Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgaria formally introduced austerity measures in natural gas consumption at 8 am Thursday with a special ordinance of the Minister of Energy and Economy Petar Dimitrov. The ordinance that the Minister signed Wednesday night is motivated by the termination of Russian gas supplies for Bulgaria at ...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Bulgaria's Energy and Economy Minister Petar Dimitrov stated Wednesday that the gas shortage caused by the Russia-Ukraine price dispute would be over in a week. Dimitrov made this statement after his meeting with representatives of sixty large Bulgarian industrial consumers of natural gas, during ...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Bulgaria would claim compensations from the three companies that provide natural gas to the country in order to recover losses it suffered from the cut off of its supplies, Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov told private national broadcaster bTV on January 6 2009.We have perfect contracts with these companies that stipulate what needs to be done in cases of interrupted gas supplies....
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
The Chiren natural gas storage facility covers only one third of Bulgaria's needs and the country's heating utilities would require Lukoil fuel oil supplies in order to continue operating, the Bulgarian Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov stated. Dimitrov spoke in a special interview before the Darik ra...
Guide Bulgaria (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The Chiren natural gas storage facility covers only one third of Bulgaria`s needs and the country`s heating utilities would require Lukoil fuel oil supplies in order to continue operating, the Bulgarian Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov stated. He said that...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... levels to have enough gas for households, hospital and schools.Bulgarian Economy Minister Petar Dimitrov said 152 companies have reported losses totaling to euro4.3 million ($5.9 million) per day because of the forced interruptions.In Hungary, power plants were asked to switch from gas to other fuels, mainly oil or even coal, and gas rationing measures were blamed for production stops...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
... were unable to convert to other fuels. Neither Bosnia nor Serbia has gas reserves to fall back on.Petar Dimitrov, Bulgaria's economy and energy minister, said: "This is an absurd situation for the 21st century. Russia and Ukraine must find a quick solution as the economies of half of Europe are at risk."Croatia announced a state of emergency, which allows it to begin rationing to...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... were unable to convert to other fuels. Neither Bosnia nor Serbia has gas reserves to fall back on.Petar Dimitrov, Bulgaria's economy and energy minister, said: "This is an absurd situation for the 21st century. Russia and Ukraine must find a quick solution as the economies of half of Europe are at risk."Croatia announced a state of emergency, which allows it to begin rationing to...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov, speaking to journalists after meeting representatives of major gas consumers in Bulgaria, said that the affected enterprises included companies using more than 25 million cu m of gas a year, thermal power plants and gas distribution companies. The cap on consumption will be equal to the volumes used at 6am on January 6, Dimitrov said....
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... shut "This is an absurd situation for the 21st century," Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov told reporters. "Russia and Ukraine must find a quick solution ... as the economies of half of Europe are at risk." Dimitrov held an emergency meeting with big industrial consumers to inform them of a schedule of gas rationing. Fertiliser and bread producers, a brewery...
DarkGovernment (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The move comes amid a deepening rift between Russia and Ukraine, which hosts a pipeline supplying gas from its bigger neighbor to countries across Europe. Bulgaria and Macedonia also reported that all supplies of Russian gas had been cut, while Romania’s pipeline operator said that its supplies had been cut by 75 per cent. Bulgaria’s finance ministry said the country was facing a crisis. Petar...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... national theatre in order to save electricity. "This is an absurd situation for the 21st century,” Petar Dimitrov, the Economy and Energy Minister, told the national broadcaster bTV. “Russia and Ukraine must find a quick solution . . . as the economies of half of Europe are at risk.” Bulgaria receives 92 per cent of its gas from Russia via Ukraine and, unlike Turkey and Greece, has...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev (C) speaks during a news conference beside Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov (R) and Bulgaria's state gas monopoly Bulgargaz chief executive Dimitar Gogov at the government building in Sofia, January 6, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Bulgaria's Natural Gas Reserves Sufficient for Two MonthsBulgaria's PM Stanishev (left) is shaking hands with the Bulgargaz Director Dimitar Gogov (right) in front of the Energy and Economy MInister Dimitrov (middle) during their meeting on Monday. Photo by Council of Ministers Press ServiceBulgaria's natural gas reserves at the Chiren Storage Facility will be sufficient to cover the country's...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... Sergei Stanishev (C) speaks during a news conference beside Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov (R) and Bulgaria's state gas monopoly Bulgargaz chief executive Dimitar Gogov at the government building in Sofia, January 6, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev was going to hold an emergency meeting at 10:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT)...
