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UK
This development appears to end hopes that gas transiting via Ukraine could continue to flow after Dec. 31, when a long-term gas transit contract between Moscow and Kyiv ends.
9h ago
Energy
EU leaders condemned Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, urged more electricity exports, and called for greater integration of Ukraine’s energy systems with the EU.
1d ago
Hungary
The EU currently has 15 packages of sanctions against Russia, which must be unanimously renewed every six months by all 27 member states.
1d ago
Zelensky
Trump returns to the White House next month having pledged to bring a swift end to a war that NATO says has left more than one million dead and wounded since Putin‘s 2022 invasion.
1d ago
War in Ukraine
Scholz agrees with Trump that the war has lasted “too long”, but will his government last?; Russia arrests two on charges of planned terrorism for Ukraine; EU tells members to “step up” aid to Kyiv.
1d ago
War in Ukraine
Poland is to use its upcoming EU presidency to accelerate discussions on Ukraine’s integration into both NATO and the EU, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during a meeting with Zelensky in Lviv.
Dec. 18
EU
The EU has sent a top diplomat to initiate contacts with the rebel groups that had ousted the Assad regime from Syria and to raise the issue of Russia’s continued military presence in the country.
Dec. 17
EU
The package is targeted against those who provide support and services to Russia’s war effort and includes sanctions against 84 targets, made up of 54 individuals and 30 entities.
Dec. 17
EU
Pro-Ukraine civil society groups slam the EU for failing to close loopholes and fully ban Russian fossil fuels in adopted 15th sanctions package.
Dec. 16
EU
What European media are saying about two more EU countries being given accession to the Schengen zone.
Dec. 13
Ukraine
EBRD wants to create insurance protection for domestic cargo, motor vehicle damage, and railway rolling stock since the internal financial market does not cover these categories.
Dec. 13
War in Ukraine
The two are set to discuss support for Ukraine ahead of Poland’s upcoming six-month rotating EU Council presidency and the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in January.
Dec. 12
Russia
EU lawmakers recently demanded more targeted sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet.
Dec. 12
War in Ukraine
German trade with Ukraine had grown from some eight billion euros ($8.4 billion) in 2021 to almost 10 billion euros in 2023, Scholz said.
Dec. 12
The EU has sent a top diplomat to initiate contacts with the rebel groups that had ousted the Assad regime from Syria and to raise the issue of Russia’s continued military presence in the country.
Dec. 17