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EU offers new funds to shut down Soviet-era reactors [Nov 24, 2011] (BRUSSELS ) - The European Commission offered on Thursday an additional 500 million euros in EU aid for Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to put Soviet-era nuclear reactors out of service for good. [via YahooNews] More >>

EC to Set Aside EUR 550 M for Nuclear Decommissioning Aid [Nov 23, 2011] The European Commission (EC) plans to set aside additional nuclear decommissioning aid of EUR 550 M after 2013 to help Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia, reports say. The money will be used for closing down the old nuclear reactors in Slovakia's Bohunice, Lithuania's Ignalina and Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP, the German paper Handelsblatt reported. An EC spokesperson said that no official decision has ... [via YahooNews] More >>

EU urges Slovakia to give 'swift' approval to eurozone deal [Sep 06, 2011] (BRUSSELS ) - The European Commission told Slovakia on Tuesday that a "swift" vote ratifying a July 21 eurozone agreement granting Greece a second bailout and boosting eurozone rescue funding was "in Slovakia's own interest." [via YahooNews] More >>

Eurozone ups growth forecast [Mar 01, 2011] A man looks at a poster of the euro in Radosina, Slovakia. The European Commission raised its eurozone 2011 growth forecast to 1.6 percent but warned that markets remain fragile and unrest in the Arab ... [via YahooNews] More >>