Nabucco pipeline

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic expressed readiness to reduce his country's dependence on Russian gas.

Vucic said this in an interview during the first day of his visit to Albania on Wednesday and Thursday, B92 reports.

A landmark event, part of the project to bring Azeri gas supplies to Europe, could take place next month - the signing of the final investment decision on the construction of the interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), according to an article carried by rosinvest.com.

Macedonia will join the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project when the European Commission and Russia reach agreement on the scheme, according to Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

In an interview for local news portal Pres 24 he says that Macedonia is a country that makes decisions of strategic importance on the basis of its Euro-Atlantic orientation.

Romania has decided to back a new gas pipeline designed to link Central and Southeast Europe on the grounds that improving the region's energy supply infrastructure will increase regional energy security.

Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have signed a joint declaration of support for the construction of the new 1274-km pipeline running across all four countries.

The Bulgarian government approved the agreement between Bulgaria and Azerbaijan for cooperation in the areas of electronic messages, information technologies (IT) and electronic governance.

The document was signed on March 4 during the visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Sofia, the government's press service informs.

Russia?s foreign minister has urged the European Union to support the idea of a Moscow-backed pipeline that would bring natural gas across the Black Sea to Turkey and the rest of Europe.

Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the pipeline ? which could include Greece, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary ? would bring ?energy stability? to Europe.

Washington increased the pressure on Athens on Friday to concentrate on the completion of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) rather than devote efforts toward the extension of the planned Turkish Stream pipeline so it runs through Greece.

Gazprom's Turkish Stream gas pipeline project could become a strong incentive for Turkey and Greece to improve their bilateral relations, a senior Russian diplomat has said.

Turkey and its partners in the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) will hold talks with "one or two" foreign companies for possible partnerships, Turkey's Energy Minister said on May 4.

Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z said he could not name the companies involved, as they were publicly traded in an energy panel in Istanbul. 

Iran put forward a revival of Nabucco project during recent talks with Bulgaria's Prime Minister and other officials, the country's Ambassador to Sofia has said.