The Vice-President of the European Commission for the Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič, welcomed the progress made on Thursday 19 September in Brussels during the trilateral negotiations (Russia, the European Union and Ukraine) on the transit of Russian gas to Europe via Ukrainian territory. Progress has been made on the transposition of EU energy rules by Ukrainian operators, but a further round of negotiations at ministerial level at the end of November will be needed to reach a...