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Of the 45 Bulgarian municipalities that applied for the third WiFi4EU competition, 41 municipalities received 615,000 euros in funding. This was made clear by the results announced today by the European Commission.

Bulgarian Posts EAD will distribute and sell print periodicals across the country. The purpose of the Council of Ministers decision is creating prerequisites for better conditions for distribution and sale of printed periodicals across the territory of the country. In this way, the existing competition on the market will be improved by the participation of a state-owned company holding an individual universal postal operator license. The state provides publishers the opportunity for access to the end user under pre-announced, clear and precise conditions for each of them.

Bulgaria is making the necessary efforts for the construction of a modern railway and road infrastructure along the East-West Axis. This was stated by Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during the Silk Road Forum, which takes place from 21 to 23 October 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In his words, this creates the necessary conditions for the rapid transportation of people and goods, given the increasing transport traffic between Asia and Europe.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov and the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia discussed the transport and digital connectivity development across the Black Sea. The meeting was held within the Silk Road Forum - 21-23 October 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Insufficient IT staffing capacity is one of the most common challenges to guaranteeing cybersecurity, according to 64 percent of those surveyed. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Andreana Atanasova at a roundtable on Information Security Issues. Next, 48 percent of organizations say cybersecurity is not sufficient, and 45 percent say there are some gaps in the regulatory framework and the practice of outsourcing IT services, in some cases leading to poor quality.

A controlled environment will be created in order to avoid all possible corrupt practices in the practical driving tests. This was stated by Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at a working meeting organized by the Bulgarian Drivers’ Qualification Association. The event was initiated with regard to the announced measures for improving the Road Transport Agency’s activities, which include arranging and conducting of driving tests.

A postal card dedicated to the 140th anniversary of signing of the Constantinople Peace Treaty was validated today during the European Philatelic Exhibition "Plovdiv Fila 2019" and the International Fair "Bulcollecto". The card was launch by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Andreana Atanasova, the Bulgarian Philatelists Union’s Honorary President Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky who is Prince Alexei Lobanov – Rostovsky’s grandson. Prince Alexei Lobanov – Rostovsky is the one who signed the Treaty on behalf of Russia.

Sofia will host the World Philatelic Exhibition in 2020. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during the opening of the European Philatelic Exhibition "Plovdiv Fila 2019" and the International Fair "Bulkolekto".

He recalled that the word "philately" means "friends forever." "It combines both the collector's spirit and the historical memory with the works of art, which are postage stamps," the minister said.

Sofia Motor Show 2019 will be the most significant event in the automotive industry in Europe. This was stated by Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during his inauguration. He stressed that the exhibition was no longer merely commercial in nature, but had become an event of international rank.

The impact analysis of the Mobility Package I confirmed our concerns about the negative impact on the transport sector and the environment. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rossen Jeliazkov, in the frames of the presentation of the market research and the impact assessment of the current version of the Mobility Package I on the Bulgarian international freight transport by land.

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Andreana Atanasova has been elected Vice-Chair of the European Commission's Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG). This post is being held for the first time by a representative from Eastern Europe.

Big data has huge potential to provide competitive advantages for companies in all sectors of the economy as well as to develop new quality services in the public sectors. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Andreana Atanasova during a conference on the role of data and new technologies in the future of organizations. She emphasized that the rapid development of the economy is based on new products and services based on data, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and 5G.

We work with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on many projects related to innovation, digital technology, information technology and communications. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov during the validation of the anniversary mark for the 150th anniversary of the establishment of BAS.

The implementation of 5G networks will increase the range of services in all sectors of society. This was stated by Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at a forum on the government's role in promoting innovations. He was adamant that this would have a significant impact on both business and the social field.

Well-trained and highly qualified staff will be sought for the construction of infrastructure in the Western Balkans. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rossen Jeliazkov, to undergraduate students, PhD students and teachers from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy. He inaugurated a new laboratory at Roads and Transportation Facilities Department for tests related to the design, construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure.

More than € 20 billion is needed to modernize the main Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) across the six countries in the Western Balkans. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at a regional roundtable in Podgorica, Montenegro. He added that these impressive investments were unbearable for the budgets of the individual countries, and he expressed his belief that the European Union would continue to support the construction of infrastructure in the Balkan region.

The first Bulgarian postage stamp dedicated to the spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was validated today. The postage stamp was put into use by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Andreana Atanasova and the Ambassador of India to Bulgaria H.E. Pooja Kapur.

At today's EU Council meeting, five more Member States supported our position to drop the requirement for trucks to be returned to the place of establishment within four weeks. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov today in Brussels after the meeting with ministers from the group of the like-minded states on the Mobility Package 1, which inclides Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Lithuania.

Bulgaria is among the four leading countries in Europe for the management of ship traffic. This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov at the opening of the international conference "20 Years of Ship Traffic in Bulgaria" in Varna today.

Since the beginning of the month, we have done over 1000 inspections of companies that transport children and students. This was stated by the Deputy Executive Director of the Automobile Administration IA Damian Voinowski during the launch of the joint initiative of the Automobile Administration IA and the Ministry of Interior for the control of the school bus route.