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EU agency vote revives Slovakia-Hungary language row
A recent decision to host a new EU energy agency in Slovenia has revived tensions between Budapest and Bratislava, which had hoped to host the agency in the Slovak capital.
MEPs call for beefed-up energy security policy
MEPs yesterday (16 September) urged the European Commission to beef up the early-warning mechanisms that failed during the gas supply crisis in January.
France´s GDF Suez to join Nord Stream pipeline
GDF Suez, one of the world's largest utilities, is negotiating its participation in the Nord Stream gas pipeline project, which is designed to bring Russian gas directly to Germany by bypassing Ukraine, representatives of the project told EurActiv yesterday (29 July).
EU can play intermediary role in Russia-Ukraine gas conflict
The European Union does everything to avoid an other gas crisis. Brussels would even intermediate between the two sides, said Andris Piebalgs, commissioner for energy after that he participated on the meeting of the ministers of energy.
Nabucco can't fail, says EU commissioner
Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs told the European Parliament today (2 September) that the EU-sponsored Nabucco gas pipeline could not fail, despite attempts by Russia to undermine the project by speeding up work on the rival 'South Stream' pipe.
