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How is gas crisis affecting Europe?

AFP, Vienna
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko met Saturday in Moscow for crunch talks that the EU described as the "last and best chance" to resolve the gas dispute.
The complete halt in Russian gas deliveries to Europe via Ukraine has been ongoing for 10 days. Here is where various affected European countries stood on Saturday:
BOSNIA: Bosnia, which was hit especially hard in the early days of the gas cut, extended Friday a gas supply deal with German gas company E.ON for another seven days, Bosnian importer BH-Gas said. Bosnia receives 1.5 million cubic metres of gas per day from E.ON.
BULGARIA: Bulgaria could start receiving gas from Greece and Turkey. Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said Friday night that Bulgaria was hoping to import about two million cubic meters of gas per day from Greece starting as early as next week. Turkey has also offered to deliver 500,000 cubic meters of gas per day, but the details of a deal had yet to be worked out. Meanwhile. Bulgarian electricity provider CEZ reported small power failures in Sofia as electrical heating appliances overloaded the grid.
CROATIA: Croatian oil and gas company INA extended until Tuesday an emergency supply deal with Germany's E.ON, which was supposed to run out on Friday. Under this deal, Croatia receives about 42,000 cubic metres of gas per hour. INA also signed a contract with France's GDF Suez for 40,000 cubic metres of gas per hour until Tuesday. Zagreb says it has enough reserves for about two weeks. It also receives about 30,000 cubic metres of gas per hour from Italy's ENI.
GERMANY: German energy agency Dena warned Germany could start running out of reserves in three to four weeks, if the cold weather persists and Russian gas supplies do not resume, according to the daily Bild. Reserves have already fallen to 59 percent and could diop below 50 percent this
week, the newspaper FTD also reported.
MOLDOVA: The poorest country in Europe and one of the hardest hit by the gas crisis, Moldova started receiving a trickle of gas from Ukraine's own stocks this week. But supplies for the region were still far below normal levels at just 600,000 cubic metres per day compared to eight million cubic metres usually.
ROMANIA: Authorities have increased supplies to industry users who have requested it. said Economy Minister Adriean Videanu. "We have met every single request," he said. Consumption for industrial users was restricted immediately after Russian gas deliveries were halted.
SERBIA: Germany and Hungary
have agreed to continue supplying 4.7 million cubic metres of gas daily to Serbia until January 24. Serbia was also conducting talks to receive an additional one million cubic metres of gas per day to help industrial users. According to the association of employers, 59 companies have had to halt or cut down production due to the gas shortage and were totalling losses of about 2.9 million euros daily.
SLOVAKIA: Czech gas company RWE Transgas will start delivering German gas to Slovakia, in the amount of 6.3 million cubic metres per day. on Sunday. Restrictions on gas usage by companies will also be lifted on Monday, allowing them to resume production altera 10-dayhalt.