Europeans plan new oil pipeline

Five southern European nations have signed a pledge to step up efforts to build an oil pipeline from the Black Sea to Italy. The 1,300km (800-mile) Pan-European Pipeline, from Constanta in Romania to Trieste in Italy, will run through Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: Press Release: IP/07/464: Commission gives its support to a pipeline which will limit oil pollution risks in Black and Mediterranean seas http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/464&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Wikipedia: Pan-European Pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-European_Pipeline

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