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Bulgaria South Stream Pipeline

Workers arrange pipes delivered for construction of the South Stream gas pipeline at the Black sea harbour of Varna some 450 kms (260 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.The European Commission said Thursday (21 August) that it was aware that a video reveals that room has been made at Bulgaria's Varna harbour for pipes to be used for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, in spite of the assurances by the country's government that the project has been frozen, Euractiv reports. A video published by Dnevnik.bg, the EurActiv partner in Bulgaria, shows workers at the Varna harbour amid pipes delivered for the South Stream pipeline, making room for further arrivals. According to Dnevnik, the first batch of pipes have arrived by sea on 14 August. They had been brought from Germany, as they were produced by the company Europipe. A caretaker government in Sofia, which took office on 6 August, has frozen the construction of South Stream, following clear indications from Brussels that the EU executive would impose infringements on Bulgaria, unless the country re-negotiates its bilateral agreement with Russia for the construction of the pipeline, which is in breach of EU law.Photo by: Petar Petrov/Impact Press Group/NurPhoto

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