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By Niall Green - World Socialist Web SiteGreat power rivalries and the Nabucco pipeline projectLeading European energy companies, backed by the European Union and the United States, signed an accord last month to construct a major new natural gas pipeline network from the Caspian Sea to Western Europe.The Nabucco pipeline, a 7.9 billion euro ($11 billion) project, will pass through Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary before terminating at a massive Austrian energy distribution center. Governme

(ChattahBox) — Officials from six countries gathered Monday in Turkey and signed a deal to build a U.S.-backed pipeline carrying gas from Central Asia to Western Europe. The proposed pipeline would end reliance on Russia’s gas supplies to Europe. Russia provides over a quarter of Europe’s gas currently. Earlier this year Russia stopped all gas supplies to Ukraine and thereby Europe after talks collapsed to end a dispute over unpaid bills and prices. The Nabucco pipeline would run from Turke

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

The EU's top energy official travels to Turkey on Wednesday to press Ankara to quickly complete talks about transporting natural gas from the Caucasus to Western Europe via Turkey. Diplomats say EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs' trip will show the EU remains committed to the Nabucco pipeline project that faces stiff competition from Russia. The EU wants to ease its dependence on ...

ANKARA -- Turkish police have seized 335 kilos (739 pounds) of western Europe-bound heroin stashed in a truck in the eastern town of Bitlis, the Anatolia press agency reported Sunday.