Balgarianovinite.com Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that all key issues in the energy sector in the country have been discussed and that various scenarios are being considered to ensure Serbia’s energy stability, national broadcaster RTS reported on Monday.
“It is extremely important that citizens are kept informed. We have taken all necessary steps to ensure that all essential systems are functioning,” Vucic wrote on Instagram following a meeting with the country’s energy stability and security teams.
The Serbian state holds 29.9% of NIS (Naftna Industrija Srbije – Serbia’s only oil company), while the main owner remains Gazprom Neft with 44.9%. In early January, the United States (US) announced that due to the war in Ukraine and “secondary risk”, it would impose sanctions on NIS, which is majority-owned by Russian oil giant Gazprom. The sanctions came into force on October 9 after being postponed eight times. Washington demanded the complete withdrawal of Russian capital from the company, but Russia announced that it was ready to sell its stake. At its meeting on November 25, the Serbian government decided to give Russia 50 days to find a buyer for its stake. On December 2, Vucic said that NIS has not received a licence to operate from the US, which would lead to the refinery’s operations being halted.
In November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed that Hungarian firm MOL was a candidate to purchase Russian assets in NIS, although he did not specify whether this referred to the entirety of the Russian stake.
Serbia’s Minister of Energy and Mining, Dubravka Dedovic Handanovic, said on Monday that the situation in the oil sector is becoming increasingly complex, but that the state would do everything necessary to maintain supply stability. She assured that Serbia has sufficient fuel oil for the entire heating season and urged citizens not to worry and to trust the state.
“What citizens also need to know is that we have fulfilled all the requests made by our Russian partners. However, we must not forget that these sanctions were imposed by the US; it was the Americans who introduced them, and we are a small country that simply wishes to pursue a neutral policy,” Dedovic said, as quoted by RTS. Various Scenarios Considered to Ensure Serbia’s Energy Stability, President Vucic Says 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-08 18:33:57 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law