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Polish PM: EU needs energy union for security of gas supplies

March 31, 2014 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has called on the European Union to form an energy union to boost Europe’s energy

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Ukrainians should expect gas price hikes, subsidies for poorest citizens

March 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine will increase household prices for gas by 50 per cent in May, and the utility companies will see a

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Slovakia looks to offer Ukraine gas

March 26, 2014 The Prague Post energy, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

As tensions over Crimea continue, Ukraine is looking to cut its dependence on Russian gas by importing supplies from Slovakia.

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Ukraine’s Naftogaz meets new head with debts and losses

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers appointed Andriy Kobolev as head of Naftogaz, the national oil and gas monopoly, during an overnight

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Europe 

Gazprom wins Crimea, may lose EU customers

March 21, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea may cost it a lot financially – but only if the West makes a concerted,

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Europe looks to US, Qatar gas to reduce reliance on Russia

March 21, 2014March 21, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

As Russia and the West enact tit-for-tat sanctions over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, European leaders meeting in Brussels are discussing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President slams case against energy distributors as ‘populist’

March 20, 2014March 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has described the case brought against the three privately-owned electricity distribution companies, which risk losing their

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s energy regulator starts procedure to cancel licences of power distribution companies

March 19, 2014April 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on March 19 2014 that it had initiated the procedure to

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Bulgaria threatens electricity firms with fines, loss of licences

March 18, 2014March 19, 2014 Alex Bivol energy

Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Dragomir Stoynev and the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) have threatened to repeal the licences

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