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Bulgaria pulls out of gas pipeline deal with Russia [Dec 07, 2011] The pipeline, passing 100 miles through Bulgaria, was scheduled to have an initial annual capacity of 35 million tons. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Energy Min Blames Partners for Oil Pipeline Demise [Dec 07, 2011] Greece and Russia's failure to fulfill their commitments has forced Bulgaria to walk out of the Burgas to Alexandroupolis pipeline deal, the country's energy minister has said. "Bulgaria's partners in the pipeline deal accused it of delaying the project quite a long time. But now it turns out it is not Bulgaria, but the other countries, which are faulty and this is the reason why we decided to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria scraps oil pipeline with Russia, Greece [Dec 07, 2011] Bulgaria's finance minister says his country is pulling out of a pipeline deal to carry Russian oil through his country to Greece. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Likely to Soften Crack-Down on Illegal Assets [Nov 11, 2011] Bulgarian authorities are likely to have the right to launch probes and seize without a conviction unexplained wealth, worth more than BGN 150,000, which has been acquired only over the last five years. This is envisaged by amendments, currently in the pipeline, to the long-delayed bill authorizing widespread confiscation of illegally obtained assets, according to insiders. The majority in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Parvanov, Gul: Bulgaria, Turkey to Secure Plenty of Gas for Nabucco [Jul 11, 2011] Bulgaria and Turkey are going to use their contacts to secure more natural gas for the Nabucco gas than the future European gas transit pipeline needs, according to Presidents Georgi Parvanov and Abdullah Gul. Turkey's President Gul arrived on a two-day visit to Bulgaria on Monday, and his first meeting was with his Bulgarian counterpart Parvanov. ?Bulgaria through its contacts has reached ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Sign on Nabucco Pipeline in Turkey on June 6 [May 23, 2011] Bulgaria's Bulgargaz, a daughter company of the Bulgarian Energy Holding, will participate in the official signing of an agreement on the Nabucco gas transit pipeline in Turkey on June 6 2011 Besides the Bulgarian company, the shareholders which will sign the agreement are OMV (Austria), BOTAS (Turkey), Transgaz (Romania), Mol Natural Gas (Hungary) and RWE (Germany) Each shareholder holds an ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Oks Health Care Map, Delays Reforms [Feb 23, 2011] Bulgaria's government adopted on Wednesday the national health care map, which has been in the pipeline since 2006, but will definitely fail to turn into the much anticipated launching pad for reforms in the sector. "For the time being however it can only be used as a useful source of information for legislation prevents us from closing hospitals," Health Minister Stefan Konstantinov admitted at ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Delays Health Care Reforms for after Elections [Feb 03, 2011] Bulgaria's national health care map, which has been in the pipeline since 2006, has been drawn up, but will not turn into the much anticipated launching pad for reforms in the sector, the government announced. "The National Health Care Map, which makes much more clear the number and location of the hospitals Bulgarians need, is ready. For the time being however it can only be used as a useful ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Assures Nabucco Consortium It Is All Up for Pipeline [Dec 02, 2010] Nabucco might be drawing gas from Turkmenistan in addition to Azerbaijan and Iraqi Kurdistan. Map by nabucco-pipeline.com [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to 'Exclude' Nabucco Construction Funds from Budget Deficit [Dec 01, 2010] Bulgaria's Cabinet is working to convince the EU that the EUR 1,3 B that the country will have to pay for the construction of the Nabucco gas transit pipeline should be counted as part of its budget deficit. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria sees environmental threat from Russian oil pipeline [Nov 09, 2010] A planned pipeline to ship Russian oil to Greece could pose an environmental threat, Bulgaria said Tuesday, effectively stalling the project days before talks with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. [via YahooNews] More >>

Gazprom, Bulgaria announce South Stream feasibility study tender [Nov 08, 2010] MOSCOW, November 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russia?s gas giant Gazprom and the Bulgarian Energy Holding have announced a tender for choosing a company that will prepare a feasibility study of the South Stream pipeline section that will run across the Bulgarian territory. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Gazprom seek for company to prepare South Stream assessment [Nov 05, 2010] Bulgaria and Russia's gas giant Gazprom have proceeded to the selection of a feasibility study contractor for the Bulgarian segment of the South Stream pipeline, Gazprom's press service said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria surrenders to 'South Stream' pipeline [Oct 22, 2010] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov have agreed to set up a joint venture for the Bulgarian section of the South Stream pipeline, giving it a competitive edge over the competing Nabucco project supported by the EU. Dnevnik, EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria, contributed to this article. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian Press: Bulgaria 'the Problematic' Country for South Stream [Oct 11, 2010] The South Stream pipeline, which is supposed to bring Russian natural to Southern and Central Europe by going around Belarus and Ukraine, is facing some troubles that were discussed by Berlusconi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Russian papep Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes on Monday in an article entitled "Bulgarian Stumbling Block for South Stream." [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Pushes Nabucco Forward in Talks with Turkey, Georgia [Oct 04, 2010] Bulgaria has coordinated its position on the Nabucco gas transit pipeline with Turkey and Georgia , and will be seeking further support from the EU to accelerate the project. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Greece fail to agree on Russian oil pipeline [Jul 27, 2010] Sofia - Bulgaria and Greece on Tuesday failed to agree on a 1.3-billion-dollar pipeline deal to transport Russian oil from Burgas to Alexandroupolis. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Greece fail to agree pipeline deal [Jul 27, 2010] Bulgaria and neighbor Greece have failed to resolve a dispute over a euro1 billion pipeline deal to transport Russian oil. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia Make 'Breakthroughs' in South Stream Talks [Jul 07, 2010] Bulgaria and Russia have made important breakthroughs in the negotiations for the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline on Bulgarian soil, the Economy Ministry announced in a special statement. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia to Iron Out South Stream 'Road Map' by July 16 [Jul 07, 2010] Bulgaria and Russia will sign an agreement settling all questions about the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline on July 16. [via YahooNews] More >>