The Bulgarian government has started talks with Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom for a reduction of prices stipulated in the existing gas supply contracts, according to Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism.
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Energy | February 29, 2012, Wednesday // 17:51
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A total of 51% of 1002 Bulgarian responders are in favor of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant being constructed in the country, according to a poll conducted by BBSS Gallup International .
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Energy | February 29, 2012, Wednesday // 16:18
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Ivan Kostov, Co-Chair of the rightist Blue Coalition, has called for the resignation of the management of the Commission on Protection of Competition (KZK) over the watchdog's failure to protect Bulgarian consumers"
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Energy | February 29, 2012, Wednesday // 14:26
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The CEO of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, is arriving in Sofia Wednesday.
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Energy | February 29, 2012, Wednesday // 09:02
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Bulgaria's government plans to privatize this year a minority stake in the state-owned energy holding, which groups the country's top energy assets, the finance minister has confirmed.
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Energy | February 25, 2012, Saturday // 18:04
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Russia's Izhorskiye Zavody, part of OMZ Group, has launched check assemble of the reactor vessel VVER-1000 for the first energy unit at Bulgaria's Belene NPP, even though Bulgaria is yet to say officially whether it wants the power plant.
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Energy | February 22, 2012, Wednesday // 19:45
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ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Ltd. and OMV Petrom SA have made a potentially significant gas discovery in the Black Sea, offshore of Romania.
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Energy | February 22, 2012, Wednesday // 16:33
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Triggered by numerous queries, fuel distributor Lukoil Bulgaria has vowed to present a report with detailed information about the fluctuation of fuel prices over the past 5 years, the pricing principles and the factors influencing fuel prices on the local
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Energy | February 21, 2012, Tuesday // 16:22
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Bulgaria renewed its electricity exports early on Tuesday after it recently stopped them due to the severe winter conditions in the country and worries of blackouts.
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Energy | February 21, 2012, Tuesday // 08:30
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The right-wing Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party have demanded that the government immediately start talks with Russia's Gazprom to renegotiate the terms of the gas supply contract.
The Nabucco consortium is considering downsizing the eponymous natural gas pipeline to roughly the half of its capacity and proposing that it would only run between Bulgaria and Austria, a report says.
Fuel prices in Bulgaria have climbed to a new record high amid an oil price spike on international markets triggered by the escalation of a dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.
A total of 500 dams have been inspected by Bulgarian authorities over the past days, with 14 of them deemed potentially dangerous, according to Mihail Andonov, head of the country's national power grid operator (NEK).
Bulgaria is set to renew on Tuesday its electricity exports that it stopped due to the severe winter conditions in the country.
Russian energy giant Gazprom has reduced the price of gas in its long-term contracts for European consumers by 10%.
Bulgaria's government is expected to list its 33% minority stake in E.ON and CEZ power distributors in April and May respectively in a bid to enliven the local stock exchange and boost revenues.
Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, has suggested that the shale gas debate in Bulgaria will resume so that society can be presented with the absolute truth about the matter.
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Energy | February 16, 2012, Thursday // 12:56
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Russian company Transneft has not given up on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project, the company's Deputy President Mikhail Barkov has revealed.
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Energy | February 15, 2012, Wednesday // 20:39
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The Bulgarian government has widened the scope of work of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) through amendments to the Ordinance on Licensing Energy Sector Activities in connection with the Energy from Renewable Sources Act and t
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Energy | February 15, 2012, Wednesday // 15:34
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A Movement for Energy Independence (DEN) will be established next week, the organizers of the initiative announced Tuesday at a press conference.
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Energy | February 14, 2012, Tuesday // 15:42
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Heating prices in Bulgaria will go up on April 1 over the increase of fuel prices on global markets, the Head of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation, DKEVR, Angel Semerdzhiev, announced Tuesday.
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Energy | February 14, 2012, Tuesday // 14:20
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