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Bulgaria, Gazprom Power Ahead with South Stream Gas Pipeline [May 16, 2012] Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev and the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom Alexei Miller have concluded that the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline is progressing "as scheduled". Dobrev and Miller met in Moscow Wednesday, with their talks focusing on the future of South Stream, in addition to the Russian natural gas supplies for Bulgaria, Gazprom said in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Officially Tells Russia It Scrapped Belene NPP [Mar 29, 2012] Bulgaria has sent a note to Russia asking it to launch negotiations on the cancellation of the two countries' Belene nuclear power plant project that was to be built in Bulgaria, according to a report. On Thursday, Russian Deputy PM Igor Sechin is expected to meet with representatives of the Russian Energy Ministry and state-owned company Rosatom in order to form Russia's official stance on the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ruling Party Slams Major Russian Paper for Distorting Presidential Candidate [Oct 06, 2011] Rosen Plevneliev, the presidential candidate of Bulgarian ruling party GERB, has never stated he is favoring Russian energy projects in Bulgaria, contrary to an article published Thursday by Russian daily Kommersant, said GERB in a statement. "We are resolutely expressing out indignation at the unprofessional approach of Kommersant's journalist, who attributed to Mr. Plevneliev things he has ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia Still in Discord on Nuclear Project Price [May 26, 2011] Bulgaria and Russia are not getting closer in reaching an agreement on the price of the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in the Danube town of Belene. The announcement was made by Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, after a meeting in Brussels with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Schmatko, with the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Tangled in New Gas Price Talks with Gazprom [Jan 26, 2011] Bulgaria's state natural gas company Bulgargaz has started a new round of talks with Russian energy giant Gazprom on the price of natural gas supplies. Bulgargaz CEO Dimitar Gogov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller have met in Moscow discussing anew the price that Bulgaria pays for Russian natural gas, the Russian press reported Wednesday. Gogov and Miller have discussed the possibilities for signing ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia to speed up South Stream pipeline construction [Oct 15, 2010] Bulgaria and Russia agreed here Friday to speed up the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline. This was announced after Russian energy company chief executive officer Alexei Miller met Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Economy Minister Traicho Traikov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Push for Lower Gas Prices during Gazprom CEO Visit [Oct 15, 2010] Bulgaria's government will make a new attempt to cut gas prices and sign a direct gas supply contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom during the one-day visit to Sofia of its chief executive officer Alexei Miller. [via YahooNews] More >>

RF-Bulgaria mutually advantageous partnership to continue - min [Jul 17, 2010] VARNA, Bulgaria, July 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The results of the Russian-Bulgarian talks on gas issues give confidence that strategic mutually advantageous and long-term partnership between the two countries will continue, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said, commenting on the talks concluded in Varna. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia, Bulgaria sign road map for Bulgarian section of South Stream [Jul 17, 2010] Russia and Bulgaria signed on Friday a road map for the technical and economic assessment of Bulgaria's section of the South Stream gas pipeline, an advisor to the Russian Energy Ministry said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Aims to Kick Russian Energy Habit [Jul 05, 2010] SOFIA Bulgaria plans to overcome its overwhelming dependence on Russian energy by building new gas pipeline links with neighboring Greece, Romania, Turkey and Serbia, a draft energy strategy showed on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Dumps Russian Projects over Regional Ambitions, US Backing - Analyst [Jun 17, 2010] Bulgarias hopes to become a regional power strongly allied with the USA have caused it to pull out of the planned large-scale Russian energy projects in the Balkans, according to a Russian security analyst. [via YahooNews] More >>

The Future of Russian Energy Projects in Bulgaria is in Limbo (Pravda) [Feb 24, 2010] The future of Russian energy projects in Bulgaria is in limbo. The head of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov made a statement on January 22 saying that Russia and Greece would like to know whether Sofia was interested in the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian Energy Projects in Bulgaria 'Hanging in Balance' (Novinite.com) [Feb 22, 2010] Russian newspaper Pravda has reported that Russian energy projects in Bulgaria are ?hanging in the balance?. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian Energy Projects in Bulgaria 'Hanging in Balance' (Novinite.com) [Feb 22, 2010] Rosatom CEO Kiriyenko, Russian Energy Minister Shmatko and Bulgaria's Traikov (L to R) in Sofia Friday. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Gazprom, Bulgaria to sign deal to clear way for South Stream (Russian Information Agency Novosti) [Feb 16, 2010] Gazprom and Bulgaria are set to sign an agreement on a joint venture that will clear the way for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline across the southeast European state, the Russian energy giant said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>