Turning of the first sod of Belene nuclear power plant was by no means only a media event, it launched the preparation of the ground for the real construction, Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov told private broadcaster bTV. The concrete for the first unit of the nuclear power plant would be laid before the first snowfall and for the second one in March 2009, Dimitrov said.
We currently have an excess of electricity," he said. "We were selling it and we continue selling and the revenue is more or less the same as before the closure of Kozloduy nuclear power plants units closure because the electricity price rose.
Bulgarian national football team coach Plamen Markov commented for bTV on Dimitar Berbatovs transfer to Manchester United. The whole transfer saga affected, even psychologically Berbatov and he did not feel very well in the [friendly] match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Berbatov scored both goals in Bulgaria's 2-1 win. This transfer is a huge success for him. I believe that after he had achieved his big dream, he will feel well now, Markov said.
Bulgaria should build nuclear power plants, businessman Hristo Kovachki told Bulgarian National Television (BNT). But it would be more efficient for Bulgaria to build two additional units of Kozloduy nuclear power plant because of the existing infrastructure. It is a missed opportunity, but it could be realised in far future, he said.
State Administration Minister Nikolai Vassilev, who is a member of the co-ruling National Movement for Stability and Progress (NMSP), told BNT that NMSP will enter next Parliament, but I believe that there are more important things. [] If Bulgaria lost the currency board regime, for example. There is no such danger now, but if someone spent the budget surplus inexpediently, that danger would increase, instead of decrease.
Before 1989, the court had no problems because nothing depended on it, Konstantin Penchev, head of the Supreme Administrative Court, told Private broadcaster Nova Television. Currently, [] few people, but on key positions vitiate the entire system." Asked whether there were corrupted people in the judicial systems highest levels, Penchev said I am sure there are. There is a political and economic pressure on judicial power in Bulgaria and often the pressure sources are related.
