Public Relations and Protocol

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov sent a letter to the Bulgarian representatives in the European Parliament calling for joint action with all Member States of the Mobility Package I. In the letter, Rossen Jeliazkov stressed that the protection of the Bulgarian transport sector is a national cause and it is necessary to mobilize all the resources to defend the national interest before the plenary session of the European Parliament, to be held on 25-28 March.

The Minister of transport, information technology and communications Rossen Jeliazkov met with representatives of the hauliers industry. He presented up-to-date information related to the Mobility Package I before the forthcoming European Parliament Session on 27 March 2019.

Rossen Jeliazkov pointed out that, according to the published draft-programme on 20 March, a meeting of the Conference of Presidents will be held, within which the final draft agenda for the plenary session would be approved.

The impact of Brexit on roaming tariffs was discussed at a meeting today with Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov and Seán Kyne TD, Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development.

In the next few months we will define the scope of the projects in the transport sector, which will be implemented in the period 2021-2027. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov during an international conference "European Solidarity in EU Investment Policy". The event is organized by the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament and the Chamber of Builders in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria and Armenia with interest in the construction of common cross-border corridors. This was discussed by the transport ministers of both countries Rossen Jeliazkov and Hakob Arshakyan. Co-operation in the development of the Multimodal Corridor of the Black Sea - Persian Gulf has emerged as a major focus in the talks between the two Ministers at the Eighth Meeting of the Bulgarian-Armenian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic and Scientific and Technical Cooperation.

Today, March 12, 2019 at 21:00 Bulgarian time, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a safety directive concerning Boeing 737 8/9 MAX. In connection with this, the Civil Aviation Administration issued the necessary instructions restricting the flights of these airplanes in the Bulgarian airspace, including the take-offs and the landings at the Bulgarian airports, except for the overhaul / repair flights. It will also ensure the service and safe landing of aircraft of the same type in the event of an emergency situation.

Bulgaria has the ambition to become a supercomputer center in Eastern Europe and can be a partner of Armenia in high-speed connectivity projects. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart, Hakob Arshakyan. The conversation is part of the program of the eighth meeting of the Bulgarian-Armenian intergovernmental commission for economic and scientific-technical cooperation in Yerevan, which is headed by Minister Jeliazkov.

Within two years there must be at least one functioning charging station for hydrogen and one being under construction. This was announced by the deputy minister of transport, information technologies and communications Angel Popov during the opening of a workshop on the introduction of fuel cells and hydrogen. He specified that the construction of the first hydrogen station in the port of Burgas is at an early stage and in the long term several more locations for charging infrastructure are being discussed in Sofia, Stara Zagora and Rousse.

By 2025, we will build the rail connection with Northern Macedonia. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at the first meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation between the two countries, which took place yesterday and today in Skopje. The Commission is chaired by Minister Rossen Jeliazkov and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Northern Macedonia Kreshnik Bekteshi.

Bulgaria has the potential to develop high-product calculations as applications in the field of medicine and genetics, which will generate benefits to the countries in the region, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during the Informal Meeting of the EU Telecommunication Minsters in Bucharest, Romania. The Digital strategy beyond 2020 was discussed within the forum.

The Bulgarian Marque Publishing House has a peculiar alley of glory for the national leaders with the greatest contribution in our history and a special place in it is reserved for Alexander Stamboliiski. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski during the validation of a postage stamp, dedicated to 140 years since the birth of the Bulgarian statesman.

A study of the possibility of a global international roaming space between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries is underway. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov declared Bulgaria's support for this initiative when participating in the Third Eastern European Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy.

A new philatelic edition celebrates "15 years from Bulgaria in NATO". There is no other postal administration in the world that has done so much for the Alliance integration as "Bulgarian Posts". This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov on the new postage stamp on "15 years from Bulgaria in NATO", which validated with the Deputy Prime Minister for Justice Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov awarded the winner in the category "Telecommunication and Communal Services" to the IT Project Awards of the Year organized by ICT Media.

He noted that the project winning the race combines two of the main trends in technology development. These are data processing, storage and cloud-based solutions for data services. "It will be one of the main challenges for the next decades," Minister Jeliazkov said.

ATS will also serve Istanbul airport, we are much ahead in the sector from leading European countries such as Germany and France. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at the ceremony for brand validation on "50th Anniversary of the Air Traffic Management".

"If we have to compare the minutes of a delay, we are bound by zero. Imagine the largest airport in the world, like Istanbul, to be served by the Bulgarian ATS, "added the minister.

Within two months, the changes to the Ordinance and the elaboration of a methodology for the distribution of subsidies and compensation for bus carriers will be ready. This became clear after today's meeting of the Minister of Transport Information Technologies and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov, the Minister of Finance Vladislav Goranov and the bus carriers. Changes are also envisaged in the Road Transport Act, which are expected to be introduced by June.

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications and the project developer of the GIS-based Platform "Unified Information Point", ESRI Bulgaria, presented a test version of the project to the infrastructure managers and representatives of the administrations. The activities are funded by the Operational Program "Good Governance".

Work on the single access database for hundreds of thousands of kilometers of infrastructure is in phase testing platform and upcoming user training, said project manager Hristo Hristov.

Minister of Transport and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov, National Assembly Chairman Tsveta Karayancheva, chairman of the State Agency "Archives" Michael Gruev and the Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo Daniel Panov validated a postage stamp dedicated to the 140 years of the Constituent Assembly and the adoption of the Turnovo Constitution .

We have agreed to work in collaboration with the bus carriers on the development of a detailed plan in order to bring the urgent issues in the sector to a close. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov after today's meeting with the carriers. In his words next week, the industry and the responsible institutions will begin to outline the concrete measures.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov and his colleagues from Poland, Hungary, Lithuania and Latvia sent a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, regarding the Mobility Package I. A copy of the letter is addressed to the Presidents of the European Parliament’s Groups, Commissioner for Transport at the European Commission, as well as the Romanian Minister of Transport - as currently it is Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.