Bulgaria’s National Assembly did not annul the decision on suspension of Belene nuclear power plant project, made on March 29, 2012, Focus news agency informs. 50 MPs voted in favor of the draft decision which envisaged that the ban should be lifted and the Belene NPP project should be revived. 64 MPs voted against and 24 MPs abstained. Thus, the draft decision which was tabled to Parliament by the Bulgarian Socialist Party was rejected. According to the draft decision, the country’s Council of Ministers had to be assigned with the task to guarantee the fulfillment of the project and the Minister of Energy had to provide information in public once in every three months about the stage of the fulfillment of that project.
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has expressed hope that the National Assembly will elect a regular government today and that it will have a long and successful mandate. “There are no dysfunctional systems, we are handing it over after a..
The main task of the Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Group remains the fight against floating mines in the Black Sea and ensuring free and safe navigation in its western part, said Rear Admiral Kiril Mihaylov, Commander of the Naval Forces...
Two freight trains, moving on the same track between the Svetovrachene and Kremikovtsi railway stations near Sofia, caused the death of two people, as another six were taken to hospital with injuries. One of the injured persons is in a life-threatening..
North Macedonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Timco Mucunski held a phone conversation with Bulgaria’s newly elected Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg..
Bulgaria is participating with its national pavilion at the largest international exhibition for food, agriculture and horticulture, the 2025 Berlin..
A global campaign focusing on the right of every child to grow up in a family environment has been launched in Sofia on the initiative of the UK..
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