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John Psaropoulos

Ukraine war speeds Greece’s transition to EU energy gateway

Greece is set to finish building a pipeline to Bulgaria that will end Russia's gas monopoly there and in southeast Europe [Nikolay Doychinov/AFP]

Athens, Greece – In about a month, Greece will finish building a pipeline to Bulgaria that will end Russia’s gas monopoly there and in southeast Europe.

Russia has supplied 90 percent of Bulgaria’s gas until now, but on April 27, it cut Bulgaria off after Sofia said it would not renew its contract with Russian gas giant Gazprom at the end of the year.

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