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South Stream Bulgaria still working on pipeline project, CEO says

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

South Stream Bulgaria, the joint venture that was meant to build the cancelled gas pipeline’s stretch on Bulgarian soil, remains

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Perspectives 

The view from Sofia: Bulgaria’s energy security needs to gain prominence

January 23, 2015May 10, 2024 Vessela Tcherneva energy, Russia, South Stream

There’s this thing about peripheries. They are either peaceful and godforsaken (and thus ignored) or they are volatile and challenging

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Business 

Petrol prices in Bulgaria continue to fall

January 20, 2015January 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The price of petrol in Bulgaria is continuing to fall, following decreases in world crude oil prices, with the price

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Perspectives 

Cheaper oil best weapon against Russia’s aggression

January 16, 2015 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

The strength of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is a derivative of global oil prices — in other words, weak

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Bulgaria 

EU aims to bolster energy connections in South Eastern Europe

January 15, 2015January 16, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

The European Commission will set up a “high-level working group” to identify and advance cross-border energy sources diversification projects in

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Bulgaria 

Electricity companies kept to rules on billing periods – energy minister

January 8, 2015January 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Checks of energy distribution companies had established that in more than 99 per cent of cases, the companies kept to

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Business 

Most developing countries will benefit from oil price slump – World Bank Group

January 8, 2015January 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, World Bank

Gains from low oil prices can be substantial for developing-country importers if supported by stronger global growth, says a World

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Europe 

Ukraine reaches deal to receive coal supplies during winter

December 31, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Coal-short Ukraine has secured 1.3 million tons of coal supplies a month to avoid the power blackouts during the winter

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Perspectives 

2014 in Bulgaria: Snapshots

December 31, 2014January 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, CCB affair, energy, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream, Varna floods
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