In Serbia, Bulgarian FM insists South Stream will resume in a few weeks time
Kristian Vigenin, foreign minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government that will resign within the next couple of weeks, has
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energy
Greece lowers tax to lure oil and gas explorers
A two-day event kicked off in London on July 1 where Greece presented opportunities of oil exploitation in the Ionian and
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Bulgaria utilities regulator announces electricity price hike
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on June 30 that it approved higher prices for end-consumers starting
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Bulgaria state utility NEK debt at 2.9B leva, regulator says
Bulgaria’s state-owned electricity utility NEK has amassed 2.9 billion leva (about 1.48 billion euro) in debt, the head of Bulgaria’s
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Living without Russian gas: Hard, but possible
Since Russia’s Gazprom cut the gas supplies to Ukraine on June 16, the government has been intensively looking for the
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Greece to invite oil companies to conduct offshore test drillings
Greece is to invite major oil companies early July to conduct offshore test drillings in the areas of the Ionian
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Bulgarian regulator lodges EC complaint against US-owned power plants
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) has lodged official complaints with the European Commission against two thermal power
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Austria, Russia sign South Stream deal
Austrian oil and gas company OMV and Russia’s Gazprom signed on June 24 an agreement to build a branch of
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Sanctions threat weighs on Russian oil industry
Russia’s economy runs on oil and gas, but with Russia’s economy on the edge of recession, a new threat has
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