“Because of the costly emission quotas, coal-fired thermal power plants may have to close down for economic reasons,” Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov stated in Blagoevgrad.
Minister Sandov pointed out that emission quota payments constitute a significant share of the expenditure of TPPs, and in time they may have to close down so as not to accumulate very serious debts. Borislav Sandov added that Maritza Iztok-3 TPP in Dimitrovgrad will not resume work until the necessary air purification improvements are carried out.
Seventeen per cent of children aged 0-5 in the country live in poverty, according to National Statistical Institute data. The infant mortality rate remains almost double the EU average of 3.6%. The indicators are most worrying in areas with compact..
Bulgaria, along with twenty-one other nations, signed the newly launched Net-Zero Nuclear Initiative at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Dubai to triple its nuclear energy capacity by 2050, BNR envoy Mira Stefanova reported. The rationale..
No decision on Bulgaria's accession to Schengen is expected next week, diplomatic sources have told BNR, reports Brussels correspondent Angelina Piskova. Instead, the interior ministers of the member states will review the current situation and assess..
From December 1, 2023 , until February 28, 2024 , a low-emission zone will be implemented in central Sofia in the so-called "small ring",..
Bulgaria’s Parliament adopted the bill for ratification of the international treaty between Bulgaria and the United States on the acquisition of new..
The European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, expressed the Commission's full support for the accession of Bulgaria to Schengen,..
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