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 Council of Ministers has approved the draft of a donation agreement between the World Health Organization and Bulgaria on the provision of a voluntary contribution, amounting to EUR 100,000, in support of the activities of the organization in the..
Bulgaria’s caretaker Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov and his Albanian counterpart Igli Hasani confirmed the firm commitment of the two countries to the accelerated construction of transport Corridor 8. Romania has asked to join the construction..
Winds of up to 120 kms. per hour inflicted damage in Vratsa, the biggest town in Bulgaria’s Northwest. Dozens of reports have come in of fallen trees and branches onto vehicles and roads, damaged equipment and torn overhead cables. There were..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
A quadripartite meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Romania in Budapest on 22 November made it clear that Austria would..
Romania and Bulgaria have a chance to join the Schengen area by land as of January 2025 , Hungarian Interior Minister Sándor Pinter said after an..
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