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Bulgarian PM coy on South Stream, gas deal talks ongoing

November 13, 2012June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Boiko Borissov, energy, South Stream

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov did not confirm, on November 13, reports in Bulgarian language media that he would attend

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South Stream Hungarian pipeline approval a ‘long-term benefit’

November 13, 2012June 2, 2013 The Budapest Times energy, Hungary, South Stream

Following the final investment decision being approved for the South Stream gas pipeline from Russia, deputy chairman of the Gazprom

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Cabinet links South Stream investment decision to long-term gas deal

November 7, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Cabinet gave its approval to the signing of the final investment decision on the South Stream gas pipeline, with

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Ruling party MPs seek clarity on reports of Turkey nuclear plant planned near Bulgarian border

November 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Members of Parliament for Bulgaria’s ruling party from the Black Sea city of Bourgas are seeking clarity because of continuing

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France’s Areva out of the bidding for Czech nuclear plant expansion

November 1, 2012May 22, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post energy

Areva has promised to take legal action after ČEZ rejected the French conglomerate’s appeal against its exclusion from the tender

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Bulgaria Business News 

Putin spokesperson confirms delay in visit to Bulgaria

November 1, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson has confirmed that the Russian president’s planned visits to Turkey and Bulgaria have been pushed back to

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to hold nuclear referendum on January 27 2013

October 31, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev set January 27 2013 as the date for the referendum on the future of nuclear energy

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Bulgaria Business News 

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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