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Bulgaria’s Eurohold Holding agrees to buy CEZ assets for 335M euro

June 21, 2019June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian insurance and asset management group Eurohold Holding said on June 20 that it has agreed to buy the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria buys 140M cubic metres of LNG, first shipment arrives in Greece

May 31, 2019June 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG), part of a 140 million cubic metres purchase by Bulgarian state-owned gas

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria drops Saudi firm Arkad as gas grid capacity expansion contractor

May 29, 2019June 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz has changed its decision in the tender to design and build the expansion of Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Building of long-delayed Bulgaria-Greece gas inter-connector pipeline begins

May 22, 2019May 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras attended the ceremony to mark the start of construction

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Household electricity prices in EU ‘lowest in Bulgaria’ – Eurostat

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

In the second half of 2018, household electricity prices in the European Union were lowest in Bulgaria, at 10 euro

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Bulgaria 

Greece’s J&P Avax picked to build Bulgaria-Greece gas inter-connector pipeline

May 14, 2019May 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

ICGB, project company for the Bulgaria-Greece gas inter-connector pipeline, said on May 14 that it picked Greek company J&P Avax

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria picks Saudi firm Arkad for gas grid capacity expansion

April 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz said on April 3 that it picked Saudi Arabian Arkad Engineering and Constructions Company to design

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Bulgaria 

Two bids submitted to build Bulgaria-Greece gas inter-connector pipeline

April 2, 2019May 14, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Two candidates have submitted bids to design and build the gas inter-connector pipeline between Bulgaria and Greece, which project company

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Europe 

Greek energy companies ‘ready to invest in North Macedonia’

March 30, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Macedonia

Greek energy companies are showing strong interest in the interconnection and expansion of the gas, electricity and oil networks between

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