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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices, leaves central heating unchanged

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has approved a 9.04 per cent decrease in gas prices for end-users starting

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Bulgarian MPs pass bill requiring Bulgargaz to rebate gas bills

April 14, 2020April 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed amendments to the country’s Energy Act at second reading on April 14 that will require state-owned gas

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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas, heating prices; electricity prices unchanged

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said that electricity prices will remain unchanged, while the natural gas price will

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Gazprom and Bulgargaz agree on 40% cut in price for natural gas for Bulgaria

March 3, 2020March 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Russia’s Gazprom and Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz, the sole public supplier of natural gas for Bulgaria, have agreed on a 40 per

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Bulgaria’s Bulgartransgaz to take 20% stake in Alexandroupolis LNG terminal

January 8, 2020January 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Cabinet gave its approval on January 8 for state-owned gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz to take a 20 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to get cheaper Russian gas with point-of-entry change – minister

December 30, 2019January 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian consumers will pay five per cent less for Russian gas starting January 1 2020, after Bulgaria’s state-owned company Bulgargaz

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Bulgaria shortlists five companies in Belene nuclear station tender

December 19, 2019December 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said on December 19 that five companies have been shortlisted in the tender to pick

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Two dead in construction incident at Bulgaria nuclear waste site

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Two construction workers died and two others were injured at the site of Bulgaria’s future nuclear waste storage facility near

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Eurostat: Bulgaria had largest increase in household gas prices in EU

November 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Between the first half of 2018 and the first half of 2019, the largest increase in household gas prices in

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