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| Tomasz Dąborowski
The first quarter of 2013 was a time of fundamental ownership changes among the key gas companies in Central Europe. Those companies which underwent a change in ownership include the Czech and Slovak transmission system operators as well…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Sadecki
In Hungary the conflict between the Viktor Orban cabinet and energy companies is growing. The government forced the companies to reduce energy prices for households at the beginning of 2013. This striving for a reduction in energy bills…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
Milos Zeman was sworn in as the president of the Czech Republic on 8 March. He announced the names of his closest aides and presented his priorities for the next five years several days afterwards. Vratislav Mynar was appointed head of the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Sadecki
On 11 March, the Hungarian National Assembly amended the constitution which has been in force since 1 January 2012 for the fourth time. The package of changes sparked a new wave of protests against the government of Viktor Orbán, which…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
For three weeks now a heated debate has been under way in the Czech Republic concerning a scandal involving solar power plants. It has been claimed that the state has lost hundreds of millions of euros due to this. The results of the audit…
Analyses |
| Jan Muś, Jakub Groszkowski
On 7 February the Czech energy company CEZ entered into arbitration against Albania with regard to the fact that Albania revoked the distribution license of CEZ Shperndarje (76% of shares held by CEZ, 24% held by the Albanian state), which…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Sadecki, Andrzej Sadecki
On 31 January, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a working visit to Moscow, where he focused primarily on energy issues (specifically the development of the Paks nuclear…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
The former Czech left-wing prime minister, Milos Zeman, won the presidential election, defeating Karel Schwarzenberg, the present deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, in the runoff on 25-26 January. Their support levels…
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| Jakub Groszkowski
On 15 January, Slovakia’s state-owned nuclear company JAVYS and the Czech state-owned energy corporation CEZ signed a memorandum with Russia’s Rosatom, which envisages Rosatom being granted access to complete documentation concerning the…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
On 14 January, Prime Minister Petr Necas opened the Gazelle gas pipeline at the Czech-German border in the presence of representatives from Germany and Russia. Gazelle is the extension of Nord Stream’s branch running through the Czech…