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Maritsa 3 TPP workers on protest, demand reopening of the plant

Photo: Dora Atanasova

Employees of TPP Maritsa 3 in Dimitrovgrad staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Environment in Sofia, then headed to the Council of Ministers. 

They demand that the plant be put into operation immediately. It was shut down on 21 April because of air pollution.

After a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Environment and Water Minister Borislav Sandov, the chief legal adviser of TPP Maritsa 3, Julian Semerdzhiev, said no agreement had been reached to restore the plant's operation.




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