Bulgaria may experience some power shortages and electric exports may also be affected, after a problem was detected with Reactor 6 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant during annual repair works

• Date: 20.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from sofiaecho.com

A building company was fined for using a false certificate to win public tenders in Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, local Commission For Protection Of Competition (CPC) said on Monday.

• Date: 19.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily

Russian troops have withdrawn from a Georgian town which they had occupied since a bitter war between the two countries in 2008.

• Date: 19.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller held talks with Prime Minister Emil Boc, Economics Minister Ion Ariton, and other officials, on Romania’s possible participation in Gazprom projects. Adriean Videanu, economics minister until six weeks ago and (unusually in Romania) an active proponent of ties with Gazprom, attended the October 13 talks in his new capacity as first vice-chairman of the governing Liberal Democrat Liberal Party.

• Date: 15.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from jamestown.org

Russia must do a deal with Georgia over customs controls on their internationally recognized border if it is to pursue its goal of joining the World Trade Organization, Georgia's first deputy foreign minister, Giorgi Bokeria, said on Thursday.

• Date: 15.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Bulgaria invites Chinese investment as the country offers the lowest taxes within the European Union, a senior Bulgarian official said Monday.

• Date: 12.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

Bulgaria's contract with Russia's Atomstroyexport, commissioned to build the planned 2,000 megawatt Belene nuclear plant on the Danube River, which has stalled over lack of funding, will be extended by six months, reports say.

• Date: 11.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Georgia's prime minister said Wednesday that his country will not support Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization unless Moscow allows Georgian customs officials to operate in two disputed territories allied with Russia

• Date: 07.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.washingtonpost.com/