July 2021

Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 establishes the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the period 2021 to 2027 and lays down the objectives of the CEF, its budget, the forms of European Union funding and the rules for providing such funding.

The general objectives of the CEF are to build, develop, modernise and complete the trans-European networks in the transport, energy and digital sectors.

Responsible state policy and investment attraction are the foundations of sustainable connectivity in Eastern Europe

"Responsible state policy and the attraction of foreign investment will contribute to achieving sustainable connectivity, accelerated economic development and improvement of competitiveness in Eastern Europe", Minister of Transport, Information Te

FINAL REPORT from Investigation of railway accident – derailment of locomotive № 46041 from direct freight train № 30602 while entering in Stolnik station on 15.01.2021

Investigation of railway accident – derailment of locomotive № 46041 from direct freight train № 30602 while entering in Stolnik station on 15.01.2021
FINAL REPORT from Investigation of railway accident – derailment of locomotive № 46041 from direct freight train № 30602 while entering in Stolnik station on 15.01.2021

On 15.01.2021 DFT № 30602 consisting of 34 wagons, 818 tons, with electric locomotive №46041 run in the Burgas – Iliyantsi direction. The railway undertaking BDZ-Cargo Ltd. serviced the train. The traffic manager on-duty at Stolnik station ordered a route for transit passing of DFT № 30602 through the station. While the train was entering in the station at switch № 11 derailed the locomotive with the first wheel-set of the first bogie. As a result, from the derailment, no personnel were injured, neither material damages were caused to the railway infrastructure and the locomotive.