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December consumer prices down 0.4 percent on month

BELGRADE - Serbia saw a month-on-month decrease of 0.4 percent in retail prices of goods and services used for personal consumption in December, the national stats office stated on Monday.

When compared to December 2013, the consumer prices rose 1.7 percent, registering the average annual growth of 2.9 percent.

Ministry gives license to extract 1.8 billion tons of lignite coal in Central Anatolia

As the wounds of the recent coal mine accident that killed 18 workers in the Central Anatolian heartland of Karaman are still fresh, the Energy Ministry has given licenses for three new mines in the same area, which is estimated to have a lignite coal reserve of 1.83 billion tons.

‘Natural gas’ lobby behind dismissal of coal plant on olive groove, head of firm claims

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.

Customs Agency Discovers Illegal Gas Station in Downtown Sofia

Bulgaria's Customs Agency discovered an illegal gas station in downtown Sofia on Friday, the Agency said in a statement.

The two underground tanks contained 4 tonnes of diesel fuel without any documents. An illegal gas pump was connected to the tanks.

The fuel was confiscated and samples have been sent for laboratory analysis.

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