Balgarianovinite.com Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dismissed claims that reports of a thwarted sabotage attempt on a Russian gas pipeline in Serbia are connected to the elections in Hungary, Serbian media reported.
He said that Serbian authorities have certain evidence but will not draw conclusions until they are completely certain who is behind the incident and until the elections in Hungary, scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 12, are over.
On April 5, Serbian authorities announced that an attempt to sabotage the Balkan Stream gas pipeline, which supplies Russian gas to Hungary, had been prevented.
The Balkan Stream gas pipeline is an extension of the TurkStream pipeline, which runs under the Black Sea and aims to transport Russian gas to Serbia and Hungary, Agence France-Presse notes.
On April 5, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Budapest views the incident in the municipality of Kanjiza (Northern Serbia) as “an attack on Hungary’s sovereignty”, since the main volume of Russian gas is delivered through this pipeline.
He added that the foiled sabotage “fits into a series of cases in which Ukraine is constantly trying to hinder the transportation of Russian gas and oil to Europe”.
The spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heorhii Tykhyi, said that official Kyiv categorically rejects attempts to link Ukraine to the alleged explosive device discovered near the gas pipeline in Serbia.
Vucic told a press conference on Tuesday that the investigation has established that during the preparation of the sabotage, “calls were made from certain regional phone numbers to some embassies in Serbia”. Serbian President Vucic Rejects Link between Foiled Sabotage of Balkan Stream and Elections in Hungary 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-07 17:31:00 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