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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 4.3% for December 2025

December 1, 2025December 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 4.3 per cent decrease in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Eurostat: Russia’s share in EU imports of LNG drops to 15%

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Russia’s share in EU imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) decreased from 22 per cent in the first quarter of

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Bulgaria 

Energy Minister: Special administrator of Lukoil Bulgaria must get permission from government for each move

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

The special administrator of Lukoil assets in Bulgaria must obtain permission from the government for each specific activity, Energy Minister

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Europe 

Ukraine signs with Greece on supply to natural gas to Ukraine during winter, via countries including Bulgaria

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Greece, Ukraine

Ukraine and Greece have signed a letter of intent on the supply of natural gas to Ukraine during winter, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM on Lukoil sanctions derogations: ‘We did the best we could for the refinery’

November 15, 2025November 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov, reacting on November 15 to temporary derogations by the United States and United Kingdom on

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Bulgaria 

US Treasury Dept issues derogation on transactions involving Lukoil entities in Bulgaria

November 14, 2025November 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a general licence authorising transactions involving

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Bulgaria 

National Revenue Agency head nominated to be government’s special administrator of Lukoil assets in Bulgaria

November 14, 2025November 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Petar Dilov said on November 14 that National Revenue Agency head Roumen Spetsov was being nominated to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overturn veto on bill giving expanded powers for Lukoil special administrator

November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 13 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s law regulating

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes bill giving expanded powers for Lukoil special administrator

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on November 12 that he vetoed amendments to the country’s law regulating operations in the

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