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The Working Group of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission proposes to increase its natural gas price by 13.89% from 1 October. Unlike before, the experts' analyzes have confirmed Bulgargaz's request for price increase, which was introduced on September 10th.

A Turkish teen has died after inhaling gas lighter, becoming the latest victim of a dangerous trend that experts issued warnings about.

Unidentified vandals early on Thursday damaged a bank ATM in the Pefka suburb of Thessaloniki, fleeing with an unidentified sum.

The assailants appear to have first smashed the glass screen of the ATM before channeling flammable gas into the machine and igniting it.

A similar incident earlier this week targeted an ATM in the Stavroupoli suburb of the northern city.

Police say ATM raiders used flammable gas to blow up a cash machine in Patra, in western Greece, before escaping with an unknown amount of money.

Police are investigating the incident which took place at the city's industrial zone in the early hours of Wednesday.

Bulgargaz predicts a 6% decline in natural gas from October 1. This is clear from a news release on the company's website, quoted by bTV. 

The estimated price of blue fuel for the fourth quarter of 2017 is BGN 347.99 per 1000 cubic meters (excluding transport, excise and VAT). This represents a decrease of BGN 22.22 per 1000 cubic meters compared to the current price.

Greece's Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) has asked its suppliers for increased quantities of liquefied natural gas in response to the growth in demand for the commodity in the local market and the reduction in the flow of gas from the country's northern borders.

Holding black helium balloons and parading an effigy of a dying patient, striking public hospital and ambulance workers marched through Athens to protest severe cuts in public funding for the national health service.

Health care workers held a 24-hour strike Thursday, leaving hospitals running with emergency staff.

Seven workers were hospitalized due to chemical exposure in a leather factory in the Torbal? district of the Aegean province of ?zmir early on April 20. The workers were poisoned by inhaling methane gas that had accumulated in a mud pool of the purification plant. 

Bulgargaz has proposed to cut natural gas price for consumers by 23.02% for the second quarter of 2016.

The state-owned gas supplier has proposed to energy regulator KEVR to endorse a price of BGN 312.21 per 1,000 cubic metres, free of VAT and excise, for April-June period.

Bulgargaz proposed on Thursday to cut natural gas price for consumers by 2.1% for the first quarter of next year.