Ukraine placed sanctions on Russia’s Lukoil, blocking the company from transiting oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia. This move heightened tensions as Hungary accused Ukraine of endangering its energy independence.Continue Reading
Can Europe’s firms be trusted to share their profits with the toiling masses?
Ask the European Central Bank, and you’ll get a resounding yes. In recent months, the Frankfurt-based institution has predicted that companies that have enjoy…Continue Reading
Russia managed to import aircraft tires worth $30 million from Western and other foreign manufacturers last year despite sanctions, The Guardian reported on Sept. 12, citing a report from a Ukrainian agency it had obtained.Using third-country intermedi…Continue Reading
The World Health Organization has approved Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine, the first jab it has greenlit to combat the outbreak that has killed at least 643 people in Africa so far this year.
The vaccine is approved for people over the age of 18 as…Continue Reading
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to postpone new EU rules aimed at preventing products driving deforestation from being sold on the EU market — and is lobbying Ursula von der Leyen about it.
Scholz told a conference on Thursday in Berlin that he…Continue Reading
Continued Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid could lead to a dangerous situation at one of Ukraine's three remaining operational nuclear power plants, Bloomberg reports.Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko warned that ten critical power s…Continue Reading
An explosive object was discovered near an electrical substation in Kyiv Oblast, the Energy Ministry reported on Sept. 12.The object was found during an inspection of the substation, according to the ministry.Authorities removed and seized the item aft…Continue Reading
Germany’s Foreign Ministry doubled down Thursday on its jeering of Donald Trump, deepening a spat between the former U.S. president and German officials.
The fight began when Trump claimed during the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night that Germ…Continue Reading
A controversial agreement that will allow Hungary and Slovakia to continue importing millions of barrels of Russian oil shows a months-long row over Ukrainian sanctions was never about energy security, the European Commission said Thursday.
The dea…Continue Reading
A controversial agreement that will allow Hungary and Slovakia to continue importing millions of barrels of Russian oil shows a months-long row over Ukrainian sanctions was never about energy security, the European Commission said Thursday.
The dea…Continue Reading