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17 October 2005 - Slovenia is best equipped to provide the main energy link between the EU and the proposed Balkan energy community, according to a new survey.
The survey, conducted by the Institute for Strategic Studies in association with the risk consultancy firm Onamics, found that Slovenia's ability to prevent or recover from energy problems is better than the 11 other Central and Eastern European countries studied.
The study investigated a country's ability to withstand shocks, its level of political stability, energy diversification and energy efficiency. Slovenia finished the highest ranked nation, ahead of Italy, Slovakia, Greece and Hungary.
The study recommended that Slovenia should act as the link between the energy infrastructures of the Balkans and the EU.
The first document to define the parameters and conditions for the Balkan integration into the EU will be signed in Athens toward the end of October after the Serbian government issued its approval last Thursday.
As part of the integration a Balkan energy community will be created to regulate the electric power market in the region. It will include Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro, Turkey and the Serbian province of Kosovo, which is currently under UN administration.
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