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EUROPE 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

The European Commission launched in March 2010 the Europe 2020 Strategy to exit the financial crisis and prepare the EU economy for the challenges of the next decade. Europe 2020 sets out a vision to achieve high levels of employment, a low carbon economy, productivity and social cohesion, to be implemented through concrete actions at EU and national levels.

1-3 June 2015 Sofia will host International Summer School for young people dedicated to new media and Internet Governance Policy

The training is organized as a side event of the 8th edition of the European Dialogue on Internet governance (EuroDIG) 2015, which will be held on 4 and 5 June in Sofia.

Ministry of Transport, Information technology and Communications is institutional partner of the forum with the local organizer UNICART.

MTITC hosted meetings between experts of the European Commission, the administrations and the business to apply the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems

Experts from the European Commission met today with representatives of the administrations and the business, to provide guidance for apply the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems in the national legislations of the countries o

Final Report on Investigation of very serious marine accident, occurred on 29.11.2010 in Black Sea, in the territorial sea of Republic of Bulgaria, with motor vessel “Karam 1” and motor tanker “Alessandro DP”

On 29.11.2010 at 17:35 h the on-duty ship traffic operator – Burgas heard on VHF 16th channel a phrase „Alessandro DP red to red”. The attempt to perform a connection on the same channel with m/t Alessandro DP was unsuccessful. At 17:40 h through Varna Radio in the MRCC Varna was received distress signal emitted from m/t Alessandro DP. The accident occurred at approximately 10 nautical miles south-east from Cape Emine in possible coordinates 42° 34` N and 028° 03`Е. M/T Alessandro DP reported for collision with another ship, that sunk and for significant damages on itself.

Outburst of fire in electric locomotive No 44081.8 while servicing fast train No 8626 at a time of movement between Aytos - Chernograd stations on railroad No 2 on April 13th, 2016

Outburst of fire in electric locomotive No 44081.8 while servicing fast train No 8626 at a time of movement between Aytos - Chernograd stations on railroad No 2 on April 13th, 2016

At approx. 11:07 PM on 13.04.2016 and while hauling regional train 8626 between the stations Aytos and Chernograd in Burgas – Sofia direction, electrical locomotive 44081.8 got fire in its engine compartment. The crew stopped the train, called the emergency and started fighting the fire. The fire was extinguished after 3,5 hrs. by the fire brigade.

No passengers or railway staff were injured. Severe damages were caused to the electrical locomotive and some additional to the railway infrastructure.