energy crisis
Serbia issues decree to expand list of energy consumers eligible for aid
09 December 2022 - Serbia will subsidize electricity, gas and heating bills for vulnerable households with EUR 34.1 million
Slovenia prepares another capital injection for state-owned utility HSE
08 December 2022 - Slovenia is boosting the capital of its struggling power utility Holding Slovenske elektrarne with EUR 492 million
EU launches EUR 1 billion energy support package for Western Balkans
07 December 2022 - The EU will back six renewable energy infrastructure projects in the Western Balkans with grants from a EUR 500 million package
ENTSO-E Winter Outlook: Supply risks possible in six European countries
05 December 2022 - ENTSO-E’s warning is part of the Winter Outlook 2022-2023, an analysis of the security of electricity supply on a pan-European level
EU earmarks EUR 30 million in energy crisis aid for Montenegro
05 December 2022 - The European Union will provide EUR 30 million in direct energy crisis aid to Montenegro in January, EU Ambassador Oana-Cristina Popa said
EU, Energy Community extend support to Serbia in its energy transition
02 December 2022 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović met with top officials from the European Union and Energy Community Secretariat
EU energy package talks paralyzed by gas price cap rift
25 November 2022 - EU energy ministers agreed on most parts of the gas market reform, but the price cap issue has prevented the formal adoption of the package
Croatia, Slovenia to introduce windfall tax
23 November 2022 - Countries around Europe have already introduced a windfall tax to finance generous subsidies paid to the population and businesses
Serbia to increase prices of electricity, natural gas
22 November 2022 - Minister Dubravka Đedović earlier indicated that the prices of electricity and gas would be raised, arguing they are unsustainable
Vučić: We will have to invest up to EUR 33 billion in energy infrastructure
18 November 2022 - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced significant investments in energy infrastructure. As he pointed out,...
Western Balkan leaders vow to join forces in region’s energy transition
17 November 2022 - Leaders of Western Balkan states agreed the only way that the region can overcome the energy crisis is through a joint green transformation
Albania’s power utility KESH to seek multiyear contracts for electricity imports
16 November 2022 - KESH revealed it is working on a plan for covering Albania's electricity deficit through import contracts of up to five years
Household electricity bills in 33 EU capitals surge 111%, gas jumps 69%
16 November 2022 - The highest electricity prices are nine times above the cheapest tariffs while the ratio in the gas sector is 16, according to the Household Energy Price Index for Europe
North Macedonia, Albania sign agreement on joint projects for gas, LNG, renewables
15 November 2022 - North Macedonia and Albania vowed to cooperate in gas infrastructure and renewable energy and the construction of an LNG terminal in Vlora
Cogeneration power plant in Pančevo starts electricity production
15 November 2022 - Electricity is delivered to power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije, said oil and gas company NIS, one of the owners of the facility
Tomaž Štokelj is new managing director of HSE
09 November 2022 - The third new high-ranking manager has been appointed in Slovenia’s state-owned power utilities in just three weeks