The Bulgarian authorities temporarily closed the "Maritsa 3" TPP near Dimitrovgrad after a series of violations of environmental norms. "They literally committed eight violations from Friday to Saturday out of the 24 allowed for all enterprises in the Maritsa East Basin for the whole year," caretaker Energy Minister Rosen Hristov said.
According to the minister, high pollution from the thermal power plant can lead to the shutdown of all the coal-fired power plants in the region and this would mean that the country could lose 30% of its energy.
"The financial sanctions expected from Brussels are extremely large. There is a possibility that the court will issue measures related to the withdrawal of derogations provided regarding the sulfur dioxide norms of the large plants in the Maritsa East basin", Minister of Environment Rositsa Karamfilova said.
Bulgaria will be represented by President Rumen Radev and Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev at the Munich Security Conference. The agenda of world leaders includes the war in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump's..
The Burgas Zoo offers contact zones where visitors can interact with various animals, take pictures and feed them by hand. The zones are available year-round, the zoo reports on Facebook. They specify that the animals are social,..
In the next 24 hours, over most of the country cloud cover will remain significant with temporary breaks. In the morning, visibility will be reduced in some places. On Friday , the wind will be weak, mainly from the east. In the..
The Commission on Protection of Competition has requested information from producers and retailers of fast-moving consumer goods to determine the..
Kiril Petkov, co-chairman of We Continue the Change (PP), is to be tried over the arrest of GERB leader Boyko Borissov on March 17 2022 . Prosecutors..
On Saturday it will be mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells in the Upper Thracian Lowlands. In eastern Bulgaria there will be light to moderate..
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