translation.bs: Formalno pokretanje aktivnosti na provedbi projekta u Belenu odobreno je u septembru 2008, osam mjeseci nakon što je bivša bugarska koaliciona vlada pod vodstvom socijalista zaključila sporazum o tome tokom službene posjete Sofiji tadašnjeg ruskog predsjednika Vladimira Putina.
translation.en: The formal start of activities to implement the Belene project was given in September 2008, eight months after Bulgaria's former Socialist-led coalition government concluded an agreement on it during then-Russian President Vladimir Putin's official visit to Sofia.