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Moldova might import natural gas from Ukraine
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January 21, 2012Moldova might have to buy natural gas from Ukraine if the bargaining between Moldova and Gazprom, the Russian gas provider, will fail. The statement was made by Viktor Ianucovici, the Ukrainian President, according to Marian Lupu, the acting president...
Moldova to resume gas talks with Gazprom after decision on EU Energy Package III
December 17, 2011Moldpres/ Chisinau -- Moldova's negotiations on a gas new contract with the Russian gas giant Gazprom will be resumed after Moldova decides on the actions needed to implement the EU Energy Package III. Economics Minister Valeriu Lazar today made...
Moldova to start talks on new gas supply contract
June 24, 2011In the months to come, Moldova will start negotiations on a new contract on gas supply, in order manage to sign it in due time, since the agreement signed in 2006 expires on 31 December 2011. Moldova has already set up a group of negotiators and approved...
Chisinau discusses reorganization of Moldovagaz with Gazprom
June 06, 2011The talks with Gazprom over the new agreement on the supply of gas to Moldova will start in the near future. The nominal composition of the working group that will negotiate the agreement is being decided. The present agreement expires at the end of this...
French total On Yamal: a new form of corporate agreement?
March 05, 2011On March 2 at his Novo-Ogarevo residence, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted the signing of a novel type of strategic partnership between Russian and West European energy companies, in this case Total of France. In Putin’s presence, Total...
Gazprom-Austrian OMV agreement: A political blow to Nabucco
February 24, 2011After selling a large block of shares in Hungarian MOL to the Kremlin-connected Surgutneftegaz, Austrian OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer’s final gift to European energy security is an agreement with Gazprom that interferes with the EU-backed Nabucco...
Cheap gas for basing rights? Russia sugests Ukrainian-type deal to Moldova
February 17, 2011Russia’s ambassador to Moldova, Valery Kuzmin, insinuated via Chisinau media on February 1 that Moscow can grant Moldova a price discount on Russian gas, as it granted one to Ukraine, in return for military basing rights. Kuzmin said: &ldquo...
Gazprom resists EU-backed reform of Lithuania’s energy sector
February 11, 2011Lithuania seeks the European Union’s support for gas sector reform in line with EU law, against pressures from Gazprom. The Russian company enjoys a supplier’s monopoly in Lithuania and controls the country’s gas pipeline system. The...
Moldova facing price shock from Gazprom
February 08, 2011The Russian government’s offer of cheap gas to Moldova, in return for military basing rights (“Cheap Gas for Basing Rights: Russia Offers Ukrainian-Type Deal to Moldova,” EDM, February 4) aims to pressure Moldova’s governing...
Moldovan gas supplier seeks 13-per-cent increase in gas tariff
January 05, 2011The Moldovagaz joint venture has asked the National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE) to increase the gas tariff for the final consumers from 4,098 lei to 4,636 lei per 1,000 cubic metres, or by 13.1 per cent, according to a communiquй by the...