How the Dutch got too good at farming

A small, fertiliser-rich country sniffs the limits of its old model

The day in 3 news: BOTAŞ agreement probed; Culture sector protests; Oil derogation cancelation date still undecided

Winter is coming: Bulgaria levies 10 euro per MWh tax on Russian gas transport and transit in Europe

Bulgaria adopts tariff on Russian gas that might see the price of Russian gas supplies soaring throughout Europe

The week in news: Police can confiscate drunk drivers’ vehicles; Ukraine’s intelligence chief visits Sofia; Export growth shrinks to 3%

Bulgaria’s backdoor route to reintroduce Russian gas to the EU via Erdogan

A leaked agreement from months ago between Bulgargaz and Botas sparks debates

Build the damn roads. Build the damn railways. Do something, for Christ’s sake

Build the roads, search for gas in the sea, a Ukrainian hit-list and Lukoil is in for some trouble

Biodiesel maker Astra Bioplant tops fuel sector’s ranking

Long-time leader Lukoil Neftochim Burgas drops to fourth position

Fuel exports to Ukraine: neither secret, nor through Lukoil

Bulgaria sold a record volume of fuels to Ukraine in 2022

Will Lukoil continue dominating Bulgaria’s petrol market despite sanctions?

The war in Ukraine and the EU embargo on Russian oil won’t impact the giant’s hegemony

Day in 3 News: Companies will get lower energy costs; Bulgargaz gets entry to 2 LNG terminals; MPs vote to supply weapons to Kyiv

A step away from Russia’s energy grip, Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector finally launches

On the 1 October the long-awaited gas connection started functioning, meaning that Bulgaria has physical access to alternative gas supplies for the first time

Sofia’s flips over gas supplies show how fraught energy policy is after defying Moscow

After an inexplicable postponement, the caretaker gov’t and Bulgargaz finally open bids for short- and long-term LNG deliveries

Energy minister Rossen Hristov: There is a political decision in Moscow preventing Gazprom to work with us

The Donev cabinet’s appeasement of Gazprom may cost Bulgaria dearly

The potential restart of payments - in rubles - to the Russian gas giant, advocated by President Radev’s caretaker cabinet could incur 1.8 billion euro in damages for Sofia

Day in 3 news: State arms industry gets new management, Labor market’s on the up, Court allows Kovachki tied TPP to keep polluting

Is Gazprom back on the agenda?

Bulgaria enters august with the lowest gas storage levels in the EU

Will the caretaker gov’t start a U-turn on Russia?

On its second day in office, the new Bulgarian cabinet announced a course towards "containment of the chaos and destruction" in the energy sector. This might well translate as a pivot to Moscow

Day in 3 news: PM Donev seeks Bulgargaz refooting and new tender for LNG; Cabinet slays former gov’t over roads; 4200 tons of weapons sent to Ukraine

Day in 3 news: Parliament brings back old energy regulator head, Petkov promises 7 more LNG tankers, Business and science join hands in a BGN 2 bln programme

Winter is coming, but natural gas is not: what is going on in Bulgaria?

In July, the energy regulator adopted the highest natural gas price so far this year for the regulated market