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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11274

14 March 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) energy
Russia-Hungary nuclear agreement discussed with Commission

Brussels, 13/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - Hungary acknowledged on Friday 13 March that the European Commission had raised objections to its plans to extend the Paks nuclear power station, with Russia financing 80% of the costs through a loan of up to €10 billion.

“The talks taking place are not holding up the project”, stated Hungarian government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs, indicating that he expected the issue with the Commission to be resolved “within a few weeks”. Budapest had...

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