Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2015
Hungarian Minister Proposes Pipeline That Bypasses Bulgaria as South Stream Alternative
16th January, 2015
January 15, (Novinite) – The construction of a gas pipeline from Greece via Macedonia and Serbia to Hungary would be an alternative to the cancelled South Stream project, according to Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s Foreign Minister.
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Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2015
Andrew Korybo
16th January, 2015
China is extending its Silk Road into the Balkans, with a planned project to construct a railroad from the Greek port of Piraeus all the way to Budapest. This would connect Beijing’s primary port of entrance for its commercial goods to one of Central Europe’s main transport conduits, thereby pushing the Silk Road into the heart of Europe and throughout the rest of the continent. As with everything else that China is doing in the world today, it must not be discounted that Russia can also reap some resultant benefits from this as part of the global Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership, which in this case, would allow for the resurrection of the South Stream project that all of its European partners have been begging for since its cancellation.
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Posted by seumasach on December 6, 2014
Orban is a neocon who has “gone native” much to the chagrin of McCain. But this is one of the prime symptoms of imperial decline: the empire can no longer control its vassals.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blasted Brussels for undermining the Russia-led South Stream gas pipeline project.
5th December, 2014
MOSCOW, December 5 (Sputnik), Ekaterina Blinova — Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister blasted Brussels for ruining the Russia-led South Stream gas pipeline project.
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Posted by seumasach on December 3, 2014
Europe May Face ‘Disaster’ Due to South Stream Cancellation: Czech Company
2nd December, 2014
MOSCOW, December 2 (Sputnik) – The consequences of scrapping the South Stream gas project could be disastrous for some European states, the marketing director of Czech gas company Vemex told Sputnik Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on December 1, 2014
Putin: Russia forced to withdraw from S. Stream project due to EU stance
1st December, 2014
Russia is forced to withdraw from the South Stream project due to the EU’s unwillingness to support the pipeline, and gas flows will be redirected to other customers, Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2014
F.William Engdahl
23rd November, 2014
The refusal of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party to join the new US and EU Cold War against Russia, notably by agreeing to build the South Stream gas pipeline, in addition to the stinging policies adopted against the foreign owned banks and energy companies, has set off alarm bells in Western capitals. According to William Engdahl, the question which now has to be asked is: will Hungary be the next country to be the target of a US/EU sponsored regime change?
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Posted by seumasach on November 28, 2012
One of the reasons why the Emir of Qatar wants to destroy Syria
28th November, 2012
The news about the visit of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to Qatar was quite predictable – already in May of this year, there were agreements on reciprocal trade between the two countries.
Posted in Syria | Tagged: Gazprom, Iran-Iraq-Syria gas pipeline, North Stream and South Stream pipeline systems, qatar, South Stream | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2012
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Posted by seumasach on January 26, 2010
Eric Walberg
26th January, 2010
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to Turkish last month shows that Turkey and Russia are rapidly developing close economic and political ties.
For all intents and purposes, Turkey has given up on the European Union, recognising it as a bastion of Islamophobia and captive to US diktat. As Switzerland bans minarets and France moves to outlaw the niqab, the popular Islamist government in Istanbul moves in the opposite direction — supporting the freedom to wear headscarfs, boldly criticising Israel and building bridges with Syria. This is nothing less than a fundamental realignment of Turkish politics towards Turkey’s natural allies — the Arabs … and the Russians.
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Posted by seumasach on October 21, 2009
20th October, 2009
Russia has obtained all the permits necessary to build its ‘South Stream’ gas pipeline through Turkish territorial waters, discarding Bulgaria as one of the project’s transit countries, the Russian press writes today (20 October).
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Posted by seumasach on May 16, 2009
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In These New Times 