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Gazprom puts the squeeze on Ukraine
Russia has opened up a new front in its battle to undermine the Ukrainian government, testing the European Union’s commitment to Kiev by threatening to cut off gas supplies. The chief executive of the Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom, Aleksei Miller, warned that the halt to supplies would create “serious risks for gas transit to...
Ministers to respond to energy union plans
Energy ministers from the European Union’s member states will next week assess the European Commission’s energy union strategy, which was adopted yesterday, and prepare a response to be backed by EU leaders at a summit on 19-20 March. All member states have been broadly supportive of the energy union concept, with one exception:...
Estonian election too close to call
The ruling, liberal Reform Party and the centre-left opposition Centre Party are neck and neck in opinion polls ahead of a general election in Estonia on Sunday (1 March). The polls put the Reform Party of Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas on 23% of the vote, with the Centre Party on 22% and the Social Democrats, the current junior coalition partner,...
Why oil is not yet a blessing for the eastern Mediterranean
On an economist’s map, the eastern Mediterranean looks like a good spot in which to find and transport oil and gas. To the south, east, north and north-west lie energy-hungry markets. But put country names on the map – Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel and Egypt – and hydrocarbons seem like the fuel of a geopolitical nightmare. Still, for a...
A nightmare foretold
Screaming a warning that goes unheard is the stuff of nightmares. But for many in the ex-captive nations it is the daily experience of more than two decades. Following Vladimir Putin’s triumph in Minsk, Western leaders and pundits are beginning, belatedly, to notice that Russia is not just unpleasant, but menacing, and that we lack means of...
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[Opinion] Rule of law has to be applied to EU sanctions
EU sanctions should be subject to much greater scrutiny and oversight than they currently are. …read more Source:...
Energy union strategy – the reaction
Reaction to the energy union strategy adopted today by the European Commission was largely positive, with a healthy degree of scepticism about its actual ambition. Stakeholders from all sides were particularly pleased with the attention paid to energy efficiency. UK energy and climate commissioner Ed Davey criticised the strategy’s silence...
Amnesty report: 2014 – “an ultimate low point"
Author(s): Dan Alexe Ukraine shelling.jpg Calling 2014 a “devastating year”, Amnesty International writes in its latest yearly report that this must change and that world leaders must act immediately to address this issue so that the citizens can get a better future. “We must hope that looking backward to 2014 in the years to come,...
