Bulgaria has sent a notification to the European Commission (EC) on the application of provisions of the EU Directive on the taxation of energy products and electricity under which it can apply a reduced excise tax rate on natural has used as motor fuel,
Bulgaria's prosecuting authority received Monday a tip-off about fraud schemes worth BGN 230 M in the energy sector during the term in office of the center-right GERB government.
The Kozloduy Hydropower plant has been connected to Bulgaria's power grid.
The right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party has described the South Stream gas pipeline project as the "second huge corruption-ridden project of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the Kremlin and the energy mafia.
Oil and gas mining company Petroceltic has announced that it has completed a “tieback” on the production well at the Kiliakra gas field in offshore Bulgaria.
Traycho Traykov, former Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister in the center-right GERB government, has denied allegations that he is a defendant in a trial concerning large-scale fraud in the energy sector.
Electricity prices are going down, but this is on the expense of the State budget with all taxpayers actually footing the bill.
Former Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev has warned that power rates will go up in 2014 due to the 5% price cut introduced in August 2013.
Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister, Dragomir Stoynev, is going to inform the prosecution in writing Monday about the draining of the public energy sector by BGN 230 M.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Plamen Oresharski, is convinced the lawyers working on the case with Atomstroyexport's arbitration claim against Bulgaria will apply all effort to minimize the damage.
Yavor Kuyumdzhiev, Deputy Chair of the parliamentary energy committee, has assured that Bulgaria's new electricity pricing model is sustainable and will remain in place for at least two years.
Bulgaria's former President Georgi Parvanov (2001-2011) says there should be no hesitation whatsoever in reviving the project to build a Russian-sponsored second nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Belene.
Bulgaria's Electricity System Operator (ESO) is to undergo yet another reshuffle of senior staff, according to insider sources of Nova TV.
The fate of the Belene NPP project is in the hands of Bulgarian MPs, said Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoynev.
Electric power prices in Bulgaria are liable to further reductions, argued Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoynev.
Residents of Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna staged Sunday a new protest rally against the joint Russian-Bulgarian South Stream natural gas pipeline project.
Bulgaria's rulers will commission another feasibility study of the project to build a Russian-sponsored second nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Belene, and if it proves marketable, it will be realized.
The measures of Bulgaria's Socialist-led rulers against alleged monopolies in the energy sector can lead to a huge hike in electricity prices.
The three Bulgarian representatives on the board of directors of South Stream Bulgaria have been replaced.
Hearings on the first trial of the European Commission against Bulgaria over the lack of reverse-flow gas grid interconnections with neighbor countries started Wednesday morning at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.
Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister is to prepare an analysis of the condition of the energy sector and its subsectors in 3 months' time, while the Ministry of Economy and Energy is to draft a new energy strategy in 9 months.
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