Public Relations and Protocol

An agreement has been signed for the delivery of 5 more new ŠKODA electric trains

Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer of Skoda Transportation and Skoda Wagon Peter Novotny signed an additional agreement for the delivery of 5 more electric multiple unit trains. The ceremony was held at the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the presence of H.E. Miroslav Toman, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Sofia.

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".

For the first time, the Transport Connectivity Programme will finance the purchase of new rolling stock. On Thursday, we are going to sign an additional agreement with Skoda for 5 more electric multiple unit trains to the already signed contract for 20 trains. This was announced by the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova during the Monitoring Committee of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021-2027, held today in Sofia.

On 31 October 2024, a pre-planned technical meeting was held between the Directors-General of Railway Infrastructure Undertakings of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia. The meeting discussed and specified only technical issues for the completion of the Deve Bair cross-border tunnel, as well as the need to select a single contractor for the entire facility.

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 new information system for the digitisation of documents related to theoretical and practical training has been developed in a test mode and was presented today to the sectoral organisations in the sector.

Each exercise leads to an improvement in the coordination and capabilities of the different units, and the basis of any emergency rescue activity is good coordination to reduce response times. This was said by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Zhivko Petrov during an exercise "Search and rescue in case of an aviation accident and liquidation of its consequences along the coastal strip - SAREX-24", held on the territory of Ruse region - "Stulpishte" area (along the R. Danube).

"This is an extremely important initiative for Bulgaria and I am glad that we meet your support and understanding for it. It is important not only that the front door of the country has a name, but also that it is the name of the most significant and greatest European of Bulgaria - Vasil Levski", said Prof. Levski. Semov at the beginning of the meeting, which took place today at the Ministry of Transport and Communications at the invitation of Minister Krasimira Stoyanova.

Four projects with Bulgarian participants will be funded by the Connecting Europe Facility with a total of 12 million euros. "For the team of the Ministry of Transport and Communications as the national coordinator of the digital sector of the Mechanism, it is important that all four projects with which our organizations applied won funding," said Minister Krasimira Stoyanova. 

The Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Dimitar Nedyalkov opened this year's biggest motor show in Europe "Automobile Salon Sofia 2024". He said that with the opening of the 26th Automobile Salon in Bulgaria, our country has established itself as the host of one of the most prestigious events in the automotive industry.

Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia confirmed their commitment to continue the construction of Corridor VIII under the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Regulation.

7 projects worth 414 million BGN are currently being evaluated under the Transport Connectivity Programme 2024-2027. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Dimitar Nedyalkov during the opening of a round table organized by the Chamber of Builders in Bulgaria and the. "Builder". He specified that five of the projects are for the construction of railway and port infrastructure. The other two are for technical assistance for the construction of a railway link with Plovdiv Airport and for the development of the Plovdiv railway junction. 

12 projects worth BGN 1.16 billion have been approved under the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021-2027 by the end of September 2024. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Dimitar Nedyalkov during the opening of the Logistics Business Conference 2024, organized by the magazine "Transport Connectivity 2024". "Logistics". 

"What you did showed not only great professionalism and experience - you also showed humanity and courage." This was stated by Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev during the ceremony of awarding the crews of the State Aviation Operator who participated in the evacuation of Bulgarian citizens from the Lebanese Republic. The Prime Minister together with the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova personally awarded and thanked 18 people - pilots, flight organizers, technical specialists and flight attendants.

The Court of Justice of the EU has delivered  its judgment on the Cases for the annulment of some of the the Mobility Package I provisions, which were brought on 23 October 2020 by Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Malta and Cyprus, with Estonia and Latvia joining as supporing parties.

Bulgaria has made maximum efforts to completely repeal  the text for the return of the vehicle every 8 weeks in the Member State of establishment. With today's decision of the EU Court, this is already a fact.

The state does a lot for Bulgarian Post, but now the management is on the move. This was said by the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova at a meeting with representatives of two of the trade unions in the company - "Podkrepa" and "Protection", at their request.

The expansion of the port infrastructure of Burgas is of strategic importance for the economic development of the city, the Black Sea region and the European economy. This was said by Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Zhivko Petrov at an event on the occasion of the completion of the project "Black Sea Gateway to the Orient/Eastern Mediterranean Main Corridor".

All ideas and proposals for the development of the taxi sector will be thoroughly considered. This was stated by the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova during the meeting held today with representatives of the taxi industry. She noted that despite the short mandate of the caretaker cabinet, everything possible will be done to speed up work on the most urgent and pressing issues. Discussions will be held with the competent institutions on the issues that are not fully within the competence of the Ministry of Transport and Communications to find quick solutions.

Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova held a second meeting with representatives of driving schools. During today's talks, the promulgated changes to the regulations on driver training and testing were discussed. Minister Stoyanova pointed out that she will require the developers of the information system for digitalization of the documents related to the theoretical and practical training to complete their work earlier than the planned 5 months.