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Bulgarian PM Borissov opens looping section on gas link to Turkey

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, accompanied by Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova and her Turkish counterpart Fatih Dönmez, opened a new

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-trust regulator blocks proposed sale of CEZ assets

July 19, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) ruled on July 19 to deny the proposed sale of all the assets

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘opens’ Black Sea for new oil exploration

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria looks ready to follow Romania’s example, emphasising and paving the way for new drilling in the Black Sea and

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Bulgarian Parliament rejects opposition motion to sack utilities regulator head

July 5, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian MPs voted down on July 5 the motion tabled by the opposition socialists, which called for the early dismissal

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The Black Sea is Romania’s ‘gold’

July 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Up to 6.3 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year is what the Neptun Deep field under the Black

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator announces gas, electricity and heating price hikes

July 2, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has approved price hikes for gas, electricity and central heating prices, going into

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Bulgaria 

Tsipras, Borissov sign joint declaration regarding the IGB construction

June 30, 2018July 2, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Greek premier Alexis Tsipras and his Bulgarian counterpart, Boiko Borissov signed a common declaration on the IGB natural gas pipeline that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM optimistic on gas link to Turkey

June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 12 that he was optimistic that the expanded gas link between Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament gives Cabinet mandate to seek Belene nuclear plant investor

June 7, 2018October 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved a motion on June 7 to give the government a mandate to hold talks with potential investors

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