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Former Minister of Economy charged over "Belene"

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Charges have been raised against Petar Dimitrov, former Minister of Economy in the government of Sergey Stanishev, over a unprofitable deal under the "Belene" NPP project. According to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, Dimitrov was responsible for the unprofitable sale of the old unit of NPP "Belene" in 2007 and deliberately did not exercise sufficient control over the work of executive directors of NEK, which caused losses to the lectricity company of over € 77 million.



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