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Putin to visit Bulgaria in December, not November – report

October 30, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Russian president Vladimir Putin will visit Bulgaria in December, not on November 9 as previously expected, public broadcaster Bulgarian National

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Nuclear reactor at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy plant back in operation

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant said on October 26 that it has restarted operations at the nuclear reactor taken offline

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Bulgarian Parliament drops Belene off nuclear referendum question

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian MPs approved on October 24 the wording of the question for the plebiscite on the future of nuclear energy

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Reactor at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant taken offline

October 23, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant took one of its nuclear reactors offline on October 23 after mechanical failure shut down

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Plans aplenty, but little certainty for nuclear power in Eastern Europe

October 19, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol energy

The proposed nuclear power plant at Belene has dominated public discourse in Bulgaria in recent weeks and with good reason,

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Bulgaria approves electric, hybrid cars incentives plan

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on October 17 a plan meant to stimulate the sale and production of electric and hybrid cars,

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Polish firms to invest 1.2 billion euro in shale gas projects by 2016

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy

Polish firms will invest in shale gas projects five billion zloty (about 1.22 billion euro) by 2016, but eventually investments

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Bulgarian Parliament extends term of shale gas committee

October 10, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Parliament decided on October 10 to extend by six months the term of the ad hoc committee tasked with

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Bulgaria wants gas grid link with Turkey in Nabucco

October 9, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov offered the Nabucco consortium to include the future gas grid link with Turkey in the

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