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"Even if billions are poured into the healthcare system, they will sink in unknown channels," heart surgeon Alexander Chirkov told private broadcaster Nova Television.

Bulgaria hopes a new, 4 billion-euro facility will help it regain its earlier role as a Balkan energy powerhouse.

The head of a Russian nuclear power plant construction company and the Bulgarian premier took part in a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the start of the building of a nuclear power station in northern Bulgaria.

Today's first step in the construction of the country's second nuclear power plant in Belene could help Bulgaria to regain a strategic position as an electricity exporter to Southeastern Europe, writes ...

The unit of Russia's AtomStroyExport hired to build a new nuclear capacity at the Danube town of Belene has signed a contract with the Euromin Build consortium, the company said in response to a Dnevnik ...

Bulgaria's Economy Minister Dimitrov said the country's foreign investments might drop as a result of the critical EC Reports.

Russia's Atomstroyexport, hired to build a new nuclear power capacity at the Danube town of Belene, should begin on July 30 to dismantle the equipment and other structures on the site of the project mothballed ...

Russia's Atomstroyexport, hired to build a new nuclear power capacity at the Danube town of Belene, should begin on July 30 to dismantle the equipment and other structures on the site of the project mothballed ...

Matt said: "How common are foods without artificial colourings in the USA? They're common in the UK, not just on "organic" food, but on "normal" food too.

The Director of the Nuclear Power Plant "Kozloduy" Ivan Genov defined accusations of corruption of the NPP's management as a smearing campaign against Bulgaria's nuclear energy production and against the entire ...

The Bulgarian government has officially allowed the start of the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant by the Russian company Atomexportstroy.

Bulgaria ranks last in the European Union by the conservation of energy, according to Petar Dimitrov, Bulgaria's Minister of Energy and Economy.

Bulgaria's Energy Minister Dimitrov announced the country ranked last in the EU in the use and development of energy saving technologies.

There are delays in the projects for the Nuclear Power Plant "Belene" and the power plants in the "Maritsa-East" basin, according to Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy, Petar Dimitrov.

Press review: Headlines in Bulgarian papers on June 25 2008 11:46 Wed 25 Jun 2008 - Elitsa Savova These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on June 25 2008.

Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov convenes Tuesday the National Security Council to discuss the effects of Bulgaria's participation in major energy projects on the country's security.

EARLY in Bram Stok er's 1897 novel "Dra cula," Jonathan Harker - a real es tate agent sent to Transylvania to meet a client who turns out to be the blood-sucking vampire - speaks of arriving in the city of ...

"No to Belene" Coalition members protest Tuesday against plans to build a second nuclear power plant in Belene Photo by Yuliana Nikolova buy photo If the EC has any doubts it would not accept a project, ever, ...

Environmentalists stage new protest against Belene power plant 16:27 Tue 10 Jun 2008 - Elitsa Grancharova Bulgaria's BeleNE coalition, which has recently embarked on a campaign to thwart the Cabinet's plans to ...

The grounds of the Nuclear Power Plant "Belene" are a serious seismic risk, according N 3 4 the National Coalition "NPP BeleNe" regarding the project to build a second power plant in Bulgaria.