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Visiting Belgrade, Bulgarian PM promotes idea of regional single gas market

February 8, 2022February 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Kiril Petkov, Serbia

There is great potential to create a single gas trade market involving Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece, Bulgarian Prime

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Bulgaria: 450M leva aid for electricity bills at schools, community centres

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

A sum of 450 million leva is available for compensation for schools, community centres and children’s homes facing high electricity

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Bulgarians critical of government’s response to rising electricity bills

February 3, 2022February 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Three-quarters of Bulgarian households are experiencing difficulties because of rising electricity bills and are trying to take steps to reduce

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Bulgarian municipalities may get state help with high electricity bills – subject to checks

February 2, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Municipalities in Bulgaria – many of them cutting back street lighting and heating of public buildings because of soaring electricity

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 17.6% for February 2022

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

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator said on February 1 that it approved a decrease in gas prices in the country by 17.6

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Bulgaria 

Row erupts over Bulgarian capital’s spending on street lighting

January 30, 2022February 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Kiril Petkov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova are ordering investigations into allegations that the Bulgarian capital city’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s municipalities call for help as soaring bills lead to more street lighting cutbacks

January 27, 2022January 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The number of municipalities in Bulgaria cutting back on street lighting has continued to rise in recent days, in the

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv mayor pledges not to cut street lighting, as bills skyrocket

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Plovdiv

Plovdiv mayor Zdravko Dimitrov has pledged not to limit street lighting, even as the municipality’s electricity bills are skyrocketing, according

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Bulgaria 

Several municipalities in Bulgaria limit street lighting as electricity bills soar

January 23, 2022January 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Several municipalities in Bulgaria are cutting back on street lighting as electricity bills soar. Announcements of the cutbacks by various

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