The flow of Russian gas to Germany through the Nord Stream Baltic Sea pipeline has been suspended. Operator Nord Stream AG said that it would be shut down for 10 days starting Monday for routine maintenance work. During that time, all gas flows via the pipeline will stop. The operator highlighted …
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European countries are actively buying up liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative to Russian pipeline supplies, depriving poorer countries that cannot compete for the fuel due to high prices, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According to the publication, the price of LNG has skyrocketed 1,900% from its …
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, has just wrapped up its annual summit in Madrid, Spain. The one-time trans-Atlantic defensive alliance has, over the past three decades, transformed itself from the guardian of Western Europe into global cop, seeking to project militarily a so-called values- and rules-based posture. NATO’s …
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Washington will significantly increase its military presence in Europe to “defend every inch of allied territory,” US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday after arriving in Madrid, Spain for the annual NATO summit. The US 5th Army Corps will set up a headquarters in Poland, while 5,000 additional troops will …
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The confrontation between Europe and Russia over Ukraine is likely to turn into a “waiting game,” US President Joe Biden has said. After delivering his speech on Covid-19 vaccines for children under five in the White House on Tuesday, Biden was asked by a journalist if he was “afraid” there …
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British forces must prepare “to fight in Europe once again,” the new chief of the General Staff, General Patrick Sanders, said, according to a Sunday report from Sky News. In a letter to his charges, Sanders, whose first day in the new role was June 13, claimed that “Russia’s invasion …
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European states are shooting themselves in the foot by imposing restrictions on Russia, according to Igor Sechin, the head of Russian oil giant Rosneft. “Europe is committing energy suicide by imposing sanctions on Russia,” Sechin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). “They [European states] lose their identity …
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Ukraine should target the bridge across the Kerch Strait connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland as soon as it gets the weapons it needs to do so from the West, Major-General Dmitry Marchenko said on Wednesday, in an interview with a US government-funded outlet. “The Kerch Bridge is absolutely our …
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Illegal drug manufacturing is skyrocketing across Europe, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), which revealed in a report on Tuesday that some 52 new psychoactive substances had been discovered in 2021. “Established drugs have never been so accessible, and potent new substances continue to …
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Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could start shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month, Reuters reported on Monday. Washington believes Caracas will not benefit financially from these cashless transactions, and that the money will be used to pay Venezuela’s debt, according to the …
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