Posts Tagged ‘Balkans’

Europe Nears Gas Pipeline Accord

Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Europe nears gas pipeline accord European governments are due to sign an agreement on the Nabucco gas pipeline on 13 July, the European Commission has announced.The Nabucco pipeline will bring Central Asian gas to western Europe via Turkey and the Balkans, bypassing Russia. Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria – the pipeline’s five transit countries – will sign the accord. The pipeline – which will compete with new rival Russian pipelines – should be operational by 2014. Germany is als

Turkish, Croatian PMs meet to boost ties (People’s Daily)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his visiting Croatian counterpart Ivo Sanader to discuss ways to promote bilateral ties as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest. Erdogan said Croatia is a country to which Turkey attaches great importance for peace, stability and welfare in the Balkans, adding that "political relations between Turkey and Croatia are ...

Verbund to build 160 mln euro Albania hydro plant (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
(adds details, changes dateline) * Verbund Albania hydro plant to start in 40 months * Sees power demand in Balkans outperforming rest of Europe