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Bulgaria Hopes for 600 000 Russian Tourists in 2012 [May 18, 2012] Bulgaria remains one of the top holiday destinations for Russians, and expects a 30% y/y growth in the number of Russian visitors, according to the Bulgarian Consulate in Moscow. With the arrival of the summer tourist season the Bulgarian Consulate in the Russian capital is already issuing 3 000 visas daily, the Consulate said, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio Friday. For the first four ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia, Bulgaria eye South Stream timeline [May 17, 2012] MOSCOW, May 17 (UPI) -- Russian natural gas company Gazprom said April contracts with Bulgarian shareholders meant the South Stream natural gas pipeline was moving ahead as planned. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Gazprom Power Ahead with South Stream Gas Pipeline [May 16, 2012] Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev and the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom Alexei Miller have concluded that the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline is progressing "as scheduled". Dobrev and Miller met in Moscow Wednesday, with their talks focusing on the future of South Stream, in addition to the Russian natural gas supplies for Bulgaria, Gazprom said in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

S. Stream support nets deal for Bulgaria [Apr 02, 2012] MOSCOW, April 2 (UPI) -- Bulgaria received a temporary discount on natural gas prices from Moscow in exchange for expedited development of South Stream, the prime minister said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia's Gazprom cuts gas prices to Bulgaria: minister [Mar 30, 2012] Russia's gas giant Gazprom has agreed to cut natural gas prices to Bulgaria by just over 11 percent, Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said after talks in Moscow on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Face Penalties Exceeding USD 58 M over Belene NPP Suspension [Mar 29, 2012] Bulgaria faces penalties amounting to way over USD 58 M over the cancellation of the Belene NPP project, Russian media warn. Citing sources from Russia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, Moscow-based business daily Vedomosti reports that this is the cost of the already carried out preparatory works on the site near the northern Bulgarian town of Belene. The newspaper reminds that Rosatom ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seeks Investors for Gas Turbine Power Plant [Mar 28, 2012] Bulgaria is looking for potential investors in its gas turbine power plant that is to be constructed in the Danube town of Belene, the country's Deputy Economy and Energy Minister Valentin Nikolov has revealed. On Wednesday, Bulgaria officially abandoned the Belene Nuclear Power Plant which Sofia and Moscow had agreed on in 2008. Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Goranov announced that a gas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Abandons Belene Nuclear Plant [Mar 28, 2012] Bulgaria has abandoned plans to build a nuclear power plant with a Russian reactor at Belene, which Sofia and Moscow agreed on in 2008, the country?s Deputy Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Termed Cheapest 2012 Holiday Destination for Russians [Mar 27, 2012] Bulgaria and Greece are the cheapest summer holiday options for Russians, said Tuesday Alexander Tugolukov, Executive Director of the Biblio Globus company. In a statement at the international tourism exhibition MITT 2012 held in Moscow he explained that German tour operators had given up on Greece in 2012. He specified that German travel agencies accounted for 40% of the tourism revenues of ... [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 >>

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 >>

Bulgaria's National Liberation Day Celebrated in Moscow [Mar 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Day of National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire, March 3, has been celebrated in Moscow by Bulgarians living in Russia and Russian officials. Bulgaria celebrates on March 3rd its National Holiday, marking the 134th anniversary of its Liberation from five centuries of Ottoman yoke, which came after the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. In the Russian capital, Bulgaria's Liberation ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Pay Debt on Burgas-Alexandroupolis in 2012 [Feb 01, 2012] Bulgaria plans to pay its debt on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline in 2012, said Plamen Grozdanov, Bulgarian Ambassador to Moscow. In an interview for Russian news agency Interfax, he explained that the Bulgarian government had agreed to allocate BGN 12.8 M for the payment of its financial obligations as a participant in the oil pipeline project. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Transneft weighs options for Caspian JV oil routes [Dec 14, 2011] * Bulgaria opted to go out from trans-Balkan project * Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline deemed too expensive MOSCOW, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Russian oil pipelinemonopoly Transneft is looking for new routes to shipoil ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria pulls out of Russia-Greece oil pipeline [Dec 07, 2011] Bulgaria said on Wednesday it was pulling out of a long-stalled pipeline project meant to bring Russian oil to Greece through its territory, but Athens and Moscow said they remained committed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarian candidate says not anti-Russia [Oct 11, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The presidential candidate of Bulgaria's ruling party says he won't be "anti-Russian" despite recent disagreements with Moscow over energy projects. [via YahooNews] More >>

Sofia Turns Romania-Bulgaria-Greece Dream Road into Priority Project [Aug 24, 2011] Bulgaria's Cabinet has declared the road from the Danube city of Ruse on the Romanian border to the Makaza Pass on the Greece border to be a project "of national importance" in a long-awaited move. The Ruse-Makaza road linking Romania and Greece through Central Bulgaria is supposed to be part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor No. 9 leading from Helsinki, the Baltic states, Moscow, Kiev, and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seeks to Appoint Tourism Attache in Moscow [Aug 22, 2011] Bulgaria will appoint a tourism attache in Moscow, the country's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has announced. Currently, the post is open to competition. The candidates need to have at least 6 years of professional experience, four of which in the sphere of international relations. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Sue Russia in Geneva over Belene N-Project [Aug 04, 2011] Bulgaria's state-run power grid operator has threatened to sue in Geneva Russia's state nuclear company Atomstroyexport over delayed payments on planned Belene nuclear plant. The government in Sofia however was quick to point out that this is not a counter-claim to Moscow's lawsuit at an arbitration court in Paris, which is again on due payments on the nuclear project. "The action was described ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lukoil Bosses 'Already in Bulgaria' over Revoked License [Jul 28, 2011] Members of Russian oil major Lukoil management have urgently arrived in Sofia for talks over the revoked licenses of its refinery in Bulgaria to sell fuels, a former ambassador in Moscow has revealed. Ilian Vassilev told the Bulgarian national radio he knows who heads the delegation, but refused to disclose his name since "this type of negotiations are too discrete". Bulgaria's Neftochim, the ... [via YahooNews] More >>