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The Transport sector needs young people with good education, who have a desire for development. With these words, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Velik Zanchev addressed the masters, generation 2018 from “Todor Kableshkov” University of Transport.  

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Velik Zanchev met representatives of the management of China's largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer.

The main topic during the talks was Sinotrak's plan to build a heavy trucks assembly plant in Bulgaria.  The company is well known on the European market and already has offices in some European Union countries.

Plovdiv Airport concessionaires will invest double the amount that was initially envisaged and in shorter terms. This emerged from the meeting between the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and representatives of the Consortium between Hainan and Plovdiv Airport Invest. The initial version of the concession set out sight investments amounting to 79 083 000 Euros for a 35-year term. Following the completion of the legal procedures, a concession contract is to be signed.

Investments amounting to EUR 4,320 billion are needed for the construction of all priority railway lines by 2030, announced the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during a discussion on transport projects in the Western Balkans. The event is organized by Ivaylo Moskovski and is part of today's Western Balkans - European Union Summit.

After last night's meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the French President Emmanuel Macron and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, I am optimistic that the Mobility Package will be adjusted and objectively reflect the Bulgarian haulers’ demands." The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski stated this before the protesting haulers in the capital. In his words, most of the arguments were accepted during the talks and a readiness to approve the texts proposed by the Bulgarian side was also expressed.

The postage stamp, dedicated to the first Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will remain in time, both with its philatelic and symbolic value. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski during the validation of the second post-philatelic edition dedicated to the Bulgarian mandate as the leader of the European Union.

With regard to the statements that the state has not protected the rights of the Bulgarian hauliers during discussions of the Mobility package, we are obliged to present as a matter of fact a short chronology of the process related to the Mobility package so far. On  May 31, 2017 the European Commission presented Mobility Package I to all  member states. The Bulgarian side immediately expressed its clear, categorical and unambiguous position, which was approved by the Council of Ministers upon the proposal of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications.

More than 3000 Bulgarian trucks will come out of the European market due to certain texts in the Mobility package. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski at the conference "The European Future of Transport from Central and Eastern Europe".

Still today we start to work together with the team of EU Commissioner Bulc on particular texts concerning the Mobility package, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski after yesterday’s meeting, held at the Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc and representatives of the road hauliers.

Submitting applications for project financing under the European Commission’s initiative for free public wifi WiFi4EU starts tomorrow, 15 May 2018, at 2 pm. Some 222 Bulgarian municipalities, which account for 84% of the total number, are expected to participate in the first competition under the initiative.

Central Railway Station Plovdiv is another good example of management of transport sites through public-private partnerships, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski said today during the opening of the renovated railway station building. The event was also attended by Minister of Interior Valentin Radev, Mayor of Plovdiv Ivan Totev, Governor Zdravko Dimitrov, Director General of NRC Krassimir Papukchiyski and others.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski met with Eamonn Brennan, Director General of the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation EUROCONTROL.

During the visit, the long successful cooperation between Bulgaria and EUROCONTROL and the challenges to the air traffic management related to the constantly growing traffic in Europe were discussed.

Eamonn Brennan praised the contribution of the Bulgarian aviation specialists to the air transport development in the region.

The Bulgarian government supports hauliers in their requests regarding the European Commission's controversial proposals in the Mobility Package, the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski announced after today's talks with representatives of the Bulgarian hauliers with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. He said that the firm support of the government to the industry's demands concerning the Mobility Package that is being discussed in Brussels has been declared during the meeting.

In Bulgarian philately has long been a column of sport glory and one of the most revered people there is the sports legend Georgi Asparuhov. This was stated by Krasimira Stoyanova, Director of the Legal Directorate at the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, during the validation of a post-philatelic edition for the 75th anniversary of the Bulgarian footballer's birth. The seal for putting the edition into use was also put by Krasimir Ivanov, the Executive director of the Football Club "Levski".

It is important for us the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund to continue providing the necessary support for the realization of the Trans-European Transport Network in the period up to 2030. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anguel Popov during the Austrian Forum "Transport Infrastructure", which took place in Sofia.

Globalization of world economy preconditions the key role of transport for achieving competitiveness of trade and trade-related industries, stated the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Velik Zantchev at the official opening of the European Maritime Forum held in Varna. The event is part of the agenda of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU and is held in the period 3-5 May 2018.

We maintain an excellent dialogue with our Serbian neighbors and we are actively working on the construction of the missing transport connections between the two countries, said the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Velik Zanchev, at the opening of the regional conference Transport and Energy – connectivity between the Western Balkans and the EU, which took place yesterday in Belgrade, Serbia. The event is part of the Bulgarian Presidency agenda and was jointly organized by representatives of the two governments.

Connecting transport networks with the infrastructure of the Western Balkans, the Eastern Partnership and the Southern Mediterranean countries are important for the European Union, stated the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the official opening of the TEN-T Days European Transport Conference, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25-27 April.

Modern digital technology is an effective tool for improving border crossing procedures and a prerequisite for faster and more secure services, stated the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski at a meeting of the transport ministers from Southeast Europe. The event is part of the program of the annual European TEN-T Days, which is held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, this year. The aim of the forum is to improve the transport connectivity of the Western Balkans, focusing on procedures for border control of cargo flows.

Bulgaria’s efforts towards the inclusion of the Western Balkans in EU digital policy are among the country’s contribution to encourage international cooperation. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Dimitar Genovski at his meeting with the Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union Houlin Zhao. The talks were held within the framework of  the annual session of ITU Council in Geneva.