Plans aplenty, but little certainty for nuclear power in Eastern Europe
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
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
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
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
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov offered the Nabucco consortium to include the future gas grid link with Turkey in the
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Petroceltic says merger with Melrose approved in Bulgaria
Dublin-based oil and gas exploration firm Petroceltic International said on October 4 that its proposed merger with Melrose Resources has
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Bulgaria sticks to green energy fees despite protests
Amid continued protests by renewable energy companies against the power grid connection fees introduced in September, the head of Bulgaria’s
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Measures pit ČEZ against Brussels
Energy giant ČEZ has rejected reports it could be forced to sell more power plants than it originally expected, with
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Referendum before Belene restart
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on October 1 that the country’s MPs should focus on the national referendum on the
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