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Bulgarian, Romanian presidents urge energy independence for SEE

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Energy dependency is the biggest weakness of South Eastern Europe and building a modern energy infrastructure and interconnection of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria completes gas compressor upgrade at Greek border

June 13, 2016June 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria has completed the upgrade of a gas compressor station at Petrich, near the border with Greece, which completes the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria drops lawsuit to pull out of Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline company – report

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria has withdrawn a lawsuit filed last year to liquidate the project company for the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, according to

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Bulgarian, Romanian PMs to ‘watch closely’ gas inter-connector project

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov met with Romanian counterpart Dacian Ciolos on June 1 to discuss a number of subjects,

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Bulgaria 

Greece-Bulgaria gas inter-connector a ‘priority’, Bulgarian PM says

May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is highly focused on building gas inter-connector pipelines with neighbouring countries, with a special emphasis on the link

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-trust regulator says state electric utility NEK abused dominant market position

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on May 13 that it has charged state-owned electric utility NEK with abusing

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Europe 

Poland launches Polish Mining Group

April 27, 2016 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Representatives of mining and energy companies as well as banks and financial institutions signed a deal on April 26 2016

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s BEH contracts 535M euro bridge loan – reports

April 25, 2016April 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has agreed a bridge loan with three foreign banks worth 535 million euro, which it will

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Bulgaria 

International consortium to begin drilling for oil, gas off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast

April 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

The international consortium led by French energy conglomerate Total will begin drilling for oil and gas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea

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