All five applicants were allowed to participate at the concession procedure for Sofia Airport, it became clear after the bids of the applicants were opened at the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport. The five companies are the Vitosha Consortium, the SOF Connect Consortium, the UBB Consortium Sofia Airport JV, the Aeroports de Paris Consortium which also includes Turkey’s TAV Havalimanlari Holding and Fraport Bulgaria. The winner will be granted a concession of Sofia Airport for a period of 35 years. Bulgaria is expected to earn from the concession over EUR 1 billion. The candidates must build a new third terminal by the end of the tenth year of the concession. The future concessionaire is also required to expand Terminal 2 and make a survey and if necessary build a second runway.
The truck traffic on the Maritsa highway to the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing at the Bulgarian-Turkish border is now normalized. "As of this morning, there are no more queues of trucks standing on the roadway waiting to cross the border," assured..
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, searches have been carried out in Sofia, Burgas, Petrich and Rila in connection with an investigation into alleged fraud with EU funds in the restoration of a church. In 2017, a public tender..
One million and eight hundred Bulgarian citizens travelled as tourists during the third quarter of the year, National Statistical Institute data show. 72.3% of them travelled inside the country, 20.8% travelled abroad and 6.9% - both inside Bulgaria..
According to an analysis by the Electricity System Operator, a shortage of electricity is expected as early as January and February next year. At a..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
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