27 November 2025 - Hungarian MOL is discussing the possibility of acquiring a stake in Serbian oil refiner NIS, which is under US sanctions due to Russian ownership

16 November 2025 - If talks with potential investors fail, Serbia should offer a better price for NIS but, in any case, the refinery must work, President Aleksandar Vučić said

15 November 2025 - The Government of Serbia is about to decide whether to nationalize oil refiner and fuel distributor NIS, owned by Russia's Gazprom

12 November 2025 - Romania wants to take control of Lukoil's operations to get an exemption from US sanctions. It's unclear whether the government would nationalize the assets

28 October 2025 - Lukoil operates oil refineries in Bulgaria and Romania, as well as fuel retail chains across the region

09 October 2025 - US sanctions against the Russian-owned NIS have taken effect, and Šušnjar claims the acquisition would benefit both Serbia and Croatia.

08 October 2025 - For NIS in Serbia, doing business is becoming exceptionally difficult as the United States is imposing sanctions, starting with payment systems

25 July 2025 - Plandište is one of the projects that obtained feed-in tariffs under the first quota of 500 MW for wind power plants in Serbia

10 January 2025 - President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said new US sanctions would force Russia's Gazprom Neft to urgently exit ownership over NIS

16 December 2024 - President Aleksandar Vučić said he obtained information that the US would impose sanctions on Russia-owned oil company NIS in Serbia

11 December 2024 - Bulgaria warned it would halt the transit of Russian gas to Serbia and beyond if Gazprom doesn't find another way to pay for it

12 December 2023 - Bulgaria is shelving its controversial transit tax for Russian gas to avoid another delay in entering the Schengen Area