If South-East Europe chooses nuclear as a central pillar of its energy future, the decision will not be about engineering alone. Nuclear would fundamentally alter the region’s energy psychology, its economic credibility, and the behavior of its electricity markets. The real intersection between nuclear and the market here is not technical — it is strategic […]
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In South-East Europe, energy strategy has never simply been a technical expression of infrastructure planning. It has always been deeply political, economically sensitive, geopolitically shaped and socially charged. Nuclear power sits right at the center of that tension. It promises long-term stability in a region burdened with volatility. It offers strategic independence in markets traditionally
South-East Europe has spent most of the past three decades reacting to energy problems rather than shaping its own future. It has lived through power shortages, political dependency, pipeline crises, refinery uncertainties, hydrological shocks, volatile import bills, underinvestment, institutional hesitation and a constant feeling that stability was always one crisis away from disappearing. In 2025,
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In public debate, “energy transition” is often presented as inevitability wrapped in optimism: cleaner power, modern technologies, new industry opportunities, cheaper renewables, and a supposedly straightforward path from coal and dependency toward sustainability and independence. But in Serbia — and much of South-East Europe — transition is not a slogan, not a trend, and certainly
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