Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
South Stream Project to Top Agenda of Borisov-Juncker Talks
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is set to visit Brussels on Thursday, December 4, to meet EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.The South Stream gas pipeline project, which Moscow is renouncing according to a statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be at the core of their discussions, Juncker was quoted by the...
Situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhye NPP ‘Under Control’
Workers have begun an emergency repair at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant Zaporizhye (Ukraine), with “no issues” registered at the reactor where a short-circuit forced authorities to shut down parts of the plant.Ukraine’s Energy Ministry has also explained an imbalance of power supply is to be observed due to both the...
Ukraine Names Cause of Nuclear Plant Accident
Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom has cast more light on the accident at the Zaporizhye nuclear plant which officials reported earlier on Wednesday.State-owned Ukrainian utility Energoatom has cited a failure of the voltage transformer at the Auxiliary Power Unit as a reason behind the development, according to UNIAN news...
Ukraine Reports Accident at Nuclear Plant, Energy Minister Says ‘No Threat’
An accident at Ukraine’s Zaporizhye nuclear power plant has forced the shutdown of a reactor but posed no danger, government officials said on Wednesday. Ukrainian Prime minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said a 1,000-megawatt reactor at the power plant in southeastern Ukraine had been shut down following an unspecified accident on November 28 and...
Ukraine Reports Accident at Nuclear Plant, Energy Minister Says “No Threat”
An accident at Ukraine’s Zaporizhye nuclear power plant has forced the shutdown of a reactor but posed no danger, government officials said on Wednesday. Ukrainian Prime minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said a 1,000-megawatt reactor at the power plant in southeastern Ukraine had been shut down following an unspecified accident on November 28 and...
US to Discuss New Sanctions on Russia with EU Allies if Ukraine Fighting Goes on
The US will discuss with its EU allies imposing new sanctions against Moscow if pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine don’t stop the fighting, a State Department official has said. The official, accompanying Secretary of State John Kerry to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, said on Tuesday the US would “be having those...
Kiev, Pro-Russian Rebels Strike Luhansk Ceasefire Deal – OSCE
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) has said a ceasefire was agreed between representatives of Ukraine’s armed forces and the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic. The SMM attended a meeting in the city of Luhansk on November 29, at which were present the head of the Ukrainian contingent to the Joint Centre for...
Belligerents Reach Agreement on Declaring Ceasefire in Luhansk
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) announced in one of its regular reports that a ceasefire had been agreed between representatives of Ukraine’s armed forces and the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic. The SMM attended a meeting in the city of Luhansk on November 29, at which were present the head of the...
EU Commission to Continue Talks on Finding Solution on South Stream
The European Commission said on Tuesday it will continue talks on South Stream with EU member states despite Russia’s announcement that it has abandoned the gas pipeline project. “The next meeting had been planned for the 9th of December and it will take place regardless of the announcement by Russia to stop the project,” the...
Nina Dyulgerova: Russia Playing Poker with South Stream to Shift EU Position
An interview of Novinite with prof. Nina Dyulgerova, an expert in International Relations and Geoeconomics of Global Energy, on the latest events around South Stream. Since April 2001, Dyulgerova has been Professor of International Relations at the Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar. She is also teaching at a Master’s program titled...
