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Bulgarian MPs adopt CEZ committee report amid criticism for ‘useless’ document

May 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted on May 17 the report drafted by the ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the circumstances

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet to seek Parliament approval for Belene nuclear power plant restart

May 16, 2018May 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Six years after the first cabinet headed by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov shelved plans to build a nuclear power on

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Bulgaria 

Energy: Bulgaria faced with its Achilles heel

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria should give priority to gas, while developing its 2030 energy strategy, according to a study co-sponsored by the Shell

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Bulgaria 

EU energy ministers to meet in Bulgaria on April 19

April 14, 2018April 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, energy

“Sustainable Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy” is the motto of the informal meeting of European Union energy ministers

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs set up ad hoc parliamentary committee to investigate CEZ assets sale

March 14, 2018April 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 14 to establish an ad hoc parliamentary committee tasked with investigating the circumstances of

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Bulgaria 

Borissov and Putin discuss meeting during Bulgaria’s EU Presidency

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, energy, Russia

In a telephone conversation on March 5, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed meeting during

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Europe 

European diplomatic ‘war’ over the Nord Stream pipeline

March 2, 2018March 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia, South Stream

The underlying conflicts and conflicting interests in Europe on the occasion of the operation of the second part of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev wades into CEZ assets sale debate

February 27, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev became the latest senior politician to express concerns about Czech utility CEZ’s intention to sell its

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Bulgaria 

Political repercussions of sale of Bulgarian assets of CEZ continue

February 25, 2018February 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy, Kornelia Ninova

Political fallout from the deal to sell the Bulgarian assets of Czech energy company CEZ to Bulgarian firm Inercom is

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