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Bulgaria gets gas grid study funding in latest EU energy infrastructure package

January 19, 2016January 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s state-owned gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz will receive 850 000 euro for a feasibility study as part of the latest

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Europe 

Russia suspected in first-ever cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Doug Bernard of VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

In the last months of 2015, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea’s annexation and continuing strife in Ukraine’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator to probe private provider Overgas

January 6, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission said on January 6 that it would check the “execution of licence duties and

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Perspectives 

Year in Review: Politics in Bulgaria in 2015

December 31, 2015January 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, energy, judiciary, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

Politically, the year 2015 was in the main a good one for Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Overgas denies reports of Russian gas supplies cut-off

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s private gas provider Overgas said it has received no notification of a halt in gas supplies from Russia’s Gazprom

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Perspectives 

Year in Review: Eastern Europe showing signs of escaping Russia’s energy clutches

December 30, 2015January 6, 2016 Alex Bivol energy

One of the defining trends in the global economy in 2015 was the persistently low prices of oil, which sank

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 2.3%

December 30, 2015December 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator decided on December 30 to cut the gas prices by 2.3 per cent starting January 1, while

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria says detailed plan of Serbia gas interconnector ready

December 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on December 28 that it has completed the first stage of preparations to build the gas

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Europe 

Nord Stream-2 denounced as economic threat to Ukraine

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

It’s a multibillion-euro natural gas project, publicly backed by Russian president Vladimir Putin and Germany’s second-most powerful leader, deputy chancellor

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