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BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met with EU Ambassador to Serbia Emanuele Giaufret, European Commission (EC) representatives and delegations of several international financial institutions on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Work on an integrated national energy and climate plan and a strategy of energy sector development is in the final phase and their adoption is due by the end of the year, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic said at a meeting with Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski on Tuesday.

Coal-fired power plants in the Balkans are failing to hit toxic emissions targets and many face imminent closure if they continue to operate at current rates, the Energy Community warned on Monday in its latest report.

The Permanent Representative Committee of the governments of Member States approved the provisional agreement reached by the Romanian presidency of the Council of the European Union with the European Parliament on the Natural Gas Directive, with the next step being the adoption of the Directive by the European Parliament, the Ministry of Energy announced on Thursday.

The Secretariat of the Energy Community has resumed the proceedings against Serbia over the agreement with Russia on natural gas deliveries.

The agreement did not comply with the competition acquis, and Serbia now has two months to correct the irregularities, Beta has reported, citing EurActive.

The Secretariat of the Energy Community has resumed the proceedings against Serbia over the agreement with Russia on natural gas deliveries.

The agreement did not comply with the competition acquis, and Serbia now has two months to correct the irregularities, Beta has reported, citing EurActive.

Bulgaria and Macedonia are considering a move to couple their day-ahead electricity markets, energy news provider ICIS says.

Konstantin Konstantinov, CEO at the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX), is quoted as saying he hopes to sign a preliminary contract with Macedonia by the beginning of February.  

BRUSSELS - The Secretariat of the Energy Community has initiated a preliminary procedure against Serbia for infringing European competition regulations by a natural gas supply agreement with Russia, the organisation announced on its website.

Serbia has not solved the key question of splitting tasks in gas companies, Beta agency has quoted an Energy Community annual report.

For this reason, the Energy Community's Ministerial Council will rule on sanctions against Serbia in October, the agency said.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic on Wednesday opened the third Renexpo Western Balkans international fair and conference on renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, noting that Serbia is determined not to "waste energy" and that it particularly cares about renewable energy sources.