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Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski opened the first session of the Maritime Security Council.
The main purpose of the advisory council, chaired by Minister Moskovski, is to develop a security strategy for the Black Sea region. It includes representatives of all stakeholders responsible for safety in the Bulgarian sea ports.
The construction of Sofia metro has an extremely high added value not only to the ecology and economic development of the region, but also to the transport links between the residential areas and the movement of hundreds of thousands of people daily, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the groundbreaking ceremony of the second stage of construction of the third metro line.
We start talks with the Ministry of Economy to constuct an intermodal terminal in the Industrial Zone „Bozhurishte“, announced the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski at the conference on "Flexible European Budget and Financial Instruments in Support of the Construction Sector", organized by the Bulgarian Construction Chamber and “Stroitel” newspaper.
Bulgaria will work to provide radio spectrum for the latest generation 5G telecommunication connectivity, stated Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during a discussion within the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Competitiveness and Telecommunications of the European Union. The forum is held today in Tallinn, Estonia. Ministers also signed a Joint Declaration under the motto "Making 5G a success for Europe".
A postcard dedicated to the 180th anniversary of Vassil Levski's birth is from today part of the rich philatelic series of the Apostle of Freedom. The validation seal was placed in Karlovo by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Angel Popov and by the Mayor of the Municipality Dr. Emil Kabaivanov.
The dynamic growth of e-commerce in recent years is a significant factor for the postal sector, that was stated by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski during the talks with representatives of the State Post Bureau of the People’s Republic of China. One of the main goals of the official visit of the representatives of the Chinese postal administration in Bulgaria is the development of cooperation in the exchange of postal items between the two countries.
The Bulgarians are at eight place by activity within use of the EU Portal “Your Europe” for 2016. The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications is in charge of the Bulgarian information, which is provided to the pan-European website. Bulgaria received a positive assessment in the latest Bulletin on the Single Digital Market for 2016 for fulfilment of the national commitments on the Portal.
Pursuant to an order of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski, Directorate General Civil Aviation Administration (DG CAA) has started in the beginning of the week an overall inspection to the activity of Bulgaria Air Airline Company. The reason for the inspection has been the number of delayed flights of the Airline Company in the recent days as at present DG CAA has received over 100 complaints.
Bulgaria and Greece have agreed to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the two countries connecting the ports of Varna, Bourgas, Kavala and Alexandroupolis during a meeting between the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Greek Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis.
Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski awarded the big prize in the category “Telecom” of the rank “ICT Top 100”. The event was organized by ICT media and Computerworld newspaper.
The introduction of common standards in the telecommunications of the Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is being discussed. This is one of the topics of the ITU Committee meeting - Com-ITU, which takes place from 4 to 6 July 2017 in Sofia. The event is hosted by the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications. Experts from more than 25 member states, as well as representatives of the European Commission, international and regional organizations in the field of telecommunications and ICT participate in Com-ITU.
Citizens and companies requested more than 7000 Internet names in the „bg” (“бг“) domain. Over 1500 of them were subject to analysis of conformity with the registration criteria. The first 377 Internet sites in the “bg” (“бг“) domain are already available in the global network. Separately, the Public Council to the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski approved a list of reserved over 32 000 Internet names in Cyrillic of geographic, cultural sights and governmental institutions.
The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications greeted all the persons employed in the aviation sector. The reason was the 70th Anniversary of the first flight of Bulgarian Civil Aviation. The flight was performed on Sofia-Burgas regular line. The 70th Anniversary event has taken place today at the premises of the state-owned enterprise Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority with the Bulgarian Airlines Association (BAA) as an organizer.
Draft of amendment and integration of the Electronic Communications Act envisages sanction from BGN 50 000 to BGN 2 000 000 for the mobile operators that break the new rules for roaming in the European Union. It was published for public discussion on the website of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications /bg/suobshteniya/normativni-aktove-suobshteniya/proekti-na-normativni-aktove-suobshteniya/proekt-na-zakon-za-izmenenie-i-dopulnenie-na-zakona-za-elektronnite-suobshteniya-0.
Concessions are good form of governance, as the assets remain state-owned, and in the same time is invested in them. That stated the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Velik Zanchev during the eighteenth discussion of the campaign “Yes! To the Bulgarian Economy”, which took place in Plovdiv.
At the present stage, two procedures for granting to a concession of sites of the transport infrastructure are being conducted at MTITC – for Plovdiv Airport and for Plovdiv Intermodal Terminal.
Construction of Sofia-Skopje railway line is a priority of the relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia. The opinion was shared by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Minister of Transport and Communications of Macedonia Goran Sugareski during their meeting today. The transport link between the Southwest Balkans and the Orient-East Med Corridor is essential to both countries as far as free movement of passengers and freight is concerned.
The European Commission (EC) approved the Bulgarian support measures in favor of BDZ. Brussels found that the measures are in line with the European Union (EU) state aid rules. It has become clear today by the received official notification from the Commission.
Next year Sofia will be a digital leader in the region, stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski at the closing session of the Digital Assembly, which took place in the period 15 - 16 June 2017, Valletta, Malta. He announced to the forum participants that during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2018, Sofia will host the European Digital Assembly.
The deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anguel Popov, Simeon Sakskoburggotski, the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Posts Deyan Duneshki, the President of the Board of Managers of the Union of the Bulgarian Philatelists Spas Panchev, and the members of the royal family Kalina Sakskoburggotska, Boris Sakskoburggotski and Simeon-Hasan Sakskoburggotski launched in use a postal-philatelic edition on topic “Famous Bulgarians-philatelists. H.M. Tsar Simeon II – Honorary President of the Union of the Bulgarian Philatelists”.
The dropping of roaming charges within the European Union is the beginning of a new era of freedom of borderless communications, commented the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the "Without Roaming" solemn ceremony, which took place within the European Digital Assembly. The event is being held within the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Valletta and has involved more than 700 representatives of governments, public organizations and companies.