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Romanian Orthodox Church denies financial deal with Chevron

February 22, 2014February 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

The Romanian Patriarchy has strongly denied taking part in any meeting with representatives of US corporation Chevron amid protests in

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Europe 

Poland to accelerate work on shale gas regulation

February 6, 2014February 6, 2014 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

The Polish government will drop plans to set up a national energy mineables operator (NOKE), a state-run fund to hold

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Europe 

US firm San Leon excited about shale gas flow testing at Poland’s Lewino well

January 24, 2014 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Oil and gas exploration firm San Leon Energy could likely prove commercial flows from its Lewino-1G2 well in the Baltic

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European Commission looking into South Stream Bulgarian tender

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

The European Commission was looking into the public procurement tender to pick a contractor for the Bulgarian stretch of the

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Business 

Oil giant BP agrees to buy Greece’s entire Prinos oil output

January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Oil giant British Petroleum (BP) signed a deal on January 13 2014 with the Greek Environment, Energy and Climate Change

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President lodges constitutional challenge against renewable energy tariff fee

January 13, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has submitted a formal challenge to the country’s Constitutional Court, asking it to strike down the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in 2013: An ‘Annus Horribilis’ in pictures

January 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov, Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, energy, macroeconomic indicators, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Syrian refugees

Arguably the first indication that Bulgaria was set for a year both bizarre and beset with turbulence was the strange

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a pile of silver coins tilting to the left
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Bulgaria’s economy in 2013: Treading water

January 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol energy, macroeconomic indicators

In a year that saw three governments in office in Sofia, Bulgaria’s economy did as well as could have been

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Business 

Bulgarian regulator begins audit of electricity distribution firms

January 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on January 6 that it started an audit of the three

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