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Greece presses for Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline
The Greek government will "undertake a diplomatic initiative" in an attempt to salvage the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis gas pipeline project which was scrapped by Bulgaria last week, Bulgaria media reported on June 22 2010.
The Greek on-line edition Naftemporiki revealed that deputy energy minister Yannis Manyatis announced that the country would launch the initiative in "coming weeks".
The Greeks are concerned because Bulgaria plans to pull out of the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis gas pipeline project permanently. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov in front of European Union ambassadors.
According to Bulgarian Focus news agency, Greece has stressed that the government has not changed its policy on the pipeline and is concerned about negative signals emanating from Bulgaria. Reportedly, members of the Greek opposition party New Democracy have accused the Pasok-led government of making no effort to discuss the matter with the Bulgarian government, which appears to have decided to scrap the project permanently.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 18 that he would support the construction of the Belene nuclear plant only if there were coherent financial parameters for the project and a sound basis for return on investment, but that the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline project is a no-go.
He said the decision was taken because the pipeline was planned to cross a section of land that is a national reserve and that local residents were staunchly opposed to it.
However, he would support the construction of another nuclear power plant, if the price is reviewed, because he believed the facility could be constructed for 300 million euro less than the specified price.
The Greek on-line edition Naftemporiki revealed that deputy energy minister Yannis Manyatis announced that the country would launch the initiative in "coming weeks".
The Greeks are concerned because Bulgaria plans to pull out of the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis gas pipeline project permanently. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov in front of European Union ambassadors.
According to Bulgarian Focus news agency, Greece has stressed that the government has not changed its policy on the pipeline and is concerned about negative signals emanating from Bulgaria. Reportedly, members of the Greek opposition party New Democracy have accused the Pasok-led government of making no effort to discuss the matter with the Bulgarian government, which appears to have decided to scrap the project permanently.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 18 that he would support the construction of the Belene nuclear plant only if there were coherent financial parameters for the project and a sound basis for return on investment, but that the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline project is a no-go.
He said the decision was taken because the pipeline was planned to cross a section of land that is a national reserve and that local residents were staunchly opposed to it.
However, he would support the construction of another nuclear power plant, if the price is reviewed, because he believed the facility could be constructed for 300 million euro less than the specified price.
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learn a bit of ancient Greek history before you steal Greek nicknames.
Epaminondas was an ancient Greek Theban (from Thebes) and not a name of an ancient Greek Macedonian from Macedonia. Actually Alexander the Great Greek fought the Thebans since they did not want to join his alliance against the Persians.
copy cats were always bad copiers.
when you say the Greeks sabotaged your trains what do you mean?
your borders was blocked by all Greeks and their government or a specific minority?
do you expect our government or other people who had business in Bulgaria to enjoy closing the border?
the Bulgarians have a complex against Greeks and it is a pity since we have contributed so much to your economy or accepting so many Bulgarian immigrants to work in Greece for the last two decades.
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Et moi aussi je vais mettre mon chat a miauler de chagrin
Serves the Greeks right ! They like to employ their single-state "veto" when it suits them (like over Macedonia), so let them experience it for a change from someone else !
Oh dear, moi je pleure / I cry loads of tears ...
Greeks...
Why don't they press the Greeks to do an honest day work for honest wage. WTF?
Greeks even blocked our borders, sabotaged out trains, and generally tend to take it out on BG even internal grievances they have against their own government, this is just continuation of the relationship...
I hate to say this, but Boyko is the first BG politician in my lifetime that actually cares about the interests of BG.
That pipe is good for Greece and Russia mostly, and even the fact that he is listening to the local population's environmental concern is new for BG.
Greek population generally has no hesitation in pressuring their government, it's good to see that Bulgarian citizen awareness is also taking hold.
"because he believed"
Where does an ignorant life guard get the knowledge about numbers? How can they let an idiot like him rule the country and sell out to whoever promises him something he will never get.