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Kazakhstan: Authorities declare state of emergency over Caspian

9 June 2023

Officials have tried to ignore the situation for years, but appear to have been spurred into action by the president.

bneGREEN: Ferries of the future

9 June 2023

Shipyards and ferry operators in the Baltic and Adriatic are starting the transition to electro-mobility — but technical challenges still have to be overcome.

Top 100 foreign companies still working in Russia see profits soar by half in 2022 to $13bn

9 June 2023

The top 100 foreign companies still working in Russia from "unfriendly" countries saw profits soar in 2022, up 54% to RUB1.1 trillion ($13.3bn). The top three companies accounted for half of all those profits.

Venezuela’s oil production up, exports down in May

8 June 2023

Venezuela has reported crude production up slightly in the month of May, even as its oil exports appear to have declined to a more significant extent.

Oil pares losses as White House denies report US and Iran near 'crude exports for nuclear pause’ deal

8 June 2023

Sources describe several face to face meetings on American soil.

Elon Musk calls Mongolia's PM to discuss possible Tesla and Starlink investments

8 June 2023

Business magnate interested in leveraging country’s rare earth element mining, though it remains at a low stage of development.

Romanian hydropower giant Hidroelectrica announces imminent IPO

7 June 2023

Upcoming IPO to be the largest in the history of Romania's capital market.

Ukraine calls for further sanctions against Russia as Kakhovka dam crisis worsens

6 June 2023

Ukraine has called on the EU and G7 to implement a new round of sanctions against Russia following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in occupied Kherson on June 6.

Egypt’s El-Sisi urges Ethiopia to accept ‘compromise’ over $5bn GERD dam

6 June 2023

Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has once again called on Ethiopia to accept a "compromise" in relation to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that the Horn of Africa nation is building near the source of the Nile.

Southern Africa has 'enormous' potential for green hydrogen production, study finds

6 June 2023

The results of the H2Atlas-Africa project, sponsored by the German government, are presented in the form of an interactive atlas, which shows “locations of interest” in Southern African countries.

Nova Kakhovka dam destroyed, unleashing a tidal wave of flood waters into southern Ukraine

6 June 2023

The massive Nova Kakhovka dam was destroyed in the early hours of June 6, releasing a tidal wave of flood water that quickly swamped towns and villages downstream in southern Ukraine and triggered evacuation orders by local authorities.