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In times of technological and social "phenomena," with a growing confidence of being able to travel around the world within hours, the philately remains alive, dynamic and immense, because the pursuit of beauty and the passion for knowledge are set somewhere deep in mankind, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Dimitar Genovski said at the opening of a philatelic exhibition dedicated to Bulgaria.

By the end of August the new marker ship will be delivered to mark the Danube River shipping route. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Velik Zanchev at the Ministerial Conference of the Member States of the Danube Commission. The event was held today in Belgrade on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Navigation of the Danube River.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski awarded Plovdiv Airport officials Georgi Tashev and Kiril Ivanov for the quick response when taking part in the rescue operation of the crew of the military helicopter Mi-17, which crashed on 11 June 2018 in the region of the Plovdiv airport. Hristo Shrionov, the Plovdiv Airport's Executive Director, was also honored for the professionalism and excellent organization in the event of the incident.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski discussed with representatives of the coach industry Mobility Package II of the European Commission. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anguel Popov, MEP Andrey Novakov, members of the National Assembly.

With regard to issues related to additional information on the parameters of the procedure to grant a concession of Sofia Airport, we would like to inform you that in order to ensure equal access of all candidates for participation in the procedure and under the provisions of Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts and Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement, the notice of the concession parameters will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

A Roadmap on reduction of roaming tariffs between Bulgaria and Macedonia will be prepared at a joint meeting of the ministries of both countries, the regulators and the mobile operators. This was agreed today at a meeting of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and the Macedonian Minister of Information Society and Administration Damyan Manchevski. Minister Manchevski proposed Skopje to host the talks in the coming weeks.

An initiative for a cross-border Balkan corridor that will provide testing of connected and automated cars to Western Europe was launched during the first Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski, together with his Greek counterpart on Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Nikos Pappas and the Serbian State Secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Tatjana Matic, signed a letter of intent on cooperation in the field of connected and automated driving.

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Dimitar Genovsky, launched the thematic post-philatelic edition on the day of the official opening of the World Football Championship - Russia 2018.

The Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Maria Gabriel addressed the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski with gratitude and congratulations for the extremely important work done in the field of telecommunications, today during a joint press conference. The reason is the achievement of a preliminary political agreement on the Union's Electronic Communications Code. This topic was discussed at the afternoon session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Luxemburg.

In order to optimize transportations and reduce losses for the business, it is vital to deploy joint cross-border control authorities between Bulgaria and Turkey, and Turkey and Greece, as well as one-stop-shop servicing, announced Velik Zantchev, Deputy Minister of Transport, information Technology and Communications, at the opening of the 33rd session of the General Assembly of the International Road Transport Union to the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.

Bulgaria’s position on the major controversial issues in the first Mobility Package was yet again affirmed at today’s session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Luxemburg. The session, in Transport configuration, was presided by Ivaylo Moskovski, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications.

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski, will preside the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council’s sessions on transport and telecommunication on June 7 and 8 2018 in Luxemburg.

The Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications presented key transport projects that need financing before the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, at today’s conference on Bulgaria’s perspectives for development, organized by EBRD. The event took place at the bank’s headquarters in London and was opened by the Deputy Minister of Economy, Alexander Manolev.

The Bulgarian state strongly supports automobile operators’ position and requests related to EC’s Mobility package, stated the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski at today’s meeting with sector representatives.

Starting this project today, we continue the development of the Public Access Zone of Port of Burgas and once again, we confirm our commitments as a government to opening Burgas out to the sea. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski during the launch of a project for the construction of a Congress and Research Center at the port of Burgas.

We made the first step towards blue economy development in the Black Sea region. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski after the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration on Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. The document was endorsed by the Black Sea States at the Ministerial Meeting in Burgas in the presence of Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Carmenu Vella.

Systematic appeal of tender procedures for railway projects incurs risks for Operational Program Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014-2020, announced Galina Vassileva, Head of the Program managing authority, at the ninth session of OPTTI Monitoring Committee, 29-30 May, in the town of Pravets. She further added that there is an urgent need to amend the Public Procurement Act or the state runs the risk of losing significant resources under EU funds by 2020.

Publishing procurement data allows for better control when utilizing public resources and provided new business opportunities, stated the Deputy minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Dimitar Genovski, at the opening of the conference Superpowers of procurement data - Public procurement data for EU businesses and policies. The event took place in Brussels and was organized within the framework of the Bulgarian presidency of the Council of the EU.

Deployment of hydrogen mobility in electric transport is among the priorities of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, announced Deputy Minister Anguel Popov at the opening of the Hydrogen Summit in Sofia. In his words, the matter relates to the update of EU Directive No 94 on deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure.

By 2025 ten hydrogen vehicle fueling stations will be set up, announced the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Anguel Popov, at the presentation of hydrogen automobile technologies at the National Palace of Culture. In his words, there is no a single charging station in the country while hydrogen technology gets ever more popular. “For that matter, the government approved of a national program for alternative fuels market development”, noted Deputy Minister Popov.