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There are ,ass complaints from the high heating bills in Sofia in March, reports Mediapool. 

After the colder Friday with more clouds and drizzle in places, from Saturday, weather will stabilize and will be mostly sunny with rising temperatures. This indicates the medium-term weather forecast based on computer models.

The good weather will make us happy until Tuesday next week.

The establishment of a new European Energy Agency was discussed during the informal meeting of the ministers in Sofia. The new structure will include all state regulators of the EU countries. This was stated at a press conference after the meeting of the Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova.

The Greek government submitted a bill to parliament on Wednesday evening opening the way for the country's dominant power utility PPC to begin selling coal-fired plants in May, a move strongly opposed by workers who have threatened strikes in protest.

Fuel prices are not expected to rise in the summer. This was stated by Valentin Zlatev, Chairman of the Bulgarian Petroleum and Gas Association. He will continue to insist on a law on trade in fuels, which will impose stricter control in the sector.

Turkey has already superseded its 2023 target for installed geothermal capacity, prompting an upward revision of the 2030 target to 4,000 megawatts (MW), General Directorate of Renewable Energy (YEGM) head Oğuz Can said on April 11.

Global oil supply remains a concern amid OPEC and Russian-led output reductions, with production falling from mature oilfields while demand growth remains strong, the International Energy Agency's Executive Director Fatih Birol said on April 11.

Turkey is looking to hold tenders for at least five coal mines this year including one with 136 million tons of reserves, Turkish Deputy Energy Undersecretary Fatih Dönmez told Reuters on April 10.

Spanish volunteer Fran Vargas digs the sand to pull out a buried bag as others hold bags with garbage during a trash collection at Kolovrechtis wetland near Halkida, Evia island. Greece has the European Union's longest coastline, poor waste management and an addiction to single-use plastic that littering the country's seabed.

Chinese state company HT Solar Energy is considering investing $1 billion in Turkey's renewable energy industry, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on April 5.