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Iran Nuclear Talks Resume After Missing Deadline

Iran Nuclear Talks Resume After Missing Deadline

Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program resumed here Wednesday but were almost immediately beset by competing claims, just hours after diplomats abandoned a March 31 deadline to reach the outline of a deal and agreeing to press on.

Bulgaria’s Solarpro Holding Turns to Net Loss in 2014

Bulgaria’s Solarpro Holding Turns to Net Loss in 2014

Bulgarian provider of products and services for the solar industry Solarpro Holding said on Tuesday it turned to net loss of 993,000 levs ($546,600 million/507,700 euro) in 2014 from net profit of 57,000 levs a year earlier.

Bulgarias Jan Power Output Rises 1.4% M/M

Bulgaria's Jan Power Output Rises 1.4% M/M

Production of electricity in Bulgaria rose by 1.4% on a monthly basis to 4,961 gigawatt-hours in January, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) said on Tuesday.

Merkel Ally Quits Over Approach to Greek Debt

Merkel Ally Quits Over Approach to Greek Debt

Peter Gauweiler, the vice-chairman of the Christian Social Union, sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, has resigned from the leadership and the Bundestag.

Merkel Not Worried about Tsipras Going to Moscow

Merkel Not Worried about Tsipras Going to Moscow

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she wasn’t worried that the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras is heading to Russia next week.She said she andFrench President Francois Hollande“have also been to Moscow and we’re still members of the European Union and stand united.”

Bulgaria Cuts Q2 Gas Prices by 13.17%

Bulgaria Cuts Q2 Gas Prices by 13.17%

Bulgaria's energy regulator said on Monday it has decided to cut wholesale gas prices by 13.17% quarter-on-quarter as of April 1, in line with a request by gas monopoly Bulgargaz.

Strong Earthquakes in South Pacific

Strong Earthquakes in South Pacific

A series of strong magnitude-6 earthquakes have struck between Samoa and Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

Greeces Tight Race With Liquidity

Greece's Tight Race With Liquidity

While most analyst expect Greece to run out of liquidity by 9 April, the day it has to pay back 460 million Euro to the IMF, no Eurogroup meeting that could unblock funds will be taking place at least until 8 April.

Juncker Cancels his Visit to Kiev

Juncker Cancels his Visit to Kiev

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has called off his visit to Ukraine. Accompanied by EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini, Juncker was supposedto fly to Kiev today in hisfirst bilateral trip since taking office in November.

Montenegros EPCG Unseals Final Bids for New TPP Pljevlja Unit

Montenegro's EPCG Unseals Final Bids for New TPP Pljevlja Unit

Montenegrin state-controlled power utility EPCG said on Friday it has unsealed the final bids submitted by Skoda Praha and by the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for the construction of a second unit at thermal power plant (TPP) Pljevlja.

Bulgarias Energo - Pro Varna Raises Buyout Bids for Two Units

Bulgaria's Energo - Pro Varna Raises Buyout Bids for Two Units

Bulgaria's Energo-Pro Varna, a fully-owned subsidiary of Czech power group Energo-Pro, has raised its buyout bids for power supplier Energo-Pro Sales and power distributor Energo-Pro Grid to 23.25 levs ($13/11.9 euro) and 164.42 levs per share, respectively, the two units said in separate statements on Friday.