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After deciding last week to rejoin the EU’s flagship R&D programme, the UK government is now considering what to do about the related fusion-energy project, ITER. But Russia will have to sign off any new form of formal relationship, making the UK’s involvement a key test of whether ITER can continue to rise above geopolitical tensions as it has for nearly four decades.

After deciding last week to rejoin the EU’s flagship R&D programme, the UK government is now considering what to do about the related fusion-energy project, ITER. But Russia will have to sign off any new form of formal relationship, making the UK’s involvement a key test of whether ITER can continue to rise above geopolitical tensions as it has for nearly four decades.

Fitch revises Bulgarias outlook to positive, affirms BBB rating gary yim/Shutterstock.com SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 22 (SeeNews) - Fitch Ratings said that it has revised the outlook on Bulgarias Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to positive from stable and affirmed the IDR at BBB. The change in Bulgarias rating outlook reflects the improved GDP estimate for 2020 and the expected substantial funding for investment from the EU, which dissipates short-term d...