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Gazprom is building the offshore segment of South Stream despite the EU objections (Photo: south-stream-offshore.com)

Putin's pipeline drives wedge between EU and Balkan hopefuls

Macedonia has become the latest Western Balkan country to receive a stark warning on the implications of building Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline for its EU future.

Janez Kopac, the head of the European Energy Community (EEC), said on Thursday (23 October) that Skopje’s South Stream agreement with Moscow is “not in compliance” with EU energy law.

He noted that as an EEC treaty signatory it has “a legally binding commitment to implement these rules”.

He added, in commen...

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