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COMMENT: What to expect if Bulgaria expels Lukoil

14 September 2023

Russian oil company effectively used its business activities to develop enormous political leverage in Bulgaria.

Bermuda, New England and Atlantic Canada jittery as Hurricane Lee approaches

13 September 2023

As Hurricane Lee barrels across the western Atlantic towards land, residents are on alert for destructive wind and surf as the weekend approaches.

Ukraine winter preparations in final stage with a month to go

13 September 2023

With a month to go before the heating season starts, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says preparations for the upcoming cold season are in their final stages and the country is almost ready for the cold season.

THE VIEW FROM MITTELEUROPA: Austria struggles to kick addiction to Russian gas

13 September 2023

But cold turkey looms at the end of next year when Ukraine looks set to suspend pipeline shipments.

Iran becomes third-largest crude oil producer in OPEC as Saudi turns down taps

13 September 2023

Iranian production hits 3mn bpd in August, rising by 143,000 bpd compared to July.

As many as 5,000 feared dead in Libya

13 September 2023

More than 5,000 people are feared dead and 10,000 missing in Libya after Storm Daniel tore through the north African country on Sunday, according to reports. The situation has been described as “catastrophic”.

Russia mulls drastic measures as domestic fuel shortage crisis grows

12 September 2023

Senior Kremlin figures are calling for a ban on the export of petroleum to prevent gas stations across Russia from running dry.

Czech oil imports from Russia rose to a decade high in 1H23

11 September 2023

Share of Russian crude oil imports into Czechia is the highest since 2012 at 65%.

Hungarian government backs down from solar energy regime changes

11 September 2023

The government has faced an unusually stern criticism from the Fidesz faction for retroactively altering financial conditions for homes bound by existing contracts

UN report: two years left to reduce emissions and avoid global disaster, and we probably won't make it

11 September 2023

We have two years to fix the climate and reach the Paris accord emission targets, according to a UN global stocktake report, and we are not going to make it.

PM Dorin Recean says Moldova won’t pay Gazprom's $709mn demand

10 September 2023

Independent audit finds only $8.6mn of Gazprom's $709mn claims for historic debts are justified.