Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)4[1]
of the Committee of Ministers to member States
on the protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 April 2016
at the 1253rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
General Study: http://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/study-filtering-blocking-and-take-down-of-illegal-content-on-the-internet
Country reports and State comments: http://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/country-reports
Bulgarian Study:
The Aircraft, Maritime and Railway Accident Investigation Directorate (AMRAID) is an independent national safety investigation authority conducting investigations of aviation occurrences, maritime accidents and railway accidents and incidents, and is a structural unit of the Ministry of transport, information technology and communications.
The main activities of AMRAID include:
Marine safety investigations are carried out by investigators, members of the National Board for aircraft, maritime and railway accident investigation
Foreign Boards and Bodies for aircraft accident investigation:
USA:
www.ntsb.gov
United Kingdom:
www.aaib.gov.uk
Germany:
www.bfu.de
France:
www.bea-fr.org
Italy:
www.ansv.it
In 2020, Decree № 6 of the Council of Ministers of 22 January 2020 was adopted to establish National Board for Aircraft, Maritime and Railway Accident Investigation and to adopt the Rules of procedure on the activity, structure and organization of the National Board for Aircraft, Maritime and Railway Accident Investigation
Around 9:00 a. m. on 13.10.2015, the locomotive crew of fast train No. 1621 noticed a smoke in the engine compartment of the locomotive while moving along track No. 1 from Sofia to Plovdiv in the section between Elin Pelin and Vakarel stations. The crew members took immediate action to put down the smoke and managed to extinguish the raising fire with the locomotive fire extinguishing installation and the portable fire-extinguishers available.
At around 9:47 p. m. on 09.08.2015 while implementing a shunt for attaching to the composition of the International fast train No. 493 traveling in Sofia-Plovdiv-Istanbul direction, the diesel locomotive No. 07-032 collided with the only wagon of the train at a speed of approximately 18 km per hour on the fifth track of Plovdiv station. The wagon was moved 7 meters as result of the collision.
In result of the collision, one passenger was seriously injured and another eight received light traumas.
It was inflicted a light damage to the only wagon of the train.