Public Relations and Protocol

Changes of driving exams, that are in preparation, will guarantee the higher level of training quality and will reduce unfair practices. It became clear during a press conference related to the public consultation on the draft Regulation on the amendment and supplementation of on the conditions and order for training of applicants for obtaining driving license for a motor vehicle and the conditions and procedure for issuing a permit for their training.

Bulgarian projects for digital transition under the European Mechanism for Recovery and Sustainability will be prepared in synergy between the state and business. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at a meeting on his initiative with representatives of the State Agency for Electronic Government, the Communications Regulation Commission and mobile operators.

A postage stamp marked the 170th anniversary of the Irish journalist James Boucher’s birth. The validation seal was put by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Andreana Atanasova, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ireland HE Michael Forbes and the Executive Director of Bulgarian Posts Deyan Daneshki.  

Rail freight transport proved to be reliable and efficient in the time of crisis, as in Bulgaria there was an increase of transport of goods in the second quarter of 2020 approximately by 17% compared to the same period in 2019.  This was stated by Mr. Rossen Jeliazkov, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications during a videoconference of the EU transport ministers. The topic of the forum was "Innovative rail transport - connecting, sustainable and digital".

E-services and e-documentation will be introduced in driving schools under the draft Regulation on the amendment and supplementation of Regulation № 37 on the conditions and order for training of applicants for obtaining driving license for a motor vehicle and the conditions and procedure for issuing a permit for their training.

“I call on students not to underestimate the development of the transport as a sector. In the coming decades digitalization and decarbonisation, as key EU policies, will focus mainly on transport connectivity. On the other hand, information technology is part of our way of life regardless of whether we wish it so brightly or not”, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during the opening ceremony of the 100th anniversary academic year of the University of National and World Economy (UNWE).

The third stage of the metro provides connectivity from the airport to the stations and bus stations, which will allow a very fast spillover of passenger flows between different modes of transport. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov, who together with the Mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova and the Director of the Sofia Metro Stoyan Bratoev, inaugurated a section of the third line of the metro.

Ms. Andreana Atanasova, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications validates a postage stamp on the occasion of the First Bulgarian coordination of Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea.

The postage stamp will be sent to the governments of Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, as well as to the European Commission.

"With this postage stamp we will promote Bulgaria's active role in the field of international cooperation, especially with regard to the Black Sea region,"- Deputy Minister Atanasova said during the ceremony.

Nearly half a billion BGN will be invested in the railway section Kostenets – Septemvri, stated the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications during the groundbreaking ceremony at Belovo railway station under the project Modernization of the railway section Kostenets – Septemvri.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov launched the reconstruction of the railway station complex at Stara Zagora . The term for the implementation of the activities is 24 months.

The modernization of Plovdiv – Bourgas railway line faces us with the challenges of the new digital world where human mistakes will be reduced to zero and the main goal will be the satisfaction of the travelling not the speed of the travel, stated the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during the opening today in Belozem of the rail section Skutare – Orizovo. It is part of the “Plovdiv – Bourgas” project.

Modernization of Plovdiv railway junction will enable the completion by 2024 of the railway to Bourgas, along which trains to the sea will operate at 160 km/h and will pass without conflict through Plovdiv at 130 km/h. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at the signing today of a contract between the National Railway Infrastructure Company and the contractor of the modernization Geostroy Lantania.

The signing of Sofia Airport Concession Agreement is an indicator of the sustainable development of Bulgaria, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov said. The concession agreement was signed today at Sofia Airport in the presence of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the Ambassadors of Austria Andrea Wicke and France Florence Rоbinе, as well as the chargé d'affaires of the German Embassy York Schuegraf.

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Andreana Atanasova, the Director of the National Center for Polar Research Prof. Hristo Pimpirev and the Executive Director of Bulgarian Posts EAD Deyan Daneshki validated the postal and philatelic edition. The two-brand series is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica and 50 years of Bulgarian research on the Ice Continent.

Bulgaria shall submit the Mobility Package I before the Court of Justice of the EU within two months of the publication of its publication in the Official Journal of the Union. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Mr. Rossen Jeliazkov made this statement during a press conference, which was organized on the occasion of the final adoption of the Mobility Package I by the European Parliament. "We shall demand some of the Mobility Package I provisions to be repealed and the necessary preparations are currently underway.

Long-term policies in the field of rail transport are needed. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during a meeting with the representatives of the newly established Association of Railway Transport Enterprises.

It is important to find space for the necessary synergy between institutions, businesses and funding bodies. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at the opening of the Fifteenth edition of the "Strategic Infrastructure and Investment 2020" annual conference.

"In the hottest phase of the Covid-19 pandemic Europe managed to mobilize and take effective and timely decisions to ensure the supply of goods and services through the green corridors", said Minister Jeliazkov.

New measures to support road haulage were discussed. This happened today during a meeting organized upon the initiative of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov.

As of today, July 1st , the one-time permits for transportation of goods of the type to / from third country between Bulgaria and Serbia are lifted. The pilot project was agreed during the meeting of the Joint Bulgarian-Serbian Commission on International Road Transport on 2 and 3 of December 2019 in Belgrade. The project envisages for a period of one year the transport of goods to/from third countries to be carried out without permits.

The seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations and the 65th anniversary of Bulgaria's membership in it were marked with the launch of a postal and philatelic edition. The seal of validation was placed by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and the Honorary President of the Union of Bulgarian Philatelists Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.