Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Gas row update

The EU is trying to persuade the Ukraine and Russia to continue talks for an end to the gas row. The Ukraine said it would only continue talks if a third party would oversee talks between the two countries.

The Russain gas firm Gazprom said it has already begun working on getting the EU countries that have reported a fall in gas suppply back up to full supply.

France, Germany, Poland, Italy and now Slovakia, which is 100% dependant on Russian gas, have all reported a fall in gas supply. However Austria and Hungary said that the flow of Russian gas has returned to normal.

EU energy officials will meet tommorow to try and get the Ukraine and Russia back to talking.

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