The key issue: Serbia is pressing ahead with its section of the so-called South Stream Lite pipeline project. Serbian Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antic said last week that construction on the New Transmission Gas Pipeline is due to start in April.
While Serbia’s non-EU status means the European Commission cannot prevent the extension of Gazprom’s TurkStream pipeline into Serbian territory, the EU’s opposition could have implications for the country’s future membership of the bloc and push Belgrade and the surrounding region further into...
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