Industry minister says energy saving policy worked well

Czechia has come through the winter months well thanks to a significant reduction in gas consumption, Industry and Trade Minister Josef Sikela told reporters in Prague on Tuesday. He said storage tanks are now more than half full, which is a significant improvement on last year. He predicted that if the energy-saving policy continues at the same level, the country should withstand the coming winter without great difficulty as well. He also stressed that Czechia has not received any natural gas from Russia since the beginning of the year.