Belgrade - Serbia could start receiving Russian gas at the earliest on Tuesday afternoon, but it will take at least three days to normalize gas system, Serbian officials said Monday.
Serbian Energy Minister Petar Skundric said it will take between 12 to 24 hours for the gas to reach Serbia.
Dusan Bajatovic, the head of Serbia's gas company Srbijagas, said it will take 72 hours, from the moment Ukraine releases the gas, for the local system to fully normalize.
Seoul - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on Monday named new ministers for finance and North Korean policy as his country has been hit hard by the global economic crisis and has seen tensions rise with its northern neighbour.
The cabinet shake-up came nearly 11 months into Lee's administration as his government has been criticized in the wake of the economic downturn and worsening relations with North Korea.
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has set a Monday meeting with opposition leaders as the last chance to present concerns before a government is formed, with or without them.
"This is the occasion when it's either they accept or it's a break," said Mugabe, quoted in the state-owned Sunday Mail. "After all, this is an interim agreement. If they (the opposition) have any issues them deem outstanding, they can raise them after they come into the inclusive government."
Budapest - The ongoing gas supply crisis caused by the row between Ukraine and Russia over pricing could be provide a timely shot in the arm for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, Hungary's ambassador for the project said on Friday.
The planned Nabucco pipeline, favoured by the EU and the US, would bring gas from the Middle East and Central Asia through Turkey and the Balkans into Austria, cutting Russia out of the supply chain.
Prague - Slovakia, which faces natural gas shortages amid the Russian-Ukrainian row, wants Germany and France to give up some of its Russian gas flowing to western Europe via Belarus, the Slovak premier said Friday.
"We expect a display of European solidarity," Prime Minister Robert Fico told reporters after meeting his Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek in Prague.
Belgrade - Serbia could start receiving Russian gas at the earliest on Tuesday afternoon, but it will take at least three days to normalize gas system, Serbian officials said Monday.
Seoul - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on Monday named new ministers for finance and North Korean policy as his country has been hit hard by the global economic crisis and has seen tensions rise with its northern neighbour.
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has set a Monday meeting with opposition leaders as the last chance to present concerns before a government is formed, with or without them.
Budapest - The ongoing gas supply crisis caused by the row between Ukraine and Russia over pricing could be provide a timely shot in the arm for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, Hungary's ambassador for the project said on Friday.
Prague - Slovakia, which faces natural gas shortages amid the Russian-Ukrainian row, wants Germany and France to give up some of its Russian gas flowing to western Europe via Belarus, the Slovak premier said Friday.
