Bulgaria confident South Stream will get EC approval – minister
Bulgaria’s outgoing economy minister Dragomir Stoynev said on August 1 that the controversial decision to sell state land to the
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Westinghouse signs shareholder agreement for new Bulgarian nuclear unit
US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric said on August 1 that it has signed a shareholder agreement to build a new
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Bulgarian Constitutional Court repeals renewable energy tariff fee
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on July 31 that it has declared unconstitutional the provisions in the 2014 Budget Act that
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Cyprus starts exploratory drilling
Energy Minister of Cyprus George Lakkotrypis announced that before the end of summer, exploratory drilling will start in the Onasagoras
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Westinghouse still optimistic on nuclear deal with Bulgaria despite delay
US energy firm Westinghouse remains optimistic about the prospects of signing the contract to build a nuclear reactor in Bulgaria,
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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines state gas utility 23.4M leva
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has fined the state gas utility Bulgargaz a record 23.4 million leva (about
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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog levies new charges on electricity distributors
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) levied new charges of unfair trade practices against the country’s three private electricity
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OMV Petrom finds new oil reserves along the Black Sea coast
OMV Petrom, a company controlled by the Austrian group OMV, announced that it had discovered new reserves of oil in shallow
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Romania expects to be energy independent despite Ukraine crisis
Romania is expected to achieve energy independence by the end of the decade, due to shale gas and alternative energy
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