Classical liberalism

"Sweden was maligned in 2020 for foregoing a strict lockdown. The Guardian called its approach 'a catastrophe' in the making, while CBS News said Sweden had become 'an example of how not to handle COVID-19' ", fee.org portal reports.

The Government will modify the electricity and natural gas law after January 15, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu said on Tuesday, to establish exactly how the liberalization of the market will take place. "They have a regulated customer base of 6 million for which they never paid.

Consumers and employment in Greece have enjoyed considerable benefits from the opening up of commodity markets implemented since 2010 (in the context of the bailout programs and the recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), according to a study by the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE).

The liberalization in the energy sector continues over 10 years, and is still not finished, reported BGNES.

In the gas sector yet are being done the first steps to an open, clear and market-functioning model. 

There is a need to encourage energy liberalization in Bulgaria, particularly in the electricity market, a paper on energy reform in the country says.

The forthcoming liberalization of the energy market in Bulgaria is likely to lead to an increase in the prices of the electricity in the country.

This was stated by Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) on Sunday.

The participants in a discussion on Bulgaria's energy exchange agreed that legal amendments were to pave the way for a change of the model so that the full liberalization of the market was achieved by the beginning of 2016.

The World Bank will draft a comprehensive review of the financial state of Bulgaria's energy sector and identify steps towards full liberalization of the electricity market by the end of the year under a deal signed on Friday.

Ivan Ivanov, Chair of Bulgaria's Commission for Energy and Water Regulation, has underscored that EU law entitles large industrial enterprises to discounts on the "obligation to society" surcharge included in electricity prices.

Electricity, gas markets to be liberalized

BELGRADE -- A full liberalization of the electricity market, allowing citizens to choose their suppliers in an open market, will begin from the New Year.

The liberalization of the gas market is set to start as well.