The Saudi-Italian consortium Arkad is to build the gas interconnector with Serbia, Bulgartransgaz has announced. The selection was made by public tender, in which three consortiums took part with offers.
Arkad offered the lowest price for the implementation of all activities with an admissible deadline of no more than 250 calendar days, and implementation in full - 615 calendar days. The contractor shall carry out the supply of materials and equipment, investment planning up to the workings draft phase, the construction and commissioning of the extension of the new pipe which will run parallel to the main northern pipeline to the Bulgaria-Serbia border, reads the announcement by the Bulgarian gas operator.
At night, mainly in the north-eastern regions Bulgaria, there will be temporary increases in cloudiness and short rainfalls with thunder. The sky will be mostly clear in the rest of the country. On Tuesday , the air mass over..
A man and a child have died after they were struck by lightning in the area of Mount Zhultets near Mount Botev in the Central Balkan Mountains. The alert was sent to the mountain rescue service at around 13.30 by a child who was with them, reports BNR..
The fire on the territory of the villages of Voden, Krainovo and Strandzha in the municipality of Bolyarovo has been controlled and localised. Interior Ministry teams will be on the ground to ensure that the fire does not flare up again, Interior Minister..
A total of 60 officers from the Bezmer and Kabile units are on the ground with equipment for firefighting, Bulgaria's Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov..
A state of emergency remains in force in seven villages in the border municipality of Bolyarovo. The fight against the fire at the village of Voden..
A fire has started in Greece a kilometre and a half from the Bulgarian border and is slowly moving towards it. The fire is located in an extremely..
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