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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 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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Bulgaria 

EASC: ‘Turkish Stream’ and Belene raise concern about impact on Bulgaria’s energy security

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Currently, two energy projects raise concern about their impact on Bulgaria’s energy security – Turk Stream and the Belene Nuclear

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Bulgaria’s Eurohold appeals against watchdog decision barring deal for CEZ assets

November 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian insurance and asset management group Eurohold Holding said on November 12 that it has lodged an appeal against the

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Bulgaria, Russia foreign ministers discuss energy, cultural ties

October 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva met her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on October 21 during a visit to Moscow, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Greece sign contracts for gas inter-connector pipeline

October 10, 2019October 12, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova and her Greek counterpart Kostis Hatzidakis signed a number of contracts for the Bulgaria-Greece natural

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