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Bulgaria's Belene NPP Unit Is No Carry-Around Plastic Barrel - Ex Energy Minister [Mar 20, 2012] Petar Dimitrov, left-wing MP and former Economy and Energy Minister, has suggested that the idea to move the almost-completed reactor at the Belene NPP to the Kozloduy NPP will take years to implement and will obviously not happen. In an interview for Darik radio on Tuesday, he explained that the biggest concern was that Bulgaria was running the risk of losing Russia's support on the issue of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ranked 6th by Housing Price Hike [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgaria has been ranked sixth by the increase of price of residential buildings, according to the global ranking of Lloyds TSB International. Statistics show that in 2011, these prices went down by 10%. According to Lloyds TSB International, prices of housing properties in Bulgaria increased by 106%, between the third quarter of 2011 and the third quarter of 2011.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Suzlon, Volkswind Venture Plans 74 Wind Turbines in Bulgaria [Mar 19, 2012] The wind project near Balchik in northeastern Bulgaria will be at least 150 megawatts in capacity depending on the size of turbine used, DIV company director Malte Huchzermeier said today by phone. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Turkey to Hold First Joint Sitting of Cabinets [Mar 19, 2012] The governments of Bulgaria and Turkey are going to hold their first ever joint sitting on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Bulgarian Cabinet's press service announced. Turkey will be the fourth country, with which Bulgaria will have a joint Cabinet sitting, after similar sittings with the Cabinets of Greece in 2010, and Israel and Romania in 2011. The joint sitting of the Cabinets led by Bulgarian ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Got 450 000 Russians in 2011, Expects 20% More in 2012 [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgaria is going to open a tourism representation office in the Russian capital Moscow, Deputy Economy Minister in charge of tourism Ivo Marinov has announced. Marinov spoke at the annual tourism expo Intourmarket in Moscow, as cited by Interfax and BTA. In his words, the Bulgarian tourism office in the Russian capital will be launched in a few months. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Labor Cost Growth Quickens In Q4 [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgaria Labor Cost Growth Quickens In Q4 [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hasn?t Told Russia It Quits Belene NPP [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgaria's government has not informed Russia's state-owned Rosatom that it wants to quit the two countries' Belene nuclear power plant project. No project exists for Bulgaria to place the reactor originally meant for Belene in its Kozloduy NPP instead, the Russian Kommersant daily has also revealed. The daily has pointed out that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has voiced several ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Communist mega-monuments put Bulgaria in quandary [Mar 19, 2012] BUZLUDZHA, Bulgaria (AFP) - The crumbling oval skeleton of the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party perches like a deserted flying saucer atop Mount Buzludzha, visible from miles around. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Envoy Believes Bulgaria Scrapped Belene NPP [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has already declared that the Belene nuclear power plant will not be constructed, US Ambassador James Warlick pointed out Monday. Citing a Borisov interview from Friday, Warlick reminded that Finance Minister Simeon Djankov and former Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov were sent to Moscow to declare that Bulgaria is quitting Belene and may place ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Communist mega-monuments put Bulgaria in quandary [Mar 19, 2012] The crumbling oval skeleton of the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party perches like a deserted flying saucer atop Mount Buzludzha, visible from miles around. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Antitrust, Italy Unbundles, Goldman Letter: Compliance [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgaria?s antitrust regulator said four fuel retailers including the Bulgarian units of OMV AG (OMV) of Austria, OAO Lukoil (LKOH) , Russian oil producer, Rompetrol Rafinare SA (RRC) and Petrol AD (5PET) are suspected of being involved in price fixing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Denies Framing Fired Colleague in Heady Drama [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov has reacted with irritation at allegations by dismissed Minister of Economy and Energy Traicho Traikov that the latter's recent firing was partially caused by Mladenov. On Thursday Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov said he dismissed Traikov over a failed Bulgarian-Qatari business forum organized in Doha over the week. According to Borisov, "this ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New Energy Min Uncertain on Shale Gas, Belene NPP [Mar 19, 2012] Bulgaria needs to think again before giving up on shale gas and going further with Belene NPP, said the nominee for Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev. Dobrev has been tipped by PM Boyko Borisov to succeed Traicho Traikov, until recently his boss at the ministry, before being dismissed last Thursday. "It would be good to analyse again the possibility to produce shale gas in Bulgaria.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Wins Silver, 2 Bronze Medals at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup [Mar 18, 2012] Bulgaria's best rhythmic gymnast Sylvia Miteva won the silver medal in the ribbon singles contest at the FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Sunday in Kiev, Ukraine. Earlier during the day Bulgaria's group won the bronze medal in the five balls discipline at the World Cup in Kiev. Saturday the Bulgarian group had won another bronze medal, at the twelve events contests. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Wins 2nd Bronze at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup [Mar 18, 2012] Bulgaria's group won the bronze medal in the five balls discipline at the FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Kiev, Ukraine. Sunday Bulgaria's gymnasts were excellent and received 27.550 points.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Trakiya Highway to Be Almost Ready for Summer [Mar 18, 2012] Lots 2 and 3 of Bulgaria's Trakiya Highway will be completed before the end of June 2012, informed Bulgarian Minsiter of Regional Development Lilyana Pavlova. Speaking in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio Sunday, Pavlova assured that work on the highway is going ahead of schedule, and part of lot 4 will be also ready by June. Lots 2-4 are the parts under construction of the Trakiya ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kuneva Still Abstains from Founding Political Party [Mar 17, 2012] Bulgaria's ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has declared she is not ready yet to turn her civic movement into a full-fledged political party. Kuneva was Bulgaria's chief negotiator with the EU in 2001-2005, Bulgaria's EU Affairs Minister in 2005-2007, and Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner in 2007-2009, founded last year a movement called "Bulgaria for the Citizens". Last week she quit her ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Trabant Fest Shows Off 'Dinosaurs' of East German Auto Pride [Mar 17, 2012] Dozens of Trabant cars ? the still surviving tiny "dinosaurs", once the pride of former East Germany's car industry ? paraded in the streets of Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo on Saturday. The third annual "Trabant Fest" parade organized by the Veliko Tarnovo Trabant Club as one of the events to honor March 22, the city holiday of Veliko Tarnovo. A unique cabrio Trabant was among the VT Trabant Fest ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia Ready with Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Reactor [Mar 17, 2012] Russia's Atomstroyexport has assembled the reactor for the first block of the Nuclear Power Plant NPP to be built in the Bulgarian Danube town of Belene. The reactor BBEP-1000 has been test-assembled in the Izhor plants, which is one of the final stages before it is to be ready for transportation, the Bulgarian news agency BGNES reported Saturday, citing a press release of the Russian company ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia to Settle Belene NPP Issue in Court [Mar 17, 2012] The project to build a second Bulgarian nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Belene would not be solely a Russian-Bulgarian project, however, Belene will became a legal case. The statement was made by the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, speaking Saturday in an interview for Darik radio. He reiterated earlier information, coming from Prime Minister ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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