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All four unsuccessful bidders in the tender for a 35-year concession contract to run Sofia Airport have filed complaints against the Bulgarian transport ministry's ranking of the offers, data by the country's competition authority shows, reports SeeNews. 

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.

Bulgarian authorities said they had accepted the offers of all five international bidders for the concession for Sofia Airport, the Bulgarian transport authority confirmed on Thursday.

(Reuters) - Bulgaria has extended the deadline for submitting bids to run Sofia's airport for a third time, to Feb. 5 following changes in the documents for the concession contract, transport ministry data showed on Wednesday.

Turkey's Akfen Holding has announced it signed a deal to sell a 40 percent stake in the Mersin Port to Australia's IFM Investors for $869 million. 

The share of Akfen in the port declined to 10 percent after the deal was signed. 

In a statement late on July 31, the company said Akfen Holding Chair Hamdi Akın would keep his chairmanship position in the port. 

Turkish airport operator TAV has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority to operate three airports in the Gulf country in partnership with the Al Rajhi Group, the Turkish operator has announced.

Turkey's Akfen has said it signed an agreement on June 9 to sell its remaining 8.12 percent stake in TAV Airports to France's Aeroports de Paris (ADP) for $160 million. 

The French company plans to expand into new markets in the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and Africa as well as new areas within Turkey along with TAV, according to company representatives. 

France honored TAV Group CEO Sani Şener with "l'Ordre national de la Légion d'Honneur" (The National Order of the Legion of Honour), which is the highest French honor, due to his contributions to bilateral relations between Turkey and France, the company said Nov. 4.