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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM: About 20 euro a month for lowest-income people to compensate for high fuel prices

March 15, 2026March 15, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

Up to 20 euro per person a month will be given to people with the lowest incomes due to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s National Assembly instructs government to ‘take measures against price shock from oil and gas prices’

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 13 a resolution instructing the caretaker the caretaker government to take “measures against the

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Europe 

Middle East crisis: EC and EU countries ‘coordinate and assess’ situation in oil and gas markets

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

In separate ad hoc meetings of the Gas Coordination Group and the Oil Coordination Group held on March 12, the European Commission

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Bulgaria 

Rising fuel prices: Bulgaria’s interim government proposes aid for vulnerable groups, food and delivery businesses

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

The caretaker cabinet is proposing measures for the most vulnerable groups in society and part of the business community due

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World 

IEA to carry out largest ever oil stock release amid market disruptions from Middle East conflict

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

The 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA) unanimously agreed today to make 400 million barrels of oil from their

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Europe 

VDL: Going back to Russian fossil fuels would be strategic blunder

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran, Russia

The European Union going back to Russian fossil fuels would be a strategic blunder, European Commission President Ursula von der

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government commission to prepare package of measures on fuel prices

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

An interdepartmental commission set up on the orders of and headed by caretaker Prime Minister Andrei Gyurov will monitor the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association head: ‘Nothing can save the situation’

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

Nothing can save the situation, Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association board chairperson Svetoslav Benchev told Bulgarian National Television on March

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Bulgaria 

Energy Ministry: Bulgaria has imported liquefied natural gas at pre-crisis prices

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran, Israel

Bulgaria has imported a quantity of liquefied natural gas at prices agreed before the escalation of the crisis in the

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