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Electricity war started in Croatia

July 19, 2013July 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, energy

After Slovenian company GEN-I won a tender in June to supply the Croatian public administration with electricity, now the Croatian

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Europe 

Poland to join energy market coupling in CEE region

July 18, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Poland will join the Central European energy market coupling mechanism according to the memorandum of understanding signed with the Czech

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Business 

Fitch: Bulgaria facing possible gas supply interruption this winter

July 10, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Gazprom’s decision to halt prepayment of natural gas transit fees to Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz until at least 2015 creates

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling parties delay resolution of electricity price

June 28, 2013July 10, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Peevski protests

In the latest sitting of Bulgaria’s half-empty Parliament, the parties supporting the government voted to defer resolution of the issue

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Europe 

Europe opts for gas pipeline running from Azerbaijan to southern Italy

June 28, 2013 VOANews energy

A European consortium aiming to build a natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Western Europe has rejected a costlier, longer

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Business 

Dice cast over Cyprus LNG plant

June 27, 2013June 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

The dice has been cast as regards the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant that the Cypriot government has decided to

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Business 

Azeri gas field consortium picks TAP over Nabucco West – reports

June 26, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The consortium developing the Shah Deniz 2 gas field on Azerbaijan’s shelf in the Caspian Sea has picked the Trans-Adriatic

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Business 

Economy Minister sacks Bulgarian Energy Holding chief executive

June 19, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev has fired Mihail Andonov, the executive director of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the

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Europe 

US report: Romania holds immense shale gas reserves

June 12, 2013June 12, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Romania has shale gas reserves of about 1444 billion cubic meters which, judging by the average annual consumption of 14

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