europe, as well as the project that connects Alexandroupolis with Ruse on one side and with Varna and Burgas on the other. This is what Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov said at a meeting with the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of the Hellenic Republic Christos Staikouras in Sofia today.

Vertical signalling, horizontal markings and weather information boards will support the traffic organisation on the bridge at Vidin. This is what the new draft provides for the enforcement of passing vehicles.

Since 16.12.2024, when the traffic light was switched off, until now the traffic organization is supported by joint duty teams of the Ministry of Interior - Vidin and the company "Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat" AD.

Bulgaria has supported a common approach on the Driving Licences Directive, which aims to achieve a higher level of road safety. The Bulgarian position was expressed today by the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova during a meeting of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council of the European Union, Transport format.

Our seaports have serious potential. In recent years, the port of Burgas has been developing well and we should turn our focus to the port of Varna so that we are not bypassed. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Zhivko Petrov during the First Annual Forum for Transport, Logistics and Forwarding, organized by the magazine "Manager".

Ukraine is an important partner for Bulgaria in the regional cooperation in the Black Sea region. This was stated by the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova during a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Bulgaria H.E. Olesya Ilashchuk.

Investments in railway infrastructure on the lines of Corridor VIII Sofia-Plovdiv-Burgas and Karnobat-Sindel-Varna exceed BGN 3 billion. This includes all projects already implemented and those underway. We are actively working to finalise the implementation of the 2.4 km rail link project with RSM, which is earmarked for funding under the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021-2027. Both the Cohesion Fund and the Connecting Europe Facility are used to achieve this objective. The construction of Corridor VIII has been a consistent and long-standing policy of the Ministry. 

Protecting the lives and health of children in traffic is one of the top priorities of our society. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Dimitar Nedyalkov during the opening of the road safety campaign "I will be a responsible driver".

As of today, DG Civil Aviation Administration (DG CAA) starts issuing electronic documents for 46 of their administrative services. This was announced by the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova during the conference "International Connectivity - the Key for Sustainable Growth of Bulgarian Tourism", which is held in Sofia.

Representatives of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia participated in a working meeting to discuss the Corridor 8 railway project. The meeting planned for 16.10.2024 in Brussels took place today in Sofia. The parties exchanged information, outlined the timeframe and shared their experiences on technical issues and topics related to the construction of Corridor 8, and in particular the procedures for the implementation and future operation of the Deve Bair cross-border tunnel facility.

The inspectors of EA "Automobile Administration" have not found any serious violations

The Minister of Transport and Communications Georgi Gvozdeykov discussed with representatives of the industry the proposed changes to Ordinance No 37 and Ordinance No 38, regulating the conditions and procedure for the training and examination of candidates for the acquisition of driving licence.

As of Monday, 22 July 2024, the activity of the technical inspection stations that have not ensured the connectivity of the measuring devices (gas analyser, smoke meter and brake stand) with the system of the Executive Agency ‘Road Transport Administration’ (IAAA) will be suspended. So far, 964 sites are already transmitting data automatically, 8 are partially connected and 96 are still not connected.