Adriatic Sea

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarevic is in Warsaw, Poland, where she will discuss the recent Piran Bay decision with US President Donald Trump.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will attend the 12th Dubrovnik Forum, titled Adriatic-Mediterranean Cooperation and Southeast European Security.

Tanjug reported this on Monday, adding that the event will be held on Saturday, July 1.

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline consortium announced on Wednesday it is investing 9 million euros in the upgrade of utility vehicles in northern Greece.

At a press conference held in Thessaloniki, TAP AG said it will donate 92 such vehicles to local communities across the three regions of northern Greece that the pipeline goes through.

Two more Croatian sites join UNESCO's World Heritage list in July, one from the Adriatic coastal town of Zadar and the other from the coastal town of Sibenik.

Croatia will move forward with building a bridge linking the two parts of its Adriatic coastline, which should cut travel times for tourists, after the EU on Wednesday approved €357 million euros in financing, euractiv.com reported.

Greece's gas grid operator (DESFA) on Thuresday signed a memorandum of understanding with Albgaz in Tirana.

DESFA announced that the agreement provides for the operation and maintenance of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on Albanian soil, as well as the transfer of know-how from the Greek company to newly formed Albgaz.

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Montenegro's accession to NATO is vital for regional stability and the joint effort of the Western allies to resist a resurgent Russia, U.S. Senator John McCain said on Wednesday.

The deal signed on Monday between Greece, Israel, Cyprus and Italy in Tel Aviv for the creation of the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) gas pipeline, is, according to sources, a reaction to the competing Nord Stream II pipeline connecting Germany and Russia.

Albania hopes to be a major player in the distribution of gas in the region as a result of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP, which will start bringing natural gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe in 2020.

The project, work on which will start within the next three years, will run through Albania with 215 kilometres on land and 37 km offshore in the Adriatic Sea.

The Southern Gas Corridor will start pumping gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe by 2020, its backers said on Thursday, despite the risk of delays to this option for reducing dependence on Russia.

Politicians and ministers meeting in Baku backed the $40 billion, 3,500-kilometer chain of pipelines, a step toward curbing Russia's one-third share of Europe's natural gas market.