[Serbia] Russian Gas Cuts Halts Manufacture

Serbian glass plant Srpska Fabrika Stakla, owned by Bulgarian glass maker Rubin, suspended production on 8 Jan/09 until further notice due to the stoppage of Russian gas supplies, the company said. The plant at Paracin will only ship products already in stock, the glass maker said in a statement 9 Jan/09. Russian gas deliveries to Serbia were completely halted on 6 Jan in a dispute between Russia & the Ukraine. Serbia & Germany have agreed on supplies of 3.0 million cubic metres of natural gas daily to the Balkan country in addition to the 2M cubic metres delivered to Serbia on 9 January by Hungary's MOL. Hungary has said it will decide on a day-to-day basis how much gas it can supply Serbia.