(25.11.2014) THE SITUATION concerning gas supplies for the Visegrad Four (V4) countries is currently better than it was in 2009, officials in charge of energy in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland concurred in Bratislava on November 24, the TASR newswire reported.

Slovak Economy Minister Pavol Pavlis, Czech Trade and Industry Minister Jan Mládek, Hungarian National Development Minister Miklós Seszták and State Secretary at the Polish Economy Ministry Tomasz Tomczykiewicz met up for the 8th Central European Energy Conference CEEC 2014. The conference is being held in Bratislava between November 23-25.