North Macedonia has shown interest in acquiring a minority stake in the future project company for construction of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant (NPP), Bulgaria's energy ministry said on August 20, 2019. Atomenergoremont PLC (BUL:68A) and Grand Energy Distribution Food, have also declared interest in acquiring minority shareholding in the project company, the energy ministry said in a statement after the deadline for submitting expressions of interest in the project expired on August 19, 2019.