Bulgarian ex-energy minister charged over nuclear project

Bulgarian prosecutors charged former economy and energy minister Rumen Ovcharov on Thursday with mismanagement that led to state losses of more than 190 million euros ($200 million) related to a cancelled nuclear power project with Russia's Atomstroyexport. Bulgaria cancelled the 10-billion-euro Belene project on the Danube River in 2012 after failing to find foreign investors and under pressure from Brussels and Washington to limit its energy dependence on Russia. An arbitration court has ruled