[Reuters]
The task force established by a decision of the European Union Council of Energy Ministers to examine the systematic divergences in electricity prices between central, northern and southeast Europe will be activated, Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou said on Wednesday, addressing the Economist conference in Athens.
It was also announced that, for the first time, Ukraine purchased natural gas through the virtual trading point of the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA).
Papastavrou highlighted Greece’s role as a regional energy hub, which “is only the beginning, as rail and road transport will follow.”