Anca Gurzu contributed to this article
Bulgaria's coalition government reacted coolly, on 2 December, to the cancellation of the South Stream gas pipeline project, which was announced by Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller the day before. Bulgaria's Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski said that the government should wait for an official statement from Moscow. His adviser, Vladimir Karolev, rejected as exaggerated Putin's claim that Bulgaria would lose €400 million per year in transit fees for its stretch…