Last Curtain Falls on Nabucco Pipeline
Nabucco-West, the pipeline project that was to have carried Azerbaijani gas from Turkey to the Central European Gas Hub near Vienna, is exiting from the stage after the rival Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP, Greece-Albania-Italy, led by Norwegian Statoil) prevailed last week in the contest for priority access to Azerbaijani gas. On June 26, the gas producers' consortium at Shah Deniz in Azerbaijan communicated this decision to the parties and to the European Union in Brussels. There will be no encore for Nabucco-West. "The Nabucco project is over for us. Our goal now is European gas for European customers," Gerhard Roiss, CEO of Austrian OMV, the Nabucco consortium's lead player, said.
Source: atimes.com
Ukrainian Government Approves Military Technical Assistance Agreement with Turkmenistan
The Government of Ukraine approved an intergovernmental agreement with Turkmenistan on the implementation of a program of military and technical cooperation between the two countries for 2013-2014, the online publication Kyivpost reported. The agreement, which was signed at the end of January 2013, will expand cooperation between the two countries in repairs and modernization of Turkmenistan’s arms and military equipment, develop Turkmenistan’s aviation and navy, and provide military goods.
Source: trend.az
Turkmenistan's Theaters to Receive 50,000 Dollars from President
President Berdymukhamedov instructed Turkmenistan’s Central Bank to give 50,000 USD to Turkmenistan’s 10 leading theaters to improve their operations and support their employees.
Source: Turkmenistan.ru
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