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The head of a Turkish business group that cut down thousands of olive trees in western Turkey to build a power plant before the gambit was foiled by the judiciary has accused the “natural gas lobby” of annulling the project.

GERB MP Delyan Dobrev - former energy minister and current head of the energy committee in Parliament - warned the EDCs not to extend the periods of electric meters readings.

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) measured 19 temperature records in Bulgaria on Tuesday.

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Greeks are embracing waste recycling, with the overwhelming majority saying it is part of their daily lives, according to a survey carried out by Alco for the Hellenic Recovery Recycling Corporation (HERRCO).

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic said on Tuesday that the official decision on the Stavalj project - which includes constructing a new coal-fired power plant near Sjenica and expanding an existing mine - should be made in March 2015.

Coal mining complex workers treated for poisoning

BELGRADE -- Nine workers of the Kolubara mining basin have been injured when coal dust caught on fire in Field D of the strip mine southwest of Belgrade.

Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) proposes introducing a ceiling on prices paid to power generators.

According to DKEVR, the tariff should be capped at BGN 202 per MWh, which is the highest amount paid for the balancing of the energy system.

The proposal is part of a draft decision of DKEVR.

A UN conference on preserving the earth's dwindling resources opened Oct. 16 with grim warnings that the depletion of natural habitats and species was outpacing efforts to protect them.

A hydroelectric plant (HES) construction in the Black Sea province of Giresun will continue for three more months despite a court order for a stay of execution, after a decision from the governor who alleged that stopping works could increase risks of landslides and avalanches.

"Geological Treasure of Serbian Land" to open on April 10

BELGRADE -- The "Geological Treasure of the Serbian Land" exhibition will open at the SANU Gallery of Science & Technology on April 10.

It will present a collection of minerals, rocks and fossils belonging to the Belgrade-based Faculty of Mining and Geology.