Energy Update

SOFIA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will pay Russian state
nuclear company Rosatom 400 million euros ($446 million), the
bulk of the compensation for the cancelled Belene nuclear
project, by the end of the year, Economy Minister Temenuzhka
Petkova said on Saturday.

SARAJEVO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Bosnia's top court upheld a
ban on a national holiday in the autonomous Serb Republic,
saying its date, which coincides with an Orthodox Christian
holiday, discriminated against the region's Muslims Bosniaks and
Catholic Croatians.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama
expressed deep concern that the Syrian government continues to
block the flow of humanitarian aid despite decreased violence in
the country following a truce arranged by the United States and
Russia, the White House said on Friday.

FRANKFURT, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Mobileye NV said in
a U.S. securities filing on Friday that its top executives were
assured by Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk
that drivers of the company's electric cars would not be allowed
to take their hands off the wheel when using the "Autopilot"
driving assistance system, but Tesla later allowed hands-free
driving over Mobileye's objections.