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Energy Minister Andrei Zhivkov asked the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) to remove the management of Bulgartransgaz after an inquiry by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) confirmed Energy Ministry conclusions about ineffective management of the natural gas transmission company.

Bank financing was provided for the construction of Balkan Stream in the form of a secured loan of EUR 200 million. This was reported by Bulgartransgaz. The system operator announced that it had successfully completed the loan procedure, BTA reported.

Corruption prosecutors have launched a probe into the sale of Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramangas, western Attica, to a German consortium in 2002, even though the statute of limitations has expired and no politician can be held accountable unless money is found to have illegally changed hands.

BELGRADE - Serbian national Miroslav Tomic, employed at German engineering group Ferrostaal, has been freed in Libya on Wednesday, the foreign ministry cited the Serbian Embassy in Tripoli as saying after having received the confirmation.

BELGRADE - Secretary General at the Serbian Foreign Ministry Veljko Odalovic said Wednesday that he believed that the information about the freeing of a Serbian national kidnapped in Libya was true, but it had not been confirmed officially yet.
    

Serbian national Miroslav Tomic, who was abducted in Libya on Sunday, "has been freed and taken to a safe place."

Martin Wiechers from German engineering group Ferrostaal, which employs Tomic, told Tanjug on Tuesday.