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Nord Stream Launch and Europe's Energy Future
12:29 11/11/2011
On September 8, Russian president D. Medvedev, German chancellor A. Merkel, prime ministers of France and the Netherlands Francois Fillon and Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Erwin Sellering, EU Energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger, and CEOs of Nord Stream consortium partners inaugurated the Nord Stream pipeline and opened the flow at the Western side of the world's longest gas transit link. The event drew massive media coverage in Germany.
Uncertain World: Nord Stream and the future of Russian energy policy
18:21 10/11/2011 Weekly column by Fyodor Lukyanov
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the November 8 opening ceremony for Nord Stream on November November 8.
Leaders of four countries open symbolic white tap of Nord Stream pipeline
19:45 08/11/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched the Nord Stream gas pipeline on Tuesday, starting delivery of Russian natural gas to Germany bypassing existing transit countries.
The ceremony to open the symbolic white tap of the gas pipeline in the town of Lubmin in northern Germany was also attended by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
Nord Stream to enhance Europe's energy safety - Medvedev
14:42 08/11/2011 BERLIN, November 8 (RIA Novosti)
The Nord Stream gas pipeline, which will be launched on Tuesday, will help enhance Europe's energy security, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
Russian president to attend Nord Stream launch ceremony in Germany
04:59 08/11/2011 BERLIN, November 8 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Germany on a two-day visit on Monday, will attend the ceremony of the launch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline on Tuesday, the Kremlin said.
Medvedev to attend Nord Stream launch ceremony in Germany
13:55 03/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make an official visit to Germany November 7 and 8 to attend the ceremony of the launch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday.
Nord Stream set for official launch
13:29 03/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti)
The Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe will be launched on November 8, Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom said on Monday.
Nord Stream and South Stream inefficient for Russia – expert
15:27 26/09/2011 Interview with Alexei Khaitun
In recent years Russia has faced some serious problems with gas transit. Many believe that Russia’s Nord Stream and South Stream projects will be a way out of the situation.
Nord Stream and South Stream inefficient for Russia – expert
15:18 26/09/2011
In recent years Russia has faced some serious problems with gas transit. Many believe that Russia’s Nord Stream and South Stream projects will be a way out of the situation.
Putin launches Nord Stream pipeline
19:19 06/09/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched on Tuesday the Nord Stream pipeline, designed to bring Russian natural gas to Germany via the bed of the Baltic Sea and to avoid shipments through central Europe.
Putin says Nord Stream to deprive Ukraine of exclusive transit rights
16:34 06/09/2011 VYBORG, September 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tested on Tuesday the Nord Stream pipeline designed to bring natural gas to Europe bypassing Ukraine, whose president has said his country was overpaying billions of dollars for gas imports.
Russia's Putin launches Nord Stream pipeline
15:33 06/09/2011 VYBORG, September 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched on Tuesday the Nord Stream pipeline, designed to bring Russian natural gas to Germany via the bed of the Baltic Sea and to avoid shipments through central Europe.
Nord Stream pipeline may be extended says Putin
12:34 15/07/2011 MAGNITOGORSK, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia may build a third link in the Nord Stream gas pipeline intended to bring Russian natural gas to Germany on the Baltic seabed, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
Nord Stream completes underwater work on gas pipeline
15:35 21/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 21 (RIA Novosti)
Nord Stream AG, the operator of a gas pipeline intended to bring Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea, has completed underwater work on the first pipeline, the operator said on Tuesday.
Nord Stream: a gas pipeline to Europe under the Baltic Sea
22:00 06/05/2011
Construction of pipeline’s first leg through Baltic Sea completed.
Nord Stream undersea section to be completed in May -Putin
03:26 27/04/2011
The construction of the undersea section of the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be completed in mid-May.
Nord Stream's undersea pipe-laying to finish in Jul 2011 - Putin
13:54 20/04/2011
The laying of the undersea section of the Nord Stream pipeline will finish in July, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday in his annual address to parliament.
Putin hopes Germany will permit Nord Stream pumping soon
17:12 24/02/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Germany will soon grant permission for Russia to pump gas through the Nord Stream pipeline, which is supposed to carry gas under the Baltic Sea to Europe.
First line of Nord Stream 75% complete
00:57 07/01/2011
The construction of the first Nord Stream pipeline is 75% complete.
Medvedev rejects allegations of political motives for Nord, South Stream gas projects
12:31 06/12/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday rejected as unfounded allegations that Russia's Nord Stream and South Stream pipeline project projects were aimed at making Europe dependent on Russian energy supplies.
Poland's bid to modify Nord Stream pipeline likely to fail - CEO
04:42 21/09/2010
There is little chance that Poland's demand for a change in the Nord Stream pipeline route will be met, the CEO of the Nord Stream AG consortium said in an interview with the Russian business daily Kommersant.
Nord Stream gas pipeline reaches European mainland
18:25 05/07/2010
The first pipe string of the Nord Stream Pipeline hit dry land in Germany's coastal resort city of Lubmin, the Nord Stream AG project operator said on Monday.
URGENT: French GdF joins Nord Stream
13:47 19/06/2010
Russia's gas gain Gazprom and French GdF Suez have signed an agreement on French company's joining Nord Stream project, Gdf CEO Gerard Mestrallet said on Saturday.
Nord Stream environment impact survey cost 100 mln euros
14:55 02/06/2010
Around 100 milion euros was spent on an environmental impact survey on the Nord Stream gas pipeline, a Russian first deputy prime minister said on Wednesday
Russia, Finland agree to Nord Stream monitoring system
22:08 27/05/2010
Russia agrees with Finland's proposal to create a monitoring system for the construction and maintenance of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Medvedev to discuss Nord Stream in Denmark
21:14 27/04/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived on Tuesday in Denmark.
Italian companies get $2 billion contracts on Nord Stream gas pipeline
17:34 26/04/2010
Italian companies have received $2 billion contracts on Russia's Nord Stream gas pipeline
Nord Stream gas pipeline capacity could be further increased - Putin
17:27 26/04/2010
The capacity of Nord Stream, a pipeline to carry 55 billion cu m of Russian natural gas annually to western Europe under the Baltic Sea, could be further increased
Nord Stream AG, German environmentalists agree to protect Baltic Sea
22:52 23/04/2010
Nord Stream AG and two German environmental organizations have agreed on measures to protect the Baltic Sea, the gas pipeline operator said Friday.
Nord Stream: a gas pipeline to Europe under the Baltic Sea
15:39 13/04/2010Gazprom starts building Nord Stream gas pipeline
15:45 09/04/2010
Russian energy giant Gazprom on Friday officially started the construction of Nord Stream, a pipeline to carry Russian gas to western Europe under the Baltic Sea
Gazprom starts construction on Nord Stream gas pipeline
13:42 09/04/2010
Russian energy monopoly Gazprom on Friday officially started the construction of Nord Stream, a pipeline to pump natural gas from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea
Russia's Gazprom begins construction of Nord Stream pipeline
01:32 07/04/2010
Russian energy giant Gazprom has started the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline designed to pump Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea.
First Nord Stream pipelay vessel heads for Baltic
15:34 22/03/2010
The first pipelay vessel started its journey to the Baltic Sea to begin construction on the Nord Stream pipeline, which will pump Russian natural gas to Europe, the project operator said on Monday.
Nord Stream secures funding for Russia-backed Baltic pipeline
12:12 16/03/2010
Nord Stream has secured 3.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in financing allowing it to start building a pipeline to pump Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Nord Stream gets approval for gas pipe link to European network
16:26 18/02/2010
The operator of the Nord Stream gas pipeline project said on Thursday it had received approval from German authorities to connect the trans-Baltic pipeline to the European gas network.
Gas supplies via Baltic pipeline to start in Sept. 2011 - Putin
12:05 12/02/2010
Pumping of Russian natural gas to Europe via the Baltic Nord Stream pipeline will start in September 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday
Gas supplies via Baltic pipeline to start in Sept. 2011 - Putin
11:34 12/02/2010
Pumping of Russian natural gas to Europe via the Baltic Nord Stream pipeline will start in September 2011.
Putin touts Nord Stream's environmental safety
17:52 10/02/2010
The Nord Stream project, to pipe gas from Siberia to Europe under the Baltic Sea, is absolutely reliable and environmentally safe, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
Britain to begin piping in Russian gas in 2012
17:28 28/11/2009
Britain will start piping in gas directly from Russia in late 2012, the chief executive of Nord Stream has said.
Finland to back Nord Stream gas pipeline project
12:52 07/10/2009
Finland, which earlier raised environmental concerns over the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline across the Baltic Sea, is set to give its approval to the project, a Belgian radio station reported on Wednesday.
GDF Suez could join Nord Stream gas project by year-end - Miller
17:58 24/09/2009
Gaz de France Suez could by the end of this year become a shareholder in a project to build a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Europe, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Thursday.
France's SDF Suez to acquire Nord Stream shares by October
13:55 14/09/2009
France's GDF Suez will by the end of October become a shareholder in the company building the Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea.
German military asks for change to Nord Stream route - paper
16:12 10/06/2009
Germany's armed forces have demanded that the planned route of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking to Russia be altered, Russian business daily reported Kommersant on Wednesday.
Nord Stream participants ready to readjust route - Putin
21:43 03/06/2009
Participants in the project to lay the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea are ready to alter the route in line with Finland's environmental concerns, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday.
Putin visits Finland to push for Nord Stream, talk timber tariffs
10:43 03/06/2009
Russia's prime minister will visit Finland on Wednesday to push for Finland's approval for the Nord Stream pipeline to bring Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea.
Nord Stream would increase nuclear plants in Russia - Greenpeace
19:20 20/05/2009Finland waits for Nord Stream ecological concerns to be addressed
19:51 20/04/2009Finland hopes environmental concerns around the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be tackled by June, the Baltic state's president said on Monday.

Latvia set to propose alternative to Nord Stream
21:31 17/04/2009Nord Stream partners start talks on Gaz de France invitation
15:07 10/04/2009Nord Stream to unveil environmental report in early March
20:47 13/02/2009Nord Stream AG said on Friday it planned to unveil in early March an environmental report to the Baltic Sea states on a gas pipeline project designed to pump gas to the Balkans and other European states.

Gaz de France Suez seeking minority stake in Nord Stream
20:39 22/12/2008
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Leaders of four countries open symbolic white tap of Nord Stream pipeline
19:45 08/11/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched the Nord Stream gas pipeline on Tuesday, starting delivery of Russian natural gas to Germany bypassing existing transit countries.
The ceremony to open the symbolic white tap of the gas pipeline in the town of Lubmin in northern Germany was also attended by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
Nord Stream and South Stream inefficient for Russia – expert
15:18 26/09/2011
In recent years Russia has faced some serious problems with gas transit. Many believe that Russia’s Nord Stream and South Stream projects will be a way out of the situation.
Putin launches Nord Stream pipeline
19:19 06/09/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched on Tuesday the Nord Stream pipeline, designed to bring Russian natural gas to Germany via the bed of the Baltic Sea and to avoid shipments through central Europe.
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Nord Stream pipeline project
The Nord Stream pipeline, which will pump gas from Siberia to Europe under the Baltic Sea, bypassing East European transit countries, is being built jointly by Gazprom, Germany's E.ON and BASF, and Dutch gas transportation firm Gasunie at an estimated cost of $12 billion.











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