Bulgaria offers help to Slovakia, Hungary after Ukraine imposes Lukoil transit ban

4 min read Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Chernyshov, Druzhba, European Peace Facility, European Union, Fitch, Lukoil, Malinov, MOL, Naftogaz, Szijjarto, Tompos

Bulgaria has extended a helping hand to Hungary in managing the fallout from Ukraine’s recent ban on the transit of oil from Russia’s Lukoil, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, announced in Bucharest, Romania, on Wednesday 24 July. Szijjarto detailed how he and Bulgarian Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov had

Westinghouse increasingly central to CEE’s shift from Russian nuclear industry

3 min read Bulgaria, Poland, Ukraine, Framatome, Glavchev, Kozloduy, Malinov, Rosatom, westinghouse

US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Company has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with 17 Bulgarian suppliers to support the construction of two AP1000 reactors at the nuclear power plant in Kozloduy, north Bulgaria, and received a permit to begin transitioning to using fuel it has produced. As well as Bulgaria,