Opinions

This section provides an overview of what experts, politicians, decision makers as well as other stakeholders and  media representatives are saying about Nord Stream.

17 January 2008,

Hans Corell

As Coastal State Sweden Has An Exclusive Right

Article by a former UN Legal Counsel Hans Corell in the Swedish Daily Svenska Dagbladet on 21 December 2007

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10 January 2008,

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Finland has no political objections to the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline

Finland has no political objections to the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline. Ilkka Kanerva, the Foreign Minister of Finland, confirmed this in an interview with “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.

“We have no...

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14 September 2007,

Eesti Päevaleht

The Prime Minister of Finland: We do not consider the gas pipeline a threat to security

Matti Vanhanen, the Prime Minister of Finland, explains to Eesti Päevaleht in this exclusive interview that Finland considers the gas pipeline that is to be built across the Baltic Sea necessary for Europe. He also indicates that...

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13 August 2007,

Lietiska Diena

Business and politics

Research on the possibilities of developing underground gas storage in Latvia and linking them to the Nord Stream gas pipeline is still in its early phase, according to a shareholder Board member of Nord Stream and the Director...

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13 July 2007,

AFP

Germany calls for less 'hysteria' over Baltic gas pipeline

“We can only ensure a proper debate when we address issues such as this one with more seriousness than in the past. I think we should now address the other issues with more rationality.”

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12 July 2007,

Baltic Business News

Russian-German gas pipeline is vitally important –Steinmeier

"It is a project of Europe as a whole that is needed to diversify Europe’s energy supply channels. All environmental standards that we have agreed in Europe will of course apply."

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05 June 2007,

Vremja Novostei

Sergey Serdyukov: We stand away from politics

Construction of Nord Stream gas pipeline on the seabed of the Baltic sea is one of major infrastructural projects in Europe.

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04 June 2007,

Svenska Dagbladet

Nord Stream has nothing to hide

The construction of the pipeline is one of several projects of priority within the framework of EU:s so called Trans-European Networks. Natural gas plays an important role in offering an alternative that is substantially better...

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14 May 2007,

Nowyje Iswestija

Environmental protection is becoming an effective weapon in international politics

Russia is demanding compensation from Norway for economic losses amounting to 143 million krone (about 20 million dollars). This is due to the fact that the Norwegian government has bestowed national park status on two districts...

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14 January 2007,

Die Welt am Sonntag

Matthias Warnig: «In Russia you need a lot of patience»

Interview by Manfred Quiring

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