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Bulgaria and Iran will cooperate in the elaboration of policies on fast Internet, management of Internet resources and postal services, provides for a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the field of communications and information technology. The document was signed today by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Vaezi within the visit of the Bulgarian delegation led by the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in Tehran.

Another metro station and 1.3 km of new metro lines will be put into operation by the end of July, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during an inspection of the project on the extension of the second metro diameter. The new section with one metro station is completed and is currently being carried out testing of all equipment and systems along the track. Minister Moskovski, the Mayor Yordanka Fandakova and Eng.

It is very important to have a close relationship between the state policy in the field of technology and telecommunications and the specialized education that prepares the future experts, stated the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry and the Higher School of Telecommunications and Posts.

The regular flight from Sofia to Istanbul is duly redirected to Izmir. There is no danger for the Bulgarian citizens who were on board of the plane.

In relation to the bombings in Istanbul, Sofia Airport has permitted an emergency landing of an airplane of Air France. The commander of the flight has decided to return to Paris.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski sent letters of condolence to the Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim and the Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ahmet Arslan.

The activities for the development of the procedures and the rules on access to cloud infrastructure for e-government are close to finalization, said the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov during a presentation on platform management solutions. The event was attended by representatives of the central administrations, the National Association of the Municipalities in Bulgaria and IT companies.

The inspectors of Executive Agency "Road Transport Administration" drew up 23 acts for administrative violations in the past weekend at the seaside. By order of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski were carried out sudden inspections at the beginning of the summer season of the taxi services on the territory of the sea resorts.

Three of the violators reported by the inspectors drove vehicles with technical malfunctions.

The first postcard of the Bulgarian Postage Stamp Issuing, devoted to diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Canada, was put into circulation today. The validation stamp was put by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Valery Borissov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hristo Angelichin and the Ambassador of Canada H.E. Joanne Lemay.

Over €10 million is the total budget of the four calls for proposals announced under Connecting Europe Facility, "Telecommunications" sector. The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications presented the opportunities for the participation of Bulgarian companies and organizations during an information day.

The calls are open since May 12, 2016, with a deadline for submission of proposals - September 15, 2016

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski signed the Declaration on the development of the Orient/East-Med Rail Freight Corridor. The event is part of the "TEN-T Days 2016" conference, organized by the European Commission.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski participated in the "TEN-T Days 2016" conference. The event is organized by the European Commission, which in the current year takes place from 20 to 22 June 2016 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Minister Ivaylo Moskovski attended the conference upon the invitation of the EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc and the Minister of Infrastructure and Environment of the Netherlands Melanie Schultz van Haegen.

The main priority in the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications is to achieve full interoperability in the railway sector, stated Minister Ivaylo Moskovski during the official opening of the "Intelligent communications infrastructure" laboratory in Sofia Tech Park.

Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anton Ginev sent a request to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov asking to be released for personal reasons.

Minister Ivaylo Moskovski expressed regret and thanked Anton Ginev for the collaboration and his professional expertise.

Executive Agency "Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River" (EA EMDR) will purchase a new hydrographic vessel to take snapshots on the riverbed. The vessel is at the value of 6.1 million BGN and is a part of the project "Improvement of navigation systems and topohydrographic measurements along the Danube River - Phase 2", financed under Operational Programme on "Transport and transport infrastructure" 2014 – 2020. Two days ago began the construction of the specialized vessel and it is expected to be completed by February 2017, said the Execitive Director of EA EMDR Eng.

The protection of unity and growth of the internal market of the European Union as well as the establishment of a single European transport area should remain our common goals, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during today's meeting of the EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Counsil in Luxembourg.

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications launched a procedure to grant concession of Sofia Airport.

The concessionaire will be selected through an open procedure. The minimum requirements for the participants are to have experience as an airport operator of at least one international airport with passenger traffic exceeding 6 million passengers a year; have the necessary technical equipment and qualified technical personnel; have experience in the construction of airport infrastructure; as well as give reliable guarantees for securing financing.

In the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications was commemorated the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the specialized unit for investigation of accidents in air, water and railway transport.

In 2006 were established the first two structures to investigate incidents in maritime and rail transport and later was established also the unit dealing with accidents in the air sector.

The past year was one of the most successful for issuing of postage stamps in Bulgaria, said Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski on the occasion of the ongoing calls for proposals on themes of postal-philatelic editions in 2017. "We validated some of the most wanted editions of the world philatelic exchanges. Among them are the postage stamps on the World Wide Fund for Nature and the 40th anniversary of the joint space flight "Soyuz - Apollo".

"Port Complex - Rousse" EAD bestowed upon the children of its employees a special Children's Day. In the year in which the biggest Bulgarian port along the Danibe River celebrates its 150th anniversary, the International Children's Day was celebrated with an amusing programme, a lot of surprises and a boat trip.

Most exciting for kids was the ceremony on "Danube christening", after which each child could obtain a "christening certificate" with its new name.

15 % of all Internet names in the world are already in Cyrillic and it is among the three most popular writing systems ​​in the world network, was announced today at the launch of the European domain .ею.