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Turkey will claim larger share of Balkan gas markets

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BULGARIA/TURKEY/BALKANS

Turkish state-owned utility BOTAS has a supply contract with Bulgargaz which also includes access to the Bulgarian grid. It is in position to resell Russian gas to customers in…

US leadership could firm EU wobbling on Ukraine

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EU

Eastern EU member-states, from the Baltics to the Black Sea, are united in applying existing sanctions against Russia, with only Hungary overtly weakening political unity on the…

Prospects for the eastern EU in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for the eastern EU in 2023.

The EU’s phase-out of Russian gas is not guaranteed

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EU

This is the trajectory followed by the majority of member states. However, blockages remain in east-central Europe, where Turkey could play a role in maintaining direct or…

Central Europe is cutting dependence on Russian energy

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EASTERN EUROPE

The four Visegrad (V4) countries -- Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia and Poland -- have built up gas stocks to prepare for the winter. Once the EU states most dependent on Russian gas…

TurkStream will compete in a complex Balkan gas market

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BALKANS

With TurkStream, Russia has opened a new export route to the EU through South-eastern Europe under the Black Sea: Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia are receiving Russian gas…

Eastern Europe’s reliance on Russian oil will endure

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EASTERN EUROPE

Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria in May all secured derogations from adopting the EU-wide oil embargo on Russian oil, the main source of supply for refineries…

Central-Eastern Europe will compete for new LNG market

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EASTERN EU

LNG in Greece, Croatia and Poland.

Most Balkan states will now give up on South Stream

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BALKANS

In the weeks after the energy earthquake generated by Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement that Russia was cancelling plans to construct the South Stream gas pipeline…

Gas crunch will affect South-East European politics

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BALKANS

This 30% hike, from BGN102.33 in December, was at the request of Bulgargaz, the state-owned gas distributor. The decision came in the wake of a parliamentary vote on December 16…