Kazakhstan will soon start negotiations on joining a planned pipeline that will pump Russian oil to Europe via Bulgaria and Greece in order to increase Caspian oil exports to Europe, the energy minister said.
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Bulgaria was the first country to rehearse at Eurovision. Elitsa and Stoyan arrived at the press conference with bright smiles on their faces. They have found the organisation to be
very good.
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National Electricity Company in Bulgaria invited potential strategic investors to acquire a share in a new nuclear power plant project in the country's northern part. The state-owned electricity company (NEK) said in a statement it was looking for investors for an up to 49 percent stake in the Belene Power Company, which will be set up to own and operate the nuclear power plant. NEK will hold a stake of at least 51 percent in it.
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The unemployment rate in EU newcomer Bulgaria stood at 8.92 percent in March. The jobless rate in March was down by 0.56 percent from the previous month, and down by 1.92 percent from March 2006. The total number of unemployed in March stood at 330,270, or 20,905 less than in February.
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Bulgaria's population has dropped by 1 million to 7.7 million since the end of communist rule in 1989, a nearly catastrophic decrease in such a small country.
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Russia, Greece, and Bulgaria have signed a deal to build a pipeline to transport Russian oil from the Black Sea to a Greek port on the Aegean.
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The European Union's top official for Bulgaria says reopening two shuttered Bulgarian nuclear reactors is "out of the question."
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EnerSys, the world's largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Energia AD, a producer of industrial batteries located in Targovishte, Bulgaria.
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Romanian and Bulgarian lawmakers have taken their place for the first time in the European parliament as the first plenary session got under way since the two former communist countries joined the EU at the beginning of the year.
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Event that would be classified as major milestone in both countries were not reason for major celebrations. It seems that EU officials were modest in their expressions.
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The Accession Treaty with Bulgaria and Romania was signed on 25 April 2005 in Luxembourg, and has now been ratified by all 25 member states, as well as Bulgaria and Romania, so that the two countries can accede as planned on 1 January 2007. Prior to the signing, the European Commission (22 February 2005), the European Parliament (13 April 2005) and the Council (25 April 2005) had approved the application for accession pursuant to Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union.
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On 1 January 2007 the EU welcomes two new Member States and 30 million people, when Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union. This completes the EU's historic fifth round of enlargement peacefully reuniting Western and Eastern Europe after decades of division.
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