Two Gas Interconnectors, Two Years of Waiting: Greece Around Mid-2027, Serbia in 2028 — While Cost and Capacity Remain Unknown
The link with Greece is expected around mid-2027, and the one with Serbia (145 kilometers) in the first quarter of 2028; Serbia’s deadline depends on expropriations, and the sources we checked give no public figures on cost or capacity.
Macedonia has been building links to two neighboring gas networks: the interconnector with Greece and the one with Serbia. According to Serbia Energy, the Serbia–Macedonia link is 145 kilometers long, and the first works cover about 5 kilometers near Vranjska Banja. Pipes for about 15 kilometers are expected by the end of October, and completion is targeted for the first quarter of 2028. The risk to the schedule is land: Srbijagas must resolve the remaining expropriations. According to the same source, the link with Greece is expected to be completed around mid-2027.
The two links are part of a wider picture. bne IntelliNews wrote on July 29 that Macedonia’s gasification is entering a new phase as the Greece interconnector nears completion, and Balkan Insight reported on August 27 that Macedonia and Serbia signed an agreement on the pipeline enabling the regional link. Macedonia and Serbia also joined the “Vertical Gas Corridor” initiative, which links southern and central Europe.
What is missing from the sources we checked: the cost and capacity of both interconnectors, and how many households and companies will actually get gas. That matters because on European exchanges gas is about 86 euros per megawatt-hour, the highest since December 2022, and Nomagas, according to Telma, is asking for a 37% higher gas transmission price because of larger investments. The idea of Macedonia becoming a “transit hub for Central Europe” is for now stronger as a strategic message than as a verified fact: it depends on capacity and on who will use the pipeline.
MKNews Hub · Macedonia · October 17, 2026
