Poland's gas monopoly sues Russia’s Gazprom over pricing change February 21, 2012 - 18:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Poland's gas monopoly PGNiG says it has filed a lawsuit against its Russian supplier Gazprom with an international tribunal in a price dispute, AP reported. State-owned PGNiG said Tuesday, February 21 that the reason was a change in the pricing within a long-term deal concluded in September of 1996. It filed the lawsuit with the Arbitration Tribunal in Stockholm. It refused to give more details. Gazprom in January eased prices for some of its clients in Western Europe, but not for PGNiG, which has been lately asking for price cuts. Under the current deal, Poland's imports of Russian gas were more than 318 billion cubic feet (9 billion cubic meters) in 2011 and were to rise to 360 billion cubic feet through 2022, but the prices was not released to the public.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |
