Two former ministers of energy – Rumen Ovcharov and Petar Dimitrov – have been charged over the project for the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Bulgaria at Belene, BNR’s Horizont channel learnt from the Specialized Criminal Court.
Two former executive directors of the National Electricity Company – Mardik Papazyan and Lyubomir Velkov - have also been charged. The principal charges are of mismanagement running to hundreds of millions of euro.
The name of former Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev, indicted on the same charges in 2016, is now missing from the indictment of the prosecutor’s office which is the result of an inquiry spanning almost 5 years.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
President Rumen Radev has returned for a new discussion in parliament the adopted legal amendments, according to which the sale of assets of Russian company Lukoil in the country will take place after a decision of the Council of..
Sales of starter sets with euro coins with the Bulgarian national side will begin on December 1, 2025 , the BNB announced. They will be in circulation..
Research ship "Sts. Cyril and Methodius" has departed from Varna after a solemn ceremony. In its fourth voyage to Antarctica the ship..
On Saturday , the lowest temperatures will be between 7 and 12°C; in Sofia - around 8°. In the morning hours visibility will be..
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