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Bulgaria Rejects Russian Loan, Share at Belene Nuclear Plant

Bulgaria does not want Russian funding for the Belene nuclear plant but seeks to secure the participation of EU investors, the country's deputy energy minister said.

Business » Energy | April 26, 2010, Monday // 12:16 | Viewed: 6720

Putin Signs South Stream Accord with Austria

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin paid a visit to Vienna on Saturday, during which an intergovernmental agreement on Austria's joining the Russian-backed South Stream natural gas pipeline project was signed.

Business » Energy | April 24, 2010, Saturday // 17:12 | Viewed: 2250

Putin Arrives in Austria for South Stream Accord

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to Vienna on Saturday, during which an intergovernmental agreement on Austria's joining the Russian-backed South Stream natural gas pipeline project will be signed.

Business » Energy | April 24, 2010, Saturday // 10:58 | Viewed: 1941

Nabucco Starts Procuring Pipeline Construction Supplies

Nabucco Gas Pipeline International has launched a prequalification process as starting phase for the procurement of long lead items needed for the construction of the gas transit pipeline.

Business » Energy | April 23, 2010, Friday // 16:11 | Viewed: 12714

Romania Vows to Join South Stream Gas Transit Pipeline

Romania has started talks to join the Russian-sponsored South Stream gas transit pipeline, Romanian Economy Minister Adrian Videanu has announced.

Business » Energy | April 23, 2010, Friday // 14:07 | Viewed: 7429

Bulgaria's Enemona, Slovenske Elektrarne Ink EUR 55.48 M Deal

Bulgaria blue-chip energy Group Enemona has signed a EUR 55.5 M deal with Slovenske Elektrarne, a unit of Italy's Enel, to carry out works at Mochovce nuclear plant, the company announced.

Business » Energy | April 22, 2010, Thursday // 11:55 | Viewed: 4154

US Ambassador Advises GERB to Focus on Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency is the biggest challenge before the Bulgarian cabinet's policy in the sector, US Ambassador to Sofia, James Warlick, believes.

Business » Energy | April 21, 2010, Wednesday // 12:53 | Viewed: 2414

Spanish Electra to Build Wind Power Park in Central Bulgaria

Spanish energy holding Electra plans to build a 100 MW wind power park in the central part of the country and has already bought 5000 decares of land, the company announced.

Business » Energy | April 21, 2010, Wednesday // 10:31 | Viewed: 3295

Austria Says to Join South Stream Pipeline Project

Austria has confirmed it will join the Russian-backed South Stream natural gas pipeline project.

Business » Energy | April 21, 2010, Wednesday // 08:57 | Viewed: 2189

Dundee Precious Plans for Bulgaria Suffer New Setback in Court

Toronto-based Dundee Precious Metals Inc. announced that a Bulgarian supreme court has confirmed the revocation of a 2008 environmental impact assessment resolution, which gave the green light to its gold and copper mine in Chelopech, Bulgaria.

Business » Energy | April 16, 2010, Friday // 15:34 | Viewed: 2320

Bulgaria 'Energy Mafia' Drained Billions from State Budget

Criminal abuse in the amount of BGN billions would be revealed through Bulgaria's latest high-profile police operation codenamed "The Untouchables.

Business » Energy | April 16, 2010, Friday // 11:15 | Viewed: 3039

Bulgaria Tries to Boost Natural Gas Trade with Turkmenistan

Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has had meetings with a number of key officials in Turkmenistan in an attempt to boost economic ties with the Central Asian country.

Business » Energy | April 15, 2010, Thursday // 18:20 | Viewed: 6534

Bulgaria Wannabe Oligarch Linked to "Untouchable" Detainees

The ten suspects, who were arrested early on Thursday in the latest police raid against organized crime, code-named “The Untouchable”, are believed to have been linked to energy tycoon Hristo Kovachki, who is investigated on tax evasion charges.

Business » Energy | April 15, 2010, Thursday // 12:51 | Viewed: 2940

Bulgaria Prosecutors Ok with Belene Nuclear Power Plant

Bulgaria's prosecutors have abandoned plans for starting pre-trial proceedings over Belene nuclear power project due to lack of evidence for any wrongdoing.

Business » Energy | April 14, 2010, Wednesday // 15:48 | Viewed: 2387

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania Strike Liquefied Natural Gas Deal

Bulgaria's northern neighbor Romania has made a crucial deal with Azerbaijan and Georgia, through which liquefied natural gas will be transited from the Caspian Sea to Europe.

Business » Energy | April 14, 2010, Wednesday // 14:37 | Viewed: 2836

Bulgaria Govt Vows to Form New Energy Mega Structure

After renewing its plans to dissolve a mega-structure, which groups all big state-owned energy firms, Bulgaria's center-right government has decided to bring them together in a new holding.

Business » Energy | April 14, 2010, Wednesday // 11:31 | Viewed: 2296

Bulgarian Consumers Rise against German Power Utility EON

Over 200 people rallied in Bulgaria's Varna Tuesday against the policies of the local German-owned power utility EON.

Business » Energy | April 13, 2010, Tuesday // 17:45 | Viewed: 4156

Bulgaria FBI Enter Offices of Electric Power Supplier EVN

Plain clothes employees of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) have entered customer centers of the electric power supplier EVN Tuesday.

Business » Energy | April 13, 2010, Tuesday // 17:21 | Viewed: 4197

EFT Group: Bulgaria Needs Energy Competitiveness Strategy

Bulgaria needs to decide on a strategy for its regional energy exports, senior managers of the UK-owned EFT Group have remarked in Sofia.

Business » Energy | April 12, 2010, Monday // 16:37 | Viewed: 2925

Bulgaria Energy Holding Dissolved by End of June

The Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the mega-structure grouping all big state-owned energy companies will be dissolved by the end of June.

Business » Energy | April 12, 2010, Monday // 12:13 | Viewed: 2303

Bulgaria PM: Power Utilities Face Hefty Fines, Nationalization Impossible

There is no way to renounce the privatization contracts of Bulgaria's three foreign-owned power utilities, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Sunday night.

Business » Energy | April 11, 2010, Sunday // 20:16 | Viewed: 2357
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