Public Relations and Protocol

By special flight was launched the direct line Sofia-Odessa. This was made possible thanks to the initiative of the Deputy Prime Minister of Economic and Demographic Policy Valeri Simeonov and with the active cooperation of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Minister of Finance Vladislav Goranov.

With regard to the forthcoming weekends and the expected increased traffic, we are in full coordination with colleagues from the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski, during a briefing at the Council of Ministers.

"On the eve of some of the brightest Christian holidays, I urge citizens to be careful and responsible on the road because they are responsible for themselves and others on the road," Moskovski said.

Bulgaria was one of the first countries in Europe to legislate on the issue of governing Internet names and addresses in the interests of consumers, announced Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski at a conference on dialogue between Bulgaria and the International Organization for Internet Names and Numbers (ICANN).

The Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajić signed a Memorandum on the reduction of international roaming tariffs between the two countries. The document was endorsed in the presence of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose, within the framework of the four-state co-operation council held today in Belgrade.

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC) has expressed support for the involvement of more settlements, regardless of their size, into the Wi-Fi free access initiative WiFi4EU. Thus, over 5000 Bulgarian towns and villages with no free access to a public Internet network, will be able to apply for funding to the European Commission.

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Angel Popov and the President of the World Road Transport Organization (IRU) Christian Labrot jointly opened a new office in Brussels.

The priorities and the draft program of the Bulgarian Presidency in the transport sector were presented to the transport ministers of the European Union during the EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council - format „Transport”, which was held yesterday in Brussels, at which Ivaylo Moskovski, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, took over the presidency of the sector from Estonia.

For the data security is important how the data is stored, not where. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski stated this during the Council of Ministers for Telecommunications. The Minister emphasized that the combination of modern means and good practices in cybersecurity is the key to secure storage and processing of data, not the localization. It is important to benefit by the positive practices at European and national level as this would ensure good cooperation and significantly reduce the administrative and financial burden, he added.

We are going to work together with the Ministry of Transport of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on preparing cooperation agreements in the field of air and maritime transport. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski after his meeting with the Minister of Transport of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nabil bin Mohammed Al-Amoudi. Ivaylo Moskovski is in the Kingdom as part of the official delegation headed by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Dimitar Genovski, along with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georg Georgiev, the Mayor of Sofia, Yordanka Fandakova, the Ambassador of the USA, Eric Rubin and the Ambassador of Spain, Javier Perez-Griffo validated a postage stamp. It is dedicated to the Spanish diplomat Julio Palencia (1884-1952), who saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust.

Bulgaria will receive 50 additional single permits from Turkey for transportation of goods to/from a third country to the quota for 2017. This was agreed by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Anguel Popov and the Deputy Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communications of Turkey, Shaban Atlas, during a meeting in Ankara. Deputy Minister Anguel Popov expressed his gratitude to his Turkish counterpart for the good cooperation between the two countries in the field of road transport.

Roaming prices between Bulgaria and Macedonia will be reduced. This became possible after today’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Information Society and Administration of the Republic of Macedonia on reduction of international roaming tariffs for telecommunication services.

We are considering measures to change the driver training methodology and the use a differentiated approach of determination of the continuation of the driving lessons. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anguel Popov during the official ceremony of the Annual Awards for Contribution to Road Safety, during which he awarded the program "People, Roads, Cars" of the Bulgarian National Radio with the Media Section prize.

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Dimitar Genovski, The Honorary Chairman of the Union of Philatelists in Bulgaria Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and the Mayor of Pleven Georg Spartanski validated two post-philatelic publications. They are issued in celebration of 140th anniversary since the Pleven Epopee, 40 years since the establishment of the Pleven Panorama and 110 years since the establishment of the Military History Museum.

We thank the European Commission for supporting the initiative of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications to organize a Ministerial Summit during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, stated Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Angel Popov during today's meeting with the Deputy Director-General of DG for Mobility and Transport in EC Matthew Baldwin.

We support all efforts to set up a Bulgarian Automobile Chamber, which will include all carriers. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski during a public presentation of the draft Law on the Bulgarian Automobile Chamber. In his words, the Ministry has expressed its position that for the road transport development is good to have a single entity to be responsible for the policies being implemented by the industry.

Bulgaria is preparing a Memorandum on Roaming Tariffs Reduction with the governments of the Western Balkan countries. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski during the opening of the conference "Logistics Horizons 2025". Moskovski emphasized that one of the main aims during the Bulgarian Presidency will be the accession of the countries of the Western Balkans to the European Union.

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski and the chairman of the Communications Regulation Commission Veselin Bozhkov validated a postage stamp on 20 years since the establishment of the independent regulator.

The postage stamp dedicated to the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be our country’s visiting card. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski during a ceremony for validation of the special postal-philatelic edition. Minister Moskovski, together with the Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2018, Lilyana Pavlova, the artist of the projects, Todor Angeliev and the Executive Director of Bulgarian Posts EAD, Deyan Duneshki launched in use the postal-philatelic edition.  

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski has ordered an immediate detailed inspection of the company “Union Ivkoni”. The reason for the urgent action was the last night incident with a company’s bus, which was carrying passengers on the line Sofia - Sunny Beach.