Bulgaria again postponed a decision regarding the privatization of the two power plants Varna and Russe to the Russian UES by another 30 days to September 19. Note that UES won the tender for the two power plants by offering EUR 179m and EUR 580.4m for Rousse and Varna respectively, while CEZ came second with bids of EUR 36.3m and EUR 286.5m respectively. The Bulgarian antimonopoly office ruled that UES could purchase only one power plant, which would make CEZ the winner of the tender for the second power plant.