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Dice cast over Cyprus LNG plant

June 27, 2013June 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

The dice has been cast as regards the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant that the Cypriot government has decided to

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EU ministers agree on new bank rescue rules

June 27, 2013 VOANews

The European Union finance ministers have agreed to a draft deal establishing who will pay for bank bailouts in the

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Azeri gas field consortium picks TAP over Nabucco West – reports

June 26, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The consortium developing the Shah Deniz 2 gas field on Azerbaijan’s shelf in the Caspian Sea has picked the Trans-Adriatic

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Bulgarian watchdog cancels decision in Sofia refuse plant tender

June 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on June 25 that it cancelled Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova’s order that

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EU clears market merger

June 25, 2013 VOANews

A proposed $8.2 billion merger between the InterContinentalExchange and the NYSE-Euronext markets moved a step closer to reality Monday, when

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Bulgaria’s Danube Bridge 2 plagued by missing road signs – report

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

More than a week since the opening of Danube Bridge 2, between Romania and Bulgaria, many drivers could not find

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Economy Minister sacks Bulgarian Energy Holding chief executive

June 19, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev has fired Mihail Andonov, the executive director of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the

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Groundbreaking ceremony held at Sofia – Bozhurishte Economic Zone

June 17, 2013June 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev was among VIPs who attended a groundbreaking ceremony at the Sofia – Bozhurishte Economic Zone project

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Danube Bridge 2 opens between Bulgaria, Romania

June 14, 2013June 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Senior government officials from Bulgaria and Romania, including the two heads of government, and European Commissioner for regional policy Johannes

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