Bulgaria is in the first place among the member states of the European Union in terms of the share of people who cannot keep their homes adequately warm (22.5%), according to the latest Eurostat data for 2022. On average for the population of the union, this indicator is 9%. Among the countries with the largest…
Gas traders have expressed interest for up to 4 billion cubic meters per year of additional capacity for the next few gas years in the interconnection points of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) with the Greek national operator DESFA and the Bulgarian national operator Bulgartransgaz, the ICGB, the pipeline operator, reports. The independent transmission system operator…
“Bulgaria can get out of the exception for Lukoil to use Russian oil until the end of 2024, without changing fuel prices,” Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov has announced. He recalled that fuel prices in Bulgaria depended on the regional market. “We cannot control prices as they are. If someone claims that someone is incompetent, then…
August weather conditions generally had a limited impact on European oilseed production. According to the European Commission’s August crop monitoring report, the overall sunflower production numbers were revised upwards due to better than expected conditions in Spain and France – more moisture due to heavy rains. The rains offset a deterioration in sunflower conditions in…
The European Commission Representation in Bulgaria is launching an information campaign regarding the adoption of the euro. It aims to say how the transition will go and what will happen to our money, Boyko Blagoev, Head of the EC Representation in Bulgaria, has announced. “As early as 2007, when joining the EU, Bulgaria stated its…
Hardly anyone will be surprised that a number of bank charges will be raised again. Some of them have already been a fact for several days, while for others it is coming from the beginning of September, and for others – in October. Physical contact with bank employees related to cash operations is expected to…
Slovenia could join the project for the new reactors of the “Kozloduy” Nuclear Power Plant either as a buyer of energy or as an investor. This is what Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov offered his Slovenian colleague Robert Golob at a bilateral meeting within the framework of the 18th Strategic Forum in the Slovenian city…