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.
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will celebrate the National Enlighteners’ Day today with a ceremonial event and an exhibition, reported BTA. The event will be opened by the Academy’s President, Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva. Academician Ivan..
On Friday, minimum temperatures will range from 2° to 7°C , reaching up to 10°C along the Black Sea coast. In the valleys, temperatures may drop below 0°C, while in Sofia it will be around 2°C. In the morning, fog or low cloud is possible in some lowland..
In the Ukrainian city of Izmail, the refurbished monument to revolutionary poet Hristo Botev was officially unveiled today , even as air raid sirens sounded across the city, BTA reported. The ceremony, which was held as part of the Day of the..
The Russian oil company Lukoil has announced that it has accepted an offer from the Swiss Gunvor Group to acquire the international assets of LUKOIL..
The National Assembly has rejected President Rumen Radev's veto on changes to the State Intelligence Agency Act (SIA) and the State Agency Technical..
On Friday, minimum temperatures will range from 2° to 7°C , reaching up to 10°C along the Black Sea coast. In the valleys, temperatures may drop below..
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