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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 30.7% for February 2023

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 30.7 per cent decrease in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve additional windfall profit tax on country’s sole oil refinery

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Parliament voted late on January 12 to approve a bill that will impose an additional tax on windfall profits

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs ask caretaker Cabinet to renegotiate terms of EU post-Covid stimulus

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on January 12 to require the country’s caretaker Cabinet to renegotiate with the European Commission part

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Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 22.8% for January 2023

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 22.8 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station signs fuel agreement with Framatome

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station and Framatome signed on December 30 a preliminary agreement for deliveries of nuclear fuel for

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Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station in 10-year deal for fuel from US Westinghouse

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station signed on December 22 a 10-year contract to produce and deliver

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Europe 

Eurostat: EU gas consumption down by 20.1%

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

EU consumption of natural gas dropped by 20.1 per cent in the period August-November 2022, compared with the average gas consumption

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Europe 

EU energy ministers agree price cap on natural gas

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Energy ministers from the European Union member states agreed late on December 19 a proposal for a new Council regulation

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Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 18.8% for December 2022

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved an 18.8 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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