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Moscow is “pressuring” Croatia to join Gazprom’s South Stream project urgently, before Croatia’s accession to the European Union takes legal effect in 2013. An internal analysis, prepared by Croatian government officials for senior decision-makers and leaked to the press, warns...
On July 23 in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin obtained a verbal endorsement of Gazprom’ South Stream project from Italy’s new prime minister, Mario Monti, on his first visit to Russia in that capacity. Italy’s state-controlled oil and gas company, ENI, is a shareholder in South...
The press office for Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that construction on the South Stream pipeline will begin in December this year. In an official statement reported by the Reuters news agency last night, the press office said that the construction of the pipeline would begin by the...
CEO of Italian oil and gas company Eni, Paolo Scaroni, has said that a financial investment decision (FID) on the South Stream pipeline project will be reached by the end of this year or early next year. Responding to a question on the sidelines of Eni's shareholder meeting today, Mr. Scaroni said that...
Natural Gas Europe recently has the opportunity to visit with Marc Partridge, Managing Director of Gazprombank, who discussed Europe's natural gas market, energy security and Gazprombank's role in EU projects. How do you view the EU natural gas market being shaped in terms of consumption and usage within...
Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Zoran Stravreski has said that joining the South Stream pipeline project will help to stabilise Macedonia's energy security for years to come. In a statement released on the official government website of Macedonia, Minister Stravreski said...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that modernisation of the country's gas transport system (GTS) is essential to protect against shortages caused by cold weather conditions. At a meeting with German MP Carl George Velman and engineering service provider Ferrostaal, Prime Minister...
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has said that an agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and Gazprom to ensure Macedonia's participation in the South Stream pipeline project has already been drafted. In a statement released on Macedonia's government website, Prime Minister Gruevski...
Hungarian state-run bank MFB has said that it expects to transfer its 50 per cent stake in South Stream Hungary to MVM within a matter of days. Speaking at a conference in Budapest today, Chief Executive of MFB Laszlo Baranyay, said that a deal to transfer the bank's stake to state-owned energy...
Former Bulgarian ambassador to Russia, Ilian Vassilev, has said that Bulgaria may be making a mistake by agreeing to link its gas prices to the South Stream project. Mr. Vasilev told Bulgarian radio Radio FOCUS that the government risked making the same mistakes it previously had in gas matters...
