In a letter to industry, Environment Minister Sue Hayman confirmed that the government was again looking to delay the introduction of controls on fresh fruit and vegetables until July 1, 2025. The U.K.’s fresh produce sector has been warning that it is still in the dark over the scope of the controls — which already … Read more
“Energy security is a matter of national security! That’s why I’m going …” the Hungarian foreign minister wrote in an early morning Facebook post, ending the sentence a few hours later: “… to St. Petersburg.” After his three-hour meeting with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller — who has been sanctioned by the United States and United … Read more
Beijing’s decision comes after the EU decided not to impose provisional and retroactive duties on made-in-China electric vehicles (EVs) during its own probe. Chinese President Xi Jinping had also committed during a May visit to Paris not to impose duties until the probe’s conclusion in January 2025. The Chinese investigation was seen as retaliation to … Read more
Hungary last month called on the EU to force Ukraine to back down over the sanctions, which it claims amount to energy blackmail. The EU, however, declined to engage, indicating there were several options to ensure oil would still flow. Now Gulyás is calling on Kyiv to approve a new plan that would see Lukoil’s … Read more
The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Centre over the issue of trade deficit with China and said that while other countries around the world had taken measures to restrict uncontrolled Chinese imports, “our government has been caught napping at the wheels”. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the data revealed by … Read more
“The French government has ended up giving its forthright and unequivocal support to the colonial rule imposed on Western Sahara,” the Algerian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement, referring to Morocco as colonizer. “The current government has taken this step, which no other French government before it had thought necessary to take, with great … Read more
The Slovak government office told Reuters in a statement on Friday that Prime Minister Robert Fico had discussed the issue with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Fico had proposed “a technical solution in which several states including Slovakia would have to participate.” Slovak and Hungarian officials have criticized Ukraine for halting Lukoil’s supplies, saying … Read more
During the NATO summit in Washington this month, a communique signed by every member of the 32 member alliance accused Beijing of acting as “a decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine,” and demanded that it halt shipments of “weapons components” and other technology that can be used in weapons manufacturing. The unprecedented exercise forced … Read more
Commission spokesperson Olof Gill told POLITICO that the EU executive was “currently studying the contents of this letter,” while adding that it “stands ready to support the impact of [EU] member states in finding a solution together with Ukraine.” Budapest relies on Moscow for 70 percent of its oil imports — and on Lukoil for … Read more
Szijjártó claimed that Kyiv’s move “clearly violates” the EU’s 2014 association agreement with Ukraine. Hungary and Slovakia — also affected by the ban — have now begun talks with the European Commission, he added, a precursor to legal action. Ukraine argues it is simply trying to throttle a key source of revenue for Russia’s war … Read more
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