Nairobi has launched the KPC privatisation targeting $824mn from an IPO that values the fuel transporter at about $1.27bn, amid a push for new funding for infrastructure amid rising debt-servicing costs.

A deepening cold snap across Europe has begun to dent the continent’s gas reserves, with storage levels falling more sharply in recent days and, for the first time this winter, deviating measurably from the seasonal norm.

Fico's government is pursuing close cooperation with the US on a new reactor at the site of the existing Jaslovské Bohunice nuclear power plant.

Iraq has commenced well-drilling operations at the Akkas gas field in Anbar Governorate