The South Stream gas pipeline project is history and the Balkan gas hub
is on the agenda now and we must outline it is a priority of the
European Commission, together with the gas interconnectors with
neighboring countries, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on
Wednesday in the country’s National Assembly.
Premier Borissov again presented the idea about the construction of the
gas hub near the coastal city of Varna, which would collect and
distribute gas to Europe from various local and external sources. In
Premier Borissov’s words, the gas pipeline on Bulgarian territory should
be entirely Bulgarian possession and that the state would collect its
fees in full observance of the Third Energy Package of the EU. If Russia
delivers gas to our borders Bulgaria will buy that gas and later sell
it to Europe, Boyko Borissov specified.