[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Accidents: Police released kidnapped girls in village of Barkach Village of Barkach >> Friday, 2009-11-06 14:19 Source: Focus Agency 2 girls have been kidnapped in the village of Barkach , Pleven district , the Ministry of Interior Regional Police Directorate in the town of Pleven press office announced. Police officers in the Chief Directorate Combating Organized Crime have taken immediate action together with their colleagues from the Ministry of Interior Regional Police Department in the town of Pleven and Lovech after they have received signal tow 19-year-old girls have been forced to get into a car. They were found Friday... Health: Distict of Pleven declared flu epidemic District Pleven >> Thursday, 2009-11-05 12:03 Source: Focus Agency The northern Bulgarian district of Pleven has declared a flu epidemic, Dr. Ivan Yordanov, director of the Regional Inspectorate for Public Health Protection and Control - Pleven , told FOCUS - Veliko Tarnovo Radio. He says 304 in every 10,000 people are sick with flu in the district. All schools in the district will be closed for a week. Women`s consultations, visits to hospitals and planned operations are canceled. The measures will be in force until the situation gets back to normal, he added.
Business: Realization of Belene NPP will be delayed by 1-1,5 years Town of Belene >> Wednesday, 2009-10-28 14:35 Source: Focus Agency The realization of Belene NPP project will be delayed by a year or a year and a half as a result of German RWE`s decision to give up on the project, the upcoming competition for a consultant and project`s restructuring. It is still unclear whether project`s executor AtomStroyExport will file any compensation claims. Galina Tosheva, executive director of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), commented that the change will give a change for reexamination of project`s concept and groundwork.
Politics: Russia wants shares in NPP Belene because is sure about the profit Town of Belene >> Wednesday, 2009-09-23 11:33 Source: StandartNews The Bulgarian-Russian cooperation on the NPP Belene project is going on as scheduled, after an agreement was reached by Bulgaria`s PM Boyko Borisov, Energy Minister Traycho Traykov and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shmatko following excruciating eight-hour negotiations. A StandartNews interview with Rosatom CEO Sergey Kirienko about Russia`s plans to purchase a stake in NPP Belene , the project`s cost, the expected revenues and when the construction works will start....
Politics: 3 months for calculation the cost and profit of Belene NPP Town of Belene >> Thursday, 2009-09-03 06:00 Source: Darik Radio It will take three months for the experts of the Minister of Energy to calculate the actual cost and the potential profit of Belene NPP. In November Bulgaria PM Boyko Borissov will respond to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if Bulgaria`s cabinet is in support of the project, it became clear from Borissov`s words in an interview. After a talk in Gdansk Putin demanded a quick answer as to whether the energy projects would be implemented or not. Borissov was categorical that he favoured South Stream...
Politics: Arabian Investors for NPP Belene Town of Belene >> Sunday, 2009-08-30 02:09 Source: StandartNews Bulgaria plans to start negotiations with Arab countries from the Persian Gulf to invest in the construction of Belene NPP, said the Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Traycho Traykov in an interview with the Kuwaiti KUNA agency. To his words, this will be an attempt Bulgaria would make to reduce the influence of Russian companies in energy production. " Bulgaria lives through the economic and political consequences of the world economic crisis and for this reason it seeks foreign investments ," the Ministe...
Politics: In September it will become clear if Belene NPP will be suspended or completed Town of Belene >> Monday, 2009-08-24 09:30 Source: StandartNews September will be the day X for Belene NPP, it transpired from the words of Bulgaria`s Minister of Economy and Energy Traicho Traikov stated in an interview. In September it will become clear if Belene NPP project will be suspended or completed. " We have not fully given up the idea of continuing Belene project but we want to do the best thing possible ," Minister Traikov said explicitly as he added that the produced power in Belene NPP would be more expensive than the generated electricity in Ko...
News: Belene NPP is not vital for Bulgaria`s energy security, according minister Traykov Town of Belene >> Friday, 2009-08-21 10:05 Source: Dnevnik.bg The Belene nuclear power project is not vital for Bulgaria`s energy security, said energy minister Traycho Traykov. In an interview, the minister downplayed speculations that the country must bring the proposed station on stream if it is to guarantee supplies by 2020. If it builds capacities at the coal-fired power plant Maritsa East 1, a gas station at the coal-fired power plant in Varna , on the northern Black Sea coast , and in the Maritsa East complex, the country could meet its domestic ...
Politics: Bulgaria could reduce its stake in Belene NPP project Town of Belene >> Monday, 2009-07-20 09:30 Source: Dnevnik.bg The Bulgarian state could reduce its 51% stake in the Belene nuclear power project in the eponymous town on the Danube if the new government decides to build the facility as a private undertaking, said Galina Tosheva, executive director of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH). Such a scenario would entail less funding and smaller guarantees by the state for the project, she explained...
Politics: GERB is determined to continue with the construction of the Belene NPP Town of Belene >> Wednesday, 2009-07-08 18:11 Source: Novinite.com The winner of the Bulgarian Parliament elections , GERB, is determined to continue with the construction of the Belene nuclear power plan (NPP) but with private funding. GERB`s economic adviser, Biser Boev, who is also expected to be the next Economy Minister, said that would be irresponsible of the new government to abandon such a big roject, started by the old government. " We have to see what money we are talking about, because in the next four years Bulgaria will lack financial resources, and will de...