Bulgaria set obligatory terms in the offer for selection of strategic investor for construction of a second nuclear power plant in Belene, which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Firstly, the National Energy Company, which enters the future joint venture with an in-kind contribution consisting of its assets (the construction ground and the nuclear reactors) will have a blocking quota during the construction and the exploitation of the nuclear power plant. Secondly, no contract for purchase of electricity with state guarantee or other non-market mechanisms to guarantee the investments will be signed. According to another condition, the construction deadline of the project is 10 years and the price of the investment cannot exceed EUR 10 billion. Local companies must be also able to participate at the fulfillment of the project, one of the terms read.
The numerous reports of vote manipulation, of rigging ballots, of adding votes, of vote-buying, of coercion and controlled voting which have been sweeping over the public domain following the election for parliament, call for an immediate answer by..
A civic initiative for non-recognition of the election results for the 51 st National Assembly is demanding the annulment of the early election for parliament, BNR’s Daniel Inkov reports. Only a court decision can change the results of..
The mission of the awakeners is a unique, entirely Bulgarian spiritual category – awakeners, a word imbued with the wisdom and the spiritual might of our people, the centuries-old pursuit of advancement and freedom, said Bulgarian President Rumen..
Slavi Trifonov, leader of There Is Such a People (ITN) declared he would sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB),..
Today, 3 November, is International Day for Biosphere Reserves, declared by UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme. On this occasion, as of the second..
Over the next 24 hours the clouds will increase. The wind will pick up and will usher in cold air. Minimum temperatures 5-10° C., for Sofia around 5°..
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