Separate from LNG, the sanctions package will propose penalties on more aging oil-exporting tankers operating as part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, the diplomats added. The EU will target 74 new vessels, two other EU diplomats said. Additionally, the new offering will push to restrict Moscow’s aluminum exports, according to the three diplomats. The EU … Read more
“We have the Southern Gas Corridor,” said Kaymakcı. “We have 18 billion cubic meters of gas, coming mainly from Azerbaijan — and we can easily expand this, connecting it to Mediterranean gas. Our role is there, our potential is there.” However, high-level talks over energy trade between Turkey and the EU were suspended in 2019, … Read more
The Hungarian leader’s ire is directed at the recent end of an agreement between Moscow and Kyiv to keep cheap Russian gas flowing to Europe. Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico insist the lost supplies will have dire ramifications for their energy costs and security. But Ukraine is flatly refusing to renew the deal … Read more
Europe’s next national leader looks likely to come from the far right. With Herbert Kickl in pole position to become chancellor of Austria, the European Union’s establishment is bracing for fresh torment ― and another punch in the guts in its stand against Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Kickl, who would become Austria’s first far-right leader since … Read more
Apartment buildings and business across the region have been left without heating and hot water as a result of the shut-off, with residents told to insulate their homes as temperatures drop to below zero degrees Celsius According to the letter, signed by Tiraspoltransgaz director Igor Lisachenko, Moldova’s Moldovagaz offered to facilitate “the purchase of gas … Read more
Four other telecommunications cables between Finland and Estonia and between Finland and Germany were also damaged. “We’ve decided to send our navy close to Estlink 1 to defend and secure our energy connection with Finland,” Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said in a post on X. Speaking on a morning local radio show, Pevkur said … Read more
A preliminary investigation into “a serious regulatory offence” has been launched and the cargo will be detained, Rakshit added. The European Commission described the incident as “the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure. “The suspected vessel is part of Russia’s shadow fleet, which threatens security and the environment, while funding Russia’s … Read more
That’s setting off alarm bells in airline lobby groups and in the tourism ministries of sunny European countries that rely on airborne tourist traffic. “For a politician to say we’re doing this in the interest of the environment … that’s complete bullshit. That’s lying,” Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association airline lobby, … Read more
“We constantly ask for sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry,” the official said, granted anonymity to speak frankly about the sensitive row. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert “Fico is among those who block those sanctions … and is one of the key blockers of [Ukraine’s] bid to join NATO, too.” Fico, who along with Hungarian Prime … Read more
Unverified footage on Telegram appears to show one of the vessels broken in half, with streaks of oil visible on the surface of the water. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday in the Kerch Strait waterway separating annexed Crimea and mainland Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a working group to be … Read more
