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Full gas storage in Europe expected to put downward pressure on spot prices
The high natural gas storage level in Europe, along with a forecast of a warm winter that is set to lower demand, is expected to place downward pressure on gas spot prices, according to the latest report published by the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Europe started the 2023–2024 winter...
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Ukraine detains agriculture minister in $7m corruption case
Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky has been detained on suspicion of being involved in a multimillion-dollar landgrab scheme involving state property, according to prosecutors. An anticorruption court ordered Solsky to be held in custody until June 24, with bail set at 75.7 million...
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MAGA is obsessed with Viktor Orban. Liberals should be too
<p><em>By Marc Champion</em></p>.<p>Why are Donald Trump and MAGA America so fascinated by Viktor Orban, the prime minister of a small, landlocked central European nation that many of them likely couldn’t find on a map? Because, as he said in 2022 when he addressed a US...
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'Europe could die': Macron calls for stronger defences, economic reforms
PARIS--French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for stronger, more integrated European defences as he outlined his vision for a more assertive European Union on the global stage. In a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris, he also said the continent must not become a vassal of the...
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New EU trade rules ‘green squeeze’ the Global South
The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. These are noble aims. They have been a long time coming. But without careful design and more proactive support for business and...
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Germany urges industrialized nations to live up to their climate pledges
Germany on Thursday called on industrialized nations to live up to their climate pledges, and not to cut down funds for developing countries. “We in the industrialized countries need to continue to live up to our...
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LNG replaces Russian gas in EU's energy basket over past 3 years
Russia's share of natural gas imported by European Union (EU) countries has fallen from 41% to 10% over the last three years, while the share of LNG has risen from 20% in 2021 to 41% by the end of 2023. According to information from the latest LNG report published by the EU Agency for Cooperation of...
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Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expert
Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading across the globe, and particularly in Europe, due to climate breakdown, an expert has said. The insects spread illnesses such as malaria and dengue fever, the prevalences of which have hugely increased over the past 80 years as global heating has given them the...
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‘Waiting for Trump’: Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes
Europe’s most isolated leader was beaming. Standing in a hallway in Brussels, Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, spoke excitedly about the politician he hopes will change his political fortunes – Donald Trump. The longtime leader, who has been widely criticised for undermining Hungary’s...
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China ‘gravely concerned’ over EU raids on security equipment company
China has expressed “grave concern” over raids carried out by European officials on a Chinese company that manufactures security equipment. EU competition regulators on Tuesday raided offices of Chinese company Nuctech in the Netherlands and Poland as part of a probe into unfair state subsidies.Keep...
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