Chemistry

The price of water in the Sofia region is expected to increase by 44 percent. The price for the delivery, removal and purification of water should rise to BGN 3.69 per cubic meter including VAT. The Commission for Energy and Water Regulation discussed the upcoming increase in the price of water to start from July 1 in Sofia and Pernik regions.

Hellas Gold and its parent Eldorado Gold Corporation on Wednesday announced they had reached an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to provide financial support worth $60 million for the development of the Skouries gold and copper mine project. 

ReCatalyst, a company which has developed a next-generation hydrogen fuel cell catalyst, has been declared the Slovenian startup of the year.

The company's innovative solution helps significantly reduce production costs while also being more environmentally friendly and contributing to decarbonisation.

With the risk of drought, insufficient snowfall and temperatures rising above seasonal norms, marine life in the Black Sea has been adversely affected, and the number of fish has decreased, warns an expert.

Geological Engineer Prof. Dr. Osman Bektaş stated that global climate change has started to drag the Black Sea to death.

The cost of the emergency measures Greece bore for the energy shielding of Europe, taken by the Commission in the midst of the panic over a complete stoppage of Russian gas exports, came to more than 300 million euros.

An unprecedented 58 billion Turkish Liras ($3bn) was invested in gold in the first quarter of 2023 in Türkiye, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).

Bar and coin investment in Türkiye reached phenomenal levels in the first quarter, breaching 50 tons for the first time on record, said the council's latest edition of the Gold Demand Trends report.

European Union authorities should place a ceiling on energy prices for energy-consuming industries each time prices skyrocket and cover the cost from EU funds or member-states, Εvangelos Mytilineos, president of Eurometaux and CEO/chairman of Mytilineos Energy & Metals, said in an interview with Politico.

Marking a year since the opening of Greece's first drug consumption room (DCR), a facility where addicts can use safely in a supervised environment, the Organization Against Drugs (OKANA) on Thursday said that more than 120 lives have been saved thanks to the initiative.

In the announcement of the Russian Embassy in London, the statement of the Deputy British Defense Minister James Heappey about sending weapons with depleted uranium to Ukraine is recalled. According to the embassy, Heappey's words show the ruthless policy of the Anglo-Saxons on the general escalation of the "conflict through intermediaries" that they initiated in Ukraine.

Lavrov said at a press conference in New York that some say that depleted uranium is not radioactive and that it is not included in the lists of the International Atomic Energy Agency, but that there are facts and interviews with people who suffered from the consequences of such missile attacks in the former Yugoslavia, in time of NATO bombing.