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Restarting Belene and stopping railway privatisation part of BSP governance plan

April 9, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

A victory by the socialist-led Coalition for Bulgaria in the May 12 2013 parliamentary elections would mean a government programme

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Bulgarian MPs shut down Belene proposal in Parliament

February 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, energy

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 27 a motion that supported the Cabinet’s decision to shelve the proposed nuclear power plant

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Bulgaria’s Belene referendum campaign sends political rivals into meltdown

January 25, 2013June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, Boiko Borissov, energy, Sergei Stanishev

If there was any doubt that Bulgaria’s referendum on the future development of nuclear energy was a proxy war between

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Belene dominates live TV debate ahead of Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum that ‘isn’t’ about Belene

January 9, 2013June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Belene, energy

Belene, the nuclear power station that may not speak its name, was much mentioned in Bulgaria’s first live television debate

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Bulgaria’s political battle lines over nuclear energy referendum

November 27, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Belene, nuclear

The political picture that emerges as Bulgaria’s parties line up their positions regarding the January 27 2013 referendum on the

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The Belene nuclear project, Bulgaria’s radioactive political issue

October 19, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Belene, Boiko Borissov, nuclear, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

The farce into which Bulgaria’s planned national referendum on whether to proceed with the Belene nuclear power station has rapidly

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Socialist leader Stanishev wants voter turnout validity bar for Belene referendum lowered

October 9, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Belene, Sergei Stanishev

With polls suggesting that a proposed national referendum on building a nuclear power station at Belene may be invalid because

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Bulgaria News 

Belene drama: Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee to probe feasibility of nuclear project

October 3, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, nuclear

With Bulgaria now seemingly about three months away from a referendum on whether to go ahead with the controversial Belene

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Belene: an unfinished play of indeterminate length

September 28, 2012June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s autumn political drama season got off to a relatively quiet start, a calm before the storm of debates stirred

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