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The Clean Sea organization rallied against the planned oil pipeline in Burgas on Wednesday.

Citizens of Burgas, Bulgaria's fourth-largest city, hit the streets at the end of last year in protest against the controversial oil pipeline that will pass through their municipality as agreed during the visit of the Russian president.

Just a week after the government inaugurated the Egnatia Odos, the 670-kilometer highway that stretches from northeastern Greece to the northwestern port of Igoumenitsa, a section of the road has been closed already for repair work.

If geopolitical motives drive Russian energy projects in Bulgaria, such as the Belene NPP, their realization will not be affected by the economic crisis.

Athens Bulgaria, Greece and Russia signed the agreement for cooperation in construction and use of the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline.

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Russia and Greece have deeply rooted ties of friendship that span a history of over a thousand years.

A total of 99% of the residents of the coastal town of Pomorie, who took part in a local referedum on Saturday, have voted against plans for an oil pipeline passing through the municipality.

The state-owned Bulgarian Energy Holding , the recently formed mega structure in charge of the country's top energy assets, has decided to withdraw from the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project that should carry Russian oil via the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Bourgas and Greece's Alexandroupolis on the Aegean.

More than 30% of the eligible voters in Pomorie have voted in the referendum on the proposed oil pipeline by the early afternoon.

Bulgarian Energy Holding is quitting the Burgas-Alexandroupolis natural gas pipeline project.

Karamanlis, Russian PM speak about energy over the phone Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a 20-minute telephone conversation yesterday.

Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, which focused on energy issues and ways to further develop the already close bilateral relations between the two countries.

The seaside resort town of Pomorie, Bulgaria, plans to hold a May 16 public referendum on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline.

The coastal town of Pomorie will hold on May 16 a referendum asking its residents to vote in favour or against plans for an oil pipeline passing through the municipality.

Bulgarians rally against trans-Balkan oil pipeline A protestor holds a sign reading "Are we going to allow this?" during a protest against the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline in Sofia April 22, 2009.

Bulgaria's PM Stanishev has placed an emphasis on the country's and EU's partnership with Russia.

Attempts to exclude Russia from global energy decision making are counterproductive, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday in a landmark address to the lower house of parliament.

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Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis's call for Greeks to A rally togetherA to face the economic crisis appeared to have little effect on politicians, who continued to argue about the strength and weaknesses of the government's approach to the problem.