Governments of eight central and eastern European countries have raised objections to Russia's Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project in a letter addressed to European Commission's President, Jean-Claude Juncker, on the grounds that it may be "potentially destabilizing geopolitical consequences,"

Finland will provide $31.5m in public funding to help finance a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the Hamina port, on the Finnish south-east coast, as an energy security option. The EU has approved the project.