The US Company General Electric expressed interest in participating as potential supplier of equipment and engineer of the Belene NPP project. Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova told the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency that so far Bulgaria held talks with several potential investors, including the Chinese state-owned nuclear corporation CNNC, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP). The French company Framatome also showed interest in Belene project. Minister Petkova underlined that the parameters of the future nuclear power plant in Belene were set by the decision of the Bulgarian National Assembly. The future nuclear facility will be based on market principles without the provision of a corporate guarantee and long-term contracts for purchase of electricity.
On Friday, the National Assembly will vote on a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov over ''failures in environmental and water policy''. The fourth no-confidence motion against the current government was tabled..
The Speaker of the Parliament of Albania, Elisa Spiropali, has arrived in Bulgaria for an official visit. The two-day visit is at the invitation of National Assembly Speaker Natalia Kiselova . Elisa Spiropali was welcomed at the airport by the..
Tuition fees at state universities should not exceed 75% of the expenses for the training. This was what MPs decided with amendments to the Higher Education Act adopted on Wednesday at first reading. It is expected that after the..
The EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) has allowed Bulgaria and 14 other EU countries to exceed their budget limits in order to boost..
Full EU membership is neither the end of the story nor a solution to all problems. Realism and accurate self-assessment must guide important decisions,..
The ministers of agriculture of Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania have signed a joint declaration concerning the agricultural aspects of..
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