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.
For the first time in recent election history, the end election result leaves a party running in the election outside the National Assembly with a result of 3.999% (Velichie), 21 votes short of the electoral threshold, reads a position by the..
The Central Election Commission (CEC) is sending the prosecutor the video recordings of the ballot count in 7 polling stations where there is a discrepancy in the number of votes counted. The prosecutors will have to check whether there is..
The European Parliament has approved the nomination of Bulgarian Ekaterina Zaharieva as European Commissioner. She will be in charge of the 'Start-ups, Research and Innovation' portfolio. After her confirmation hearing in the European Parliament,..
Acting Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov told a briefing that neither he nor the Energy Ministry had any information about the sale of Lukoil Neftohim..
Metallurgy, heavy and mining industry are an irrevocable part of the full-fledged economic development of Europe. This was stated by Bulgarian President..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with Polish state company Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 2 S.A. for major repair of six MiG-29..
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