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Bulgaria Officially Tells Russia It Scrapped Belene NPP [Mar 29, 2012] Bulgaria has sent a note to Russia asking it to launch negotiations on the cancellation of the two countries' Belene nuclear power plant project that was to be built in Bulgaria, according to a report. On Thursday, Russian Deputy PM Igor Sechin is expected to meet with representatives of the Russian Energy Ministry and state-owned company Rosatom in order to form Russia's official stance on the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Thinks Failed Oil Pipeline Won't Hurt Gas Talks with Russia [Dec 25, 2011] Bulgaria's "killing" of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, a joint project with Russia and Greece, will not affect the current Bulgarian-Russian natural gas supplies talks, according to Economy Minister Traicho Traikov. Traikov commented on the Bulgarian-Russian negotiations for new gas supply contracts as of 2012 between Bulgargaz and Gazprom on Sunday, a couple of weeks after the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia Agree on New Nuclear Project Delay [Oct 03, 2011] Bulgaria and Russia have reached an agreement to extend the negotiations over Belene nuclear project by another six months as of the beginning of October amidst continuing haggling over its price and feasibility. Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK and Russia's Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of Rosatom, signed on September 30 a new annex extending by the end of March 2012 their contract for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Begs Russia for New Nuclear Project Delay [Sep 27, 2011] Bulgaria has approached Russia with a request to extend the negotiations over Belene nuclear project by another four months as of October, the economy minister has said. At the beginning of July Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK and Russia's Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of Rosatom, signed an annex extending by three months their contract for the construction of two 1,000 megawatt nuclear ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to Sue Russia as Belene NPP Ultimatum Expires [Aug 18, 2011] Russian state company Atomstroyexport has failed to comply with the ultimatum issued by Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK, with the latter now moving to suit the former over unsettled equipment claims for the Belene NPP project. The new development comes in spite of the fact that last week Bulgaria and Russia started negotiations on their claims for one another over delayed payments for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: Russian Roadmap for Belene NPP Non-Binding, Focus on Talks! [Aug 17, 2011] Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK has responded to Russia's Atomstroyexport that the roadmap the Russians proposed for the troubled Belene nuclear plant project cannot be accepted as a legally binding document. "The reaching of a final agreement and the signing of a contract for the Belene NPP will depend on the results of the negotiations in the joint financial working group. The key ... [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 >>

Bulgaria, Russia Agree on Nuclear Project Delay [Jun 30, 2011] Bulgaria and Russia have agreed to extend the negotiations over Belene nuclear project by another three months as of July. "This will be envisaged in the 13th annex to the main contract between Bulgaria and Russia on the construction of two 1,000 megawatt nuclear reactors at Belene," Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov told Dnevnik daily. "The texts in this annex are similar to that of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian Media: Bulgaria Plays Daredevil over Belene Delay [Jun 20, 2011] Bulgaria does not seem scared by the prospect of being taken to arbitration by the Russian contractor Rosatom as it plans to miss the July 1 deadline for signing a final agreement for the construction of Belene nuclear plant, Russian media comments. Bulgaria suspended negotiations with Rosatom over Belene nuclear project for three months and in this way breached its commitment to sign an ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Backs EU for Continuing WTO Talks on Doha Development Agenda [May 11, 2011] Bulgaria's government has declared support for the EU position in favor of continuing talks on the Doha Development Agenda within the World Trade Organization. The Cabinet approved Wednesday the Bulgarian position for the upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on trade scheduled for May 13 in Brussels. The EU member states' ministers will discuss the results of the negotiations within the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Banks, State at Daggers Drawn over POS Fees [Apr 10, 2011] The Association of Banks in Bulgaria (ABB) and the Ministry of Finance are facing uphill negotiations over new legislation restricting cash payments, analysts say. At the end of January this year Bulgaria's parliament adopted amendments, which ban cash payments exceeding BGN 15 000. Amounts exceeding BGN 15 000 must be paid only through bank transfers, the MPs decided in a bid to prevent VAT ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's NEK Head Fired over Blunder in Nuclear Talks with Rosatom [Apr 05, 2011] Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has fired the head of the National Electric Company NEK Krasimir Parvanov over a blunder in the negotiations with Russian company Rosatom for the construction of the Belene NPP. Expect details... [via YahooNews] More >>

Gazprom CEO: Bulgaria, Russia Progress on South Stream Project [Oct 17, 2010] Bulgaria and Russia have reached a serious progress in the negotiations for the South Stream gas pipeline project, Russia's Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller, said after his meeting with Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Vivacom Reaches Final Line in Ownership Reshuffle - Report [Oct 13, 2010] Bulgaria's top fixed-line operator Vivacom is very close to a change in ownership following negotiations that have dragged on for nearly half a year, according to reports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Negotiates Transit of Azerbaijan Gas with Georgia [Oct 06, 2010] Bulgaria is in negotiations with Georgia for the transit of 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan. This was confirmed Monday in Sofia after a meeting of the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Georgia, Boyko Borisov and Nikoloz Gilauri. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Negotiates Transit of Azerbaijan Gas with Georgia [Oct 04, 2010] Bulgaria is in negotiations with Georgia for the transit of 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan. This was confirmed Monday in Sofia after a meeting of the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Georgia, Boyko Borisov and Nikoloz Gilauri. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Might Host Direct Isreali-Palestinian Talks in September [Aug 20, 2010] His Excellency was approached by Novinite.com over the recent visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres to Bulgaria, during which he declared that direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations could be expected shortly, and described Bulgaria as the most suitable place to hold such talks. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to repay 4.88 mln euro debt for Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline - Transneft [Jul 26, 2010] Bulgaria agreed to repay its 4.88 million euro debt for the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline construction, Transneft Vice President Mikhail Barkov, who participated in recent negotiations in Sofia, said on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia, Bulgaria to Create Joint Company for South Stream Project [Jul 16, 2010] Bulgaria's economy and energy minister Traicho Traikov. Photo by BGNES. The details have not been arranged yet during Friday's negotiations in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna. Talks are set to continue Saturday, announced Traikov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia Make 'Breakthroughs' in South Stream Talks [Jul 07, 2010] Bulgaria and Russia have made important breakthroughs in the negotiations for the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline on Bulgarian soil, the Economy Ministry announced in a special statement. [via YahooNews] More >>