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The Visegrad Four (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) finds North Stream 2 politically and economically unsound, stated on Saturday Polish President Andrzej Duda at a press conference at the end of the second day of the summit, reported bTV.

There are Italian companies showing interest in the construction of both Nord Stream-2 and Turkish Stream, Russia's Deputy PM Arkadiy Dvorkovich has said.

"This is no secret, the company Saipem is taking part in the respective procedures carried out by Gazprom on Nord Stream and Turkish Stream," TASS quotes him as saying.

Moscow hasn't given up on its plans to build a pipeline to carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe across the Black Sea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has confirmed.

"The southern direction is not yet written off," Lavrov told sputniknews.com earlier this week.

Energy utility Electrabel is evacuating Belgium’s two nuclear power plants in the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. Doel, made up of four reactors, and Tihange, with three are closed and all vehicles coming and going are subject to checks.

British repair and insurance firm Homeserve is in early-stage talks with utility companies to introduce its services in more than 10 countries, including Turkey, as it looks to step up its international expansion.

British repair and insurance firm Homeserve is in early-stage talks with utility companies to introduce its services in more than 10 countries, including Turkey, as it looks to step up its international expansion.

The Italian government has asked to participate in the enlargement of Nord Stream pipeline project, the Italian edition of the Huffington Post.

The issue was reportedly discussed a few days ago in a phone conversation between Italian PM, Matteo Renzi, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Nord Stream II, a proposed new Russia-Germany gas pipeline, is not in the EU's interests, the European Council President Donald Tusk has said.

"In my perspective, Nord Stream [II] does not help diversification, nor would it reduce our energy dependency," Tusk said at a press conference in Brussels on Friday, according to euobserver.com.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Sunday Sofia is not intending to take action against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project.

On the sidelines of an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels, he commented on last week's reports by Reuters that Sofia would be one of the signatories to a letter calling on the EU Commission to scrutinize the project.

Russia's plans to extend its gas link to Germany run counter to European Union interests and risk further destabilizing Ukraine, 10 European governments said in a letter to the European Commission that called for a summit-level debate on the issue.