Bulgarian Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova has taken part in "Atomexpo" in the Russian resort of Sochi, where she had meetings with representatives of companies that have already expressed interest in the Belene NPP project. These are Russian “Rosatom”, French “Framatome” and American “General Electric”. Petar Iliev, the executive director of the Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania, said that Hungarian investors have also visited the Belene site and expressed interested. Potential investors may apply for participation in the Belene NPP project from the beginning of May, when the procedure will be published in the official EU Gazette, Petkova said. The deadline for submitting application documents is 90 days after the publication.
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) are to nominate the party’s leader Atanas Atanasov for president of the 51 st National Assembly. According to BNR sources, the decision was made by the party’s national leadership and will be put to..
During the regional GERB youth academy in Targovishte, GERB leader Boyko Borissov stated that GERB would not sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski. PP/DB calls..
A protest took place in Velingrad in support of the farmers whose flocks of sheep have been quarantined because of positive tests for sheep and goat plague. To stop the spread of the disease, access to the area around the farms has been..
The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
The Ministry of Transport and Communications supports the idea of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski– the most undisputed figure in Bulgarian..
Over the next 24 hours the weather will continue cloudy, with rain mostly in the Southwestern half of the country and sleet in high plains. The..
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