6.0 quake off Russia's far-east Kamchatka coastline: USGS
Moscow. A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported, striking at a depth of 33 kilometres (20 miles).

Bulgaria will obviously have to reconsider the shale gas moratorium: Prof. Atanas Tasev
Sofia. Commenting on recent data released by the European Commission (EC) over the price of gas being among the highest in the EU in Bulgaria, in an interview with the BNR, energy expert Prof. Atanas Tasev stated that this is quite natural as Bulgaria is yet lacking gas interconnectors with neighboring countries and alternative routes for gas deliveries. He noted that the U.S. is currently the leader in global gas production mostly because of shale gas extraction. Bulgaria will obviously have to reconsider the shale gas mo

EC lifting the shale moratorium
Sofia. Last year the European Parliament (EP) adopted two resolutions providing each EU member state with the opportunity to decide on whether to use fracking or not independently, energy expert Prof. Nina Dyulgerova told the Reporter daily. According to her the idea of common EU regulations proposed by the European Commission (EC) is in complete dissonance with the decisions of the EP. The intentions declared by the EU Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger are due to political pressure by multinational corporati