The Phoenix Partnership

The main emphasis in the work of the Acting Minister of Ecology, Rositsa Karamfilova, will be the work on the criminal procedures that have been initiated by Europe against Bulgaria, she told bTV. Currently, there are 16 in total, but the focus will be on three of them.

The executive director of Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant (TPP) has been charged with mismanagement of hazardous waste, said the Appellate Prosecutor's Office - Sofia, quoted by Focus News Agency.

The District Prosecutor's Office in the town of Dupnitsa on January 17 launched an investigation into Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant (TPP) for crimes against public health and the environment. Pre-trial proceedings for a commited crime have been initiated, BNT reported.

Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will visit the Maritsa East 2 TPP EAD in order to check the situation after a tire ignition has occurred at one of the absorbers of a sulfur-purifying installation, which is in a planned repair. All necessary measures have been taken to secure the area. There is no danger for the population.

The chimney of the Maritsa East 2 TPP is on fire, bTV announced.

Fire safety teams and the police are on-site. There is no information about injured people. According to preliminary information, the fire started after repair.

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"Passing the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] is as important to me as another aircraft carrier," said former U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter two years ago, as the negotiations on the huge new free trade organization were nearing completion.