Natural Gas Supply for the Balkans Terminated at Dawn

Business | January 6, 2009, Tuesday // 00:00

At 3:30 am on Tuesday all natural gas supplies at the Ukraine-Romanian border towards the Bulgarian "Bulgargaz" have been terminated, the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy and Economy reported.

The termination includes the entire Bulgarian market as well as transit volume to Greece, Turkey and Macedonia.

In connection with the crisis situation and in order to avoid industrial disasters, the Bulgarian Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov has issued an order to convene, at 7:00 am on Tuesday morning, the Security and Crisis Council at the Ministry of Energy and Economy

The Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev is holding an emergency meeting at 10:00 am at the Ministries' Council building.

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