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Bulgarian Constitutional Court repeals renewable energy tariff fee

July 31, 2014August 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

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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Europe 

Cyprus starts exploratory drilling

July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

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

July 30, 2014August 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, nuclear

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

July 30, 2014August 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

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

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

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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Business 

OMV Petrom finds new oil reserves along the Black Sea coast

July 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

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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Europe 

Romania expects to be energy independent despite Ukraine crisis

July 14, 2014 VOANews energy, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Romania is expected to achieve energy independence by the end of the decade, due to shale gas and alternative energy

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Europe considers fracking to cut Russian gas imports

July 13, 2014July 13, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

The political crisis in Ukraine, including its dispute with Moscow over the flow of Russian natural gas, has forced many

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Business 

Gazprom CEO Miller to visit Croatia

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, energy, Serbia

The head of Russian energy company Gazprom, Alexei Miller, will arrive for an official visit to Croatia on July 9,

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