Bulgaria: 'We are in a crisis situation' as gas supplies halted to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Macedonia

Bulgaria: 'We are in a crisis situation' as gas supplies halted to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Macedonia

Jan 6, 2009 at 09:15 | Reuters
SOFIA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - All Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Macedonia were halted on Tuesday, Bulgaria's Economy Ministry said.

"As of 3.30 a.m. (0130 GMT) supplies ... to Bulgaria as well as the transit to Turkey, Greece and Macedonia have been suspended," the ministry said in a statement. "We are in a crisis situation."

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