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Greek state receives three bids for hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and Cretan Sea

July 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Three bids were submitted for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and the southern Cretan Sea,

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Bulgaria 

EU energy package to fund Bulgaria power line, gas storage study

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, European Commission

The European Commission said on July 14 that the EU governments have approved a package of 150 million euro in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator postpones electricity price hike

June 29, 2015June 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said on June 29 that it has decided to postpone the implementation of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator pleads case for electricity price hike

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The head of Bulgaria’s utilities regulator told MPs on June 24 that implementing the changed pricing formula proposed by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘hopes’ to receive Russian reply on gas hub proposal – minister

June 22, 2015June 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria was hoping to receive a Russian answer to its proposal to build a gas hub in the country by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s electricity price hike row reaches Parliament

June 22, 2015June 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The simmering opposition to plans by Bulgaria’s utilities regulator to increase electricity prices starting July 1 appears to have reached

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Bulgaria 

Signing of investment agreement on Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector ‘will happen’, Greek FM says

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias has given his personal undertaking that the signing of the final investment agreement on the

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria strongly committed to gas interconnectors, especially with Greece

June 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria is strongly committed to the construction of gas interconnectors, especially with Greece, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at

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Europe 

On the chessboard of the powerful, is Serbia a pawn?

June 11, 2015 Deutsche Welle energy, Russia, Serbia, South Stream

There are not many top politicians today who still know the names of the entire Russian ice hockey team that

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