Bulgaria, Russia agree further six months delay on Belene nuke
Bulgaria and Russia have agreed to delay by a further six months a decision whether to proceed with the Belene nuclear power project, Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) said on

HSBC to get 1% of Belene's final cost if price proves advantageous - report
UK bank HSBC, which was selected by Bulgaria's government in late 2010 to advise it on the Belene nuke project, will get a EUR 2.7 million consultancy fee to assess the plant's

Bulgaria puts Belene nuke project on hold by June
Bulgaria will come up with a decision on the price of the Belene nuclear project in two months following six-day negotiations between Bulgarian power utility NEK and Russia's

Bulgaria could freeze Belene nuclear project for 3 months
Bulgaria could seal an agreement with Russia in the coming days on freezing the Belene nuclear power project for three months, Bulgarian prime minister Boiko Borissov said on

Rosatom could exit Belene nuclear plant project
Russian nuclear power engineering company Atomstroyexport has advised its owner, state power corporation Rosatom, to drop Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power project, French daily La

Serbia confirms willingness to join Belene nuke project
Serbia has officially declared its eagerness to participate in the Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) project, Bulgaria's government press office said on Tuesday. In a letter to

Bulgaria, Russia agree on South Stream JV creation
Bulgaria and Russia sealed on Saturday an accord to set up a joint venture, which will build and operate the Bulgarian section of the South Stream gas pipeline. The announcement

Bulgaria may build Belene NPP without strategic investor
Bulgaria will retain a 50% stake in the Belene nuclear power scheme if it fails to attract a strategic investor, energy minister Traycho Traykov said. Speaking at the fourth New

Bulgaria picks Russians to build nuclear plant
Bulgaria's national power grid operator NEK  has chosen a group led by Russia's AtomStroyExport to build a new 2,000MW nuclear power plant at the Danube town of Belene. Bulgaria

Sofia Starts Talks with N-Plant Bidders
Russian company "Atomstroyexport" and Czech "Skoda" will be invited for negotiations over the future building of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant. The two bidders and the

Italy's Enel, Russia's RAO with a joint bid for Bulgarian Belene
Italian utility Enel and Russian power grid monopoly RAO EES may launch a joint bid for a Bulgarian nuclear plant in Belene, Dow Jones quoted Italian daily La Repubblica as saying

Bulgaria Sees Belene Nuclear Plant Bidders
Candidates for a construction contractor of a nuclear power plant at the Danube river town of Belene were to submit their bids to the National Electricity Transmission Company by