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April 03, 2015

Bulgaria drops $4bn Westinghouse nuclear deal
Sofia (AFP) April 1, 2015
Bulgaria has dropped a deal with US-based firm Westinghouse Electric to build a new reactor at its only nuclear plant because of financial pressures, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced Wednesday. "We cannot uphold the agreement" which is worth $4 billion (3.8 billion euros), Borisov told parliament, adding that the cash-strapped country was unable to shoulder the costs. The hasty deal, signed by the previous Socialist-led government just before it resigned last July, envisaged the building o ... read more

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