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With the gorgeous Adriatic coast in the south, stunning Alpine scenery in the north and a vibrant capital at its heart, easy-going Slovenia is a delight
As the infrastructure required to ensure Southeastern Europe is supplied with natural gas comes into operation, Greece’s role as a center for receiving and distributing gas throughout the region is gaining in significance. Gas is flowing in and gas is flowing out as it should at any gas hub.
While many countries in northern and western Europe have either turned their backs on oil and gas production, or have major pressures to do so, in central and eastern Europe the main preoccupation remains energy security – and more specifically replacing the gap left by Russian exports. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 8]
for the storms which are about to come as well. of course, people are bracing themselves for the damage that will cause. across the region as well as the damage that the heat has caused to crops, people are worried about what the storms will do, for example, the vineyards, to the olive groves, all of those sort of crops stand to be very severely damaged by the extreme weather that we have been having and will continue to have this summer. now, in croatia, it's been extremely hot, more than 40 degrees, red weather alerts in places in coastal areas. very interestingly and worryingly, the authorities are reporting that the sea temperature, so this is the adriatic sea, around one of the islands in the adriatic is about 30 celsius. so, again, that will have a massive impact on aquatic life. so it's not just the humans who are struggling in this extreme weather. let's bring imogen into the conversation. of course, we don't often think about switzerland and how hot it can actually be, but it's also being impacted by these extreme conditions.
in the tiny adriatic country for more than 30 years. live now to our balkans correspondent, guy de launey. how significant a result is this for the country? it how significant a result is this for the country?— how significant a result is this for the country? it is absolutely huge because if you — the country? it is absolutely huge because if you think _ the country? it is absolutely huge because if you think about - the country? it is absolutely huge because if you think about it, - the country? it is absolutely huge i because if you think about it, going back to 1991, in the former yugoslavia, the only thing you could count on was that milo djukabovic was in charge in montenegro and this is going through the break—up of yugoslavia, the different wars that we had in the 1990s, the various different formulation is that you had with serbia and montenegro and finally montenegrin independence. milo djukabovic was in charge throughout all of that and his party also dominated in the parliament as well. and now for him to be dethroned byjakov well. and now for him to be dethroned by jakov milatovic, well. and now for him to be dethroned byjakov milatovic, the much younger challenger, that is a hugely significant moment because
Weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns that Italy could face another drought after last summer's emergency, with the Alps having received less than half of their normal snowfall, according to scientists and environmental groups.