The government revoked decisions of previous cabinets related to the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Belene. The decisions concern the designation of the Belene nuclear power plant site as an object of national significance and the conduct of negotiations with potential investors and equipment manufacturers. The cabinet assigned Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy to take action to terminate the procedure announced by the National Electricity Company for the selection of strategic investors for the construction of Belene NPP and to notify the preferred candidates for the submission of binding offers, with whom a confidentiality contract has been signed.
At a meeting between Bulgaria’s Premier Nikolay Denkov and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Athens on August 21, the Ukrainian side confirmed its interest in purchasing the two Bulgarian reactors for Belene NPP and the related equipment.
On Wednesday, the lowest temperatures will range between minus 8°C and minus 3°C, for Sofia around minus 7°C . During the day, snow showers in the northeastern regions will begin to stop, but in southeastern Bulgaria it will still snow in many places...
Career Foreign Service Officer Susan Falatko has arrived in Sofia on February 18 to assume the role of Chargé d’Affaires. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Falatko’s service includes assignments as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the..
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev convened today a meeting of the National Security Advisory Council, dedicated to the risks and threats to national security arising from the spread of narcotic and intoxicating substances among the younger generation and..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism will work to create a map of important, but hard-to-reach tourist and cultural-historical sites. The goal is then to..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev named Sofia Airport after the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski, the press secretariat of the head of state announced...
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