/Person/Vladimir_Putin

2012-03-29Bulgaria announced it is withdrawing from the 30-year-old project to build the country's second nuclear power plant.

2012-01-11With South Stream and the Trans-Anatolian pipeline set to transport Russian and Azerbaijani gas, Turkey's solidifies its position as a regional energy transportation hub.

2011-10-04A final decision on the construction of Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant will not be taken before the end of March, under a new deal signed with Russia.

2011-03-24Russia's prime minister receives a warm welcome during his visit. But are hopes of assistance from Moscow too high?

2011-03-23BELGRADE, Serbia -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin kicks off a visit to Belgrade on Wednesday (March 23rd), meeting with senior officials and...

2011-02-21Rosatom says Bulgaria must sign the next annex to the agreement on the nuclear plant.

2011-02-20BELGRADE, Serbia -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Belgrade in March, local media reported on Saturday (February 19th), quoting unn...

2010-11-14SOFIA, Bulgaria -- As expected, Bulgaria and Russia established a joint venture Saturday (November 13th) to handle construction of the South Stream n...

2010-11-09ZAGREB, Croatia -- Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor announced on Monday(November 8th) that Croatia will not participate in a project to build a second n...

2010-11-08The prime ministers of Bulgaria and Russia will meet later this week to discuss joint energy projects and other issues.

2010-11-03SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Bulgaria on November 13th, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced on Tuesday (Nov...

2010-10-22SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have reached an informal agreement to establish a joint ventur...

2010-10-18After talks with Bulgarian officials Friday, Gazprom's CEO said the meeting gave a "serious push" to the South Stream gas pipeline project.

2010-07-22SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The government approved an agreement Wednesday (July 21st) in support of the Nabucco gas pipeline. The EU-backed project aims to t...

2010-06-25More than two thirds of Greeks say they have gotten poorer, and similar results are recorded in neighbouring countries. Also in business news: a joint Croatian/Hungarian venture discovers natural gas at the Zalata-Dravica field.

2010-06-21Cost and viability may halt the construction of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Friday.

2010-06-09ANKARA, Turkey -- Russia and Turkey signed a nuclear co-operation deal Tuesday (June 8th), on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Conf...

2010-03-17Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Tuesday that he would refer all activities conducted under the country's Belene nuclear power plant project to the Prosecutor's Office.

2010-03-04It took some time, but Croatia finally signs on to the South Stream pipeline, joining Russia and eight other countries in Europe and the Balkans.

2010-03-03MOSCOW, Russia -- Croatia became part of the South Stream pipeline project on Tuesday (March 2nd), after signing an agreement in Moscow. Croatian Pri...