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Bulgaria First Couple, VP Leave Office Cheered by Citizens
Bulgaria's outgoing President Georgi Parvanov, his wife Zorka Parvanova, and his VP Angel Marin have now officially left the Presidency Building in downtown Sofia. This is the last part of the Sunday inauguration ceremony for new Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and aide Margarita Popova. Parvanov and Plevneliev gave speeches at the Unknown Warrior monument in Sofia, went to the St....
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Bulgaria halts power exports due to strike
Bulgaria has suspended electricity exports to neighboring countries due to an ongoing strike in the country's biggest coal mines.
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Bulgaria halts power exports due to strike
Bulgaria has suspended electricity exports to neighboring countries due to an ongoing strike in the country's biggest coal mines.Energy minister Traicho Traikov said that power exports to other Balkan ...
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Bulgaria Votes Overwhelmingly To Ban Fracking
BULGARIA HAS BECOME the second European country to ban the extraction method for the exploratory drilling for shale gas known as fracking. Today, Bulgarian MPs voted overwhelming to ban the practice, which has also been banned in France.
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Bulgaria's New PResident?
How do you call a speaker, mouthing treacly platitudes seconds before the New Year sets in? Bulgaria's outgoing president. How do you call a speaker, mouthing trite promises seconds before he swears in? Bulgaria's incoming president. As Bulgaria's new president, Rosen Plevneliev, took his oath of office Thursday, he made a historic pledge....
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Bulgaria bans shale gas drilling
Bulgaria becomes the second European country after France to ban test drilling for shale gas using the controversial "fracking" method.
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Bulgaria Adopts Total Ban on Hydrofracking for Shale Gas in U-Turn Decision
Bulgaria's Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of banning the controversial technology of hydraulic fracking (hydrofracking) for shale gas exploration and extraction. The ban on hydrofracking, which comes after mass protests over its potential environmental effects, was approved after four hours of debates Wednesday afternoon with 166 votes in favor, and six votes against. The total ban ...
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Bulgaria bans Chevron from using 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as "fracking."
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Bulgaria considers ban on hydraulic fracking
Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.
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Bulgaria Scraps Full Ban on Shale Gas Exploration, Extraction
Bulgaria's Parliament did not support the bill proposed by the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) that envisioned a full ban on the exploration and extraction in the country. 123 out of the total of 240 MPs in Bulgaria's single-chamber Parliament voted against the bill, while 43 were in favor and 66 abstained from voting. Prior to Wednesday's vote, Valentin Nikolov, a key lawmaker from ...
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Bulgaria MPs to Vote Ban on Hydrofracking Technology
Bulgaria's parliament will vote on Wednesday the proposed ban on the use of hydrofracking technology in the extraction and exploration of gas and oil in Bulgaria. The text is included in a draft proposal of the Parliamentary group of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB. The proposal points out that the ban includes the use any technology involving ...
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Bulgaria considers ban on hydraulic fracking
Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.
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Summary Box: Bulgaria bans Chevron from fracking
BULGARIA BLOCK: Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.FRACTURED: The technique, ...
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Bulgaria bans San Ramon-based Chevron from using 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government said U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as "fracking." Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said that under Tuesday's decision "Chevron can still have the right to test for oil and gas, but without using the controversial technology of hydraulic fracturing." He said San Ramon-based ...
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Bulgaria bans Chevron fracking
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says US oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as "fracking." read more
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Bulgaria says Chevron cannot use 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas there using an environmentally risky technique known as "fracking."
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Summary Box: Bulgaria bans Chevron from fracking
BULGARIA BLOCK: Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.
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Bulgaria Mulls Permanent Ban on Hydrofracking Technology
The ban on the use of hydrofracking technology in the extraction and exploration of gas and oil in Bulgaria will be permanent. The text is included in a draft proposal of the Parliamentary group of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, which will be submitted in the Parliament on Wednesday. The proposal points out that the ban includes the use any ...
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