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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...
Bulgaria will receive an 11.1% discount on the price of natural gas discounts from Russia, only after it signs the final investment decision on the South Stream gas pipeline project. However the price reduction, estimated to be worth estimated at around USD 115 – 120 million, will be retroactive...
Gazprom may have to undertake financing the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream gas pipeline. Russian media reports indicate that Bulgaria is not in the financial position to commit to development of the pipeline across its territory. Gazprom would undertake the cost of construction...
2012 will see the propulsion of the South Stream project towards completion, with a final investment decision (FID) and construction on the pipeline to begin by the end of the year. Chief executive for South Stream Marcel Kramer said today that the consortium on the project expected an FID to be reached...
Natural Gas Europe had the opportunity to speak with Gulmira Rzayeva at the recently held 3rd Mediterranean Oil & Gas Conference. Ms. Rzayeva is a research fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. How do you view the present-day developments...
Russian giant Gazprom has hit out against the European Union and its regulations, saying the restrictions on the company are affecting its operations. Speaking at the European Business Congress in Slovenia, CEO of Gazprom Alexey Miller said that bureaucracy was stifling both the Nord Stream and...
