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Russia asked Poland to be the partner in nuclear power plant
Russia has asked Poland to participate in the construction of the Baltic Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Polish Minister of Infrastructure Cezary Grabarczyk said on Friday.
Czech energy giant slowly turning green
The Czech Republic´s leading power company, ČEZ, has promised to turn to energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly projects, but local NGOs say it must still improve its green energy strategy. EurActiv Czech Republic reports.
Slovak government behaves like the energy monopoly
Two years ago, Robert Fico's government decided to make energy customers pay special fee, when changing energy supplier. Today, retail customers in Slovakia loose one alternative supplier.
Nord Stream "a waste of money" says Poland
The Nord Stream pipeline project is "a waste of European consumers' money," Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told the Polish National Assembly´s foreign affairs committee last week.
Oil crisis in Slovakia averted
On Monday, Russia warned EU before cutting oil supplies due to problems with Ukraine. Later in the afternoon, Moscow and Kiev reached the agreement on oil transit in 2010. The risk of oil crisis in Slovakia, Hungary and Czech republic had been averted.
The gas crisis: It can reoccur
Slovak Foreign Ministry hosts 2-day conference "EU Common Energy Policy and Energy Security of Slovakia". The panelists did not exclude the possibility of repeating the gas crisis, but added that Slovakia has prepared much better than it had been one year ago.
