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Analyses | | Ilona Gizińska, Łukasz Kobeszko

Bulgaria introduces additional fees for Russian gas transit

On 13 October 2023, a law came into effect in Bulgaria which introduces an additional transit fee (referred to as the ‘energy levy’) for the import and transit of natural gas from the Russian Federation. The new levy was introduced as part…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski

Central Europe in the European Parliament elections

The elections to the European Parliament have weakened the Christian Democrats (EPP) and Social Democrats (S&D) in Central Europe; but although they have won fewer seats than five years ago, they still have an advantage over the other…
Analyses | | Jan Muś, Jakub Groszkowski

CEZs problems in Albania and Bulgaria

On 7 February the Czech energy company CEZ entered into arbitration against Albania with regard to the fact that Albania revoked the distribution license of CEZ Shperndarje (76% of shares held by CEZ, 24% held by the Albanian state), which…
Analyses | | Tomasz Dąborowski, Andrzej Sadecki, Marta Szpala

Progress in the preparations for building South Stream

Russia’s Gazprom and the state-controlled Serbian and Hungarian energy companies on 29 and 31 October passed final investment decisions concerning the construction of the Serbian and Hungarian sections of the South Stream gas pipeline.…
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Decommissioning of nuclear power plants a growing problem for the EU

On 8 February, the European Court of Auditors published an audit report on the shut down nuclear power plants in Bulgaria (Kozloduy), Lithuania (Ignalina) and Slovakia (Bohunice). It revealed a significant delay in the EU-funded process…
Analyses | | Tomasz Dąborowski, Marta Szpala

Chinas interest in investing in South-Eastern Europe still growing

On 19 October the Chinese corporation China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group entered into an agreement for access to confidential information concerning the development of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania. During that same week,…
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Romania Bulgaria and Greece joined the Via Carpatia project

At an international conference in Lancut held on 22 October, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece joined the project for the Via Carpatia land transit route, which will lead from Lithuania through Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, and further south…
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Nine EU countries call for change in public debt calculation in the EU

At the beginning of August on the initiative of Poland, nine EU countries proposed a change in the EU methodology of public debt calculation. The new method is intended to make a distinction between a public debt and pension system…