Chemistry

Bulgaria Customs Seize 2 Kg of Heroin

Bulgarian customs officers have seized two kilograms of heroin at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint at the border with Turkey.

The smuggler, who was arrested on 4 February, was part of a criminal group trafficking heroin from Turkey to Italy via Greece. A flooded road at Turkey's border with Greece had forced the smuggler to cross into Bulgaria.

Court clears suspects of 2012 attack on German envoy

A Thessaloniki misdemeanors court on Friday cleared two municipal employees and a local school teacher, for a second time, over a protest in the northern port city in November 2012 that turned ugly when demonstrators pelted the then German Consul Wolfgang Hoelsche-Obermaier with styrofoam cups of coffee and plastic bottles of water.

Turkey's gas imports to increase by 10 percent in 2015: Ministry

Turkey?s natural gas imports for 2015 are projected to reach 52.2 billion cubic meters (bcm), an increase of 9.6 percent compared to last year, according to the Energy Ministry. 

Gas consumption has been steadily increasing in Turkey because of the country?s developing industry and increasing population, and Turkey imported a total of 47.6 bcm of natural gas in 2014.

PPC considers electricity rate cuts

By Chryssa Liaggou

The management of Public Power Corporation and a foreign consultancy firm are together examining the possibility of reducing PPC?s electricity rates in a bid to respond to longtime demands by its major clients, as the power giant eyes the continuing drop in fuel rates (oil and natural gas) and the positive impact from changes to the wholesale market.

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