Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has announced that the Bulgarian and the Russian side have signed an agreement on the definitive enforcement of the Court of Arbitration ruling on Belene NPP.
The Bulgarian National Electric Company (NEC) will pay the sums under the arbitration court ruling in full by15 December. In exchange, the Russian Atomstroyexport company will forego the interest NEC owes it since the date of the court ruling – 167,000 euro per day or a total of 23 million euro until 15 December. Kirill Komarov, First Deputy Director General of the Russian Rosatom commented that this year Russia and Bulgaria mark 50 years since the establishment of relations in the nuclear sphere and that throughout that time they have maintained admirable cooperation.
Bulgaria’s Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating a large-scale property fraud and money laundering scheme connected to the 'Historical Park', which is associated with Ivelin Mihaylov, the leader of the Velichie party. Those arrested include the..
The ruling party and the opposition argued about the procedure for the Budget Committee meeting before the final vote on the 2006 budget . Assen Vassilev, chairman of the We Continue the Change party, attempted to block the committee’s extraordinary..
Employees in the agriculture and forestry sector staged a protest in front of the Parliament, demanding higher salaries for workers in departments that are secondary budget administrators. The protest was organized by the National Federation of..
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