Blog: Bulgaria’s new coalition and the future of South Stream

The new government in Bulgaria, led by GERB’s Boyko Borisov, will have its hands full on many fronts in the winter of 2014-15. But one of the key issues that outsiders will be watching is the South Stream project, the gas pipeline that is supposed to circumvent Ukraine and deliver Russian gas to Italy and Central Europe.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Bulgaria suspends South Stream gas pipeline project / South Stream ‘Plan B’ opts for route through Greece and Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/bulgaria-suspends-south-stream-gas-pipeline-project-south-stream-plan-b-opts-for-route-through-greece-and-turkey/

ESO: Background information: Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/bulgarian-parliamentary-election-2014/

ESO: Background information: Centre-right GERB party ahead after Bulgaria election http://www.europeansources.info/record/centre-right-gerb-party-ahead-after-bulgaria-election/

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