Public Relations and Protocol

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC) invites mayors from all over the country to attend the Informational day of the initiative of the Council and the European Parliament - WiFi4EU (free access to wireless internet). The purpose of the forum is to acquaint local government representatives with the opportunity to get funding for projects for free access to the World Wide Web. The European Commission will provide 100% of project cost and the beneficiaries will be provided with vouchers amounting to 20,000 EUR.

By constructing a railway link between Sofia and Skopje we open a new page in the relations between the two countries, stated the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria Ivaylo Moskovski during a meeting with the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Macedonia Goran Sugareski, which was held today in Skopje.

Bulgaria will take part in the World Stamp Exhibition "Bandung 2017, Indonesia" with a special exhibit on "Old Watches". The validation stamp of the edition was placed by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski, the Ambassador of Indonesia to Bulgaria H.E. Mme Sri Astari Rasjid, the President of the Union of the Bulgarian Philatelists Spas Panchev and the CEO of “Bulgarian Posts” EAD Deyan Daneshki.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has set several goals to improve the quality of the practical exams that experts will work on.

The first objective is to develop a new methodology for selecting the routes to be followed during the exam. One of the options is for each candidate to be pre-set the starting and ending points of the route as the candidate chooses which way to pass. In this way, examiners will not be able to choose easier routes for some candidates and difficult for other. The second measure is the representatives of the driving schools not to be in the examination committees.

The first Bulgarian postage stamp, dedicated to Carl Djerassi' s encyclopedic nature, was validated today. The validation stamp was put by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski, Deputy Minister of Health Svetlana Yordanova and the son of the world-famous scientist Dale Djerassi.