The European countries have been excited over the past few years about newly discovered gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean and rightly so. The newly
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Ukraine Might Lose Chinese Money to Revamp Its Energy Infrastructure
Arief Budiman (Jakarta, Indonesia) Ukraine could end up missing out on generous funding from China worth almost $3.65 billion due to the quarrels between its
Channeling Progress in Central and South East European Energy Market Integration
Central and South Eastern European countries have often been exposed to gas supply crises. The most serious one was the 2009 Russia-Ukraine gas dispute in
Oil Geopolitics: Ukraine and Poland Team Up Against Gazprom
Ukrainian state-run energy company Naftogaz is planning to join the Polish gas company PGNiG in a court case questioning the European Union’s decision to provide
Single Gas Market and Energy Security in the Visegrad States: Models, Challenges, Perspectives
N.Slobodian, N. Theisen, S. Goda and M. Karaskova (National Centre for Strategic Studies) European energy security has become one of the major issues that have
Completing Europe: Gas Interconnections in Central and Southeastern Europe – An Update
John Robert (The Atlantic Council) The situation regarding natural gas in Europe is going through hard times. On the one hand, there are still prospects
Naftogaz’s Gas Imports from Europe Threatened
The Charter of Naftogaz, the national oil and gas company of Ukraine, has been changed in violation of a contract with foreign creditors, a decision
Ukraine in Talks with Gazprom: Eying the Russian Gas for Winter 2016/2017
Ukraine’s Naftogaz has started talks with Gazprom regarding gas supplies for the second half of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017. Given the annexation
EU Parliament Demands a Halt of Nord Stream Project
The European Parliament criticized on Monday (9 May) the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, leading from Russia to Europe, with many Members of
Dividing the EU with Energy? Unpacking Russia’s Energy Geo-Economics
Toivo Martikainen and Antto Vihma (The Finnish Institute of International Affairs) Russia’s economic ideology is mainly focused on national security interests instead of modernization and