US Tourism in Cuba Still Prohibited Despite Easing of Travel Restrictions

The loosening of restrictions on US persons traveling to Cuba still do not authorize American tourism in the island nation, a senior US administration official said on Friday.

Two offers on Turkish Stream sent to Turkey

Russia has sent 2 offers related to intergovernmental agreements on Turkey Stream - on 1 line and 4 lines - to Turkey, a representative of Russia’s Energy Ministry told TASS on Friday.

No official notice of halt on Turkish Stream project (Russia Energy Minister)

There have not been any official notices of a halt in negotiations between Russia and Turkey on the Turkish Stream pipeline, that's according to Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

Turkish company offers Israel to build pipeline. -Mathew Bryza announced the offer worth $2.5 billion during an energy conference held in Cyprus.

Turkey’s Turcas Holding has submitted a $2.5 billion offer to Israel for the construction of a 470-kilometer pipeline between Israel and Turkey.

Istanbul (Constantinople)-based Turcas Holding has offered Israel, which has started to discover considerable amounts of natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean, to build a pipeline under the sea from Israel to Turkey’s southern province of Mersin. A member of the board, Mathew Bryza announced the offer worth $2.5 billion during an energy conference held in Cyprus.

Byrza, a former American diplomat, said the 470-kilometers-long pipeline would have a capacity to transfer 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year. He also stressed that if the political problems between Turkey and Israel affected the construction, all cost and responsibility would be assumed by Turcas.