Vienna: India is deeply concerned about the ongoing war in Ukraine; hence the Prime Minister of India has had several discussions with the President of Russia and Ukraine. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar expressed that India has been persistently warned that the issues could be resolved only by bilateral negotiations and not by war. […]
Jerusalem/Washington: Benjamin Netanyahu is confirmed to become the Prime Minister of Israel again after his success in the Israeli elections. While world leaders were congratulating Netanyahu for this, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid to thank him for his cooperation. At the same time, the US Secretary of […]
Brussels: The energy crisis summit, held in the backdrop of sanctions imposed on Russia and the fuel cuts by Russia, once again showed that differences between European countries have come to the fore. The proposal to cap Russian fuel prices could not be approved at the meeting. Some countries in the European Union have maintained […]
Brussels/ Moscow: The possibility of fresh sanctions on gas supply from Russia has shot the prices of gas by 10 %, taking it above 2000 dollars per 1000 cubic meters. This is the third instance of a 10% hike in natural gas prices in the last four days. A meeting of the European Union to […]
Moscow/Berlin: Russia announced the closure of the ‘Nord Stream 1’ fuel pipeline supplying natural gas to European countries. Russia informed that the pipeline would remain closed for repairs and maintenance for 10 days from Monday. Last month itself, Russia reduced the gas supplied to Europe through this pipeline by 60%. At the same time, it […]
Brussels: In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Eurozone, a part of Europe, has witnessed a record spike in inflation. Eurostat reported that in June, the Eurozone recorded an inflation rate of 8.6 per cent. This is the highest level since the Eurozone was formed. After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it was […]
Berlin/Moscow: Leading European countries are panicking as Russia has reduced the fuel supplies. These European countries announcing ambitious green and renewable energy plans the last month have again turned to coal as an alternative fuel. Leading European countries Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands have started coal-based power projects. The coal imports will be […]
Moscow: Igor Sechin, chief of the Russian fuel company Rosneft warned that the European countries are committing an ‘Energy Suicide’ dancing to the tunes of the United States. The European countries are shooting themselves in the foot by stopping the import of fuels and fuel gas from Russia. Sechin informed that while the European countries […]
Strasberg: French President Emmanuel Macron proposed the formation of the ‘European Political Community’ as an independent agency by saying that the European Union cannot be the only organisation of the European countries. He also indicated that the agency would participate from democratic European countries and establish cooperation in various sectors. The French President also warned […]
Moscow/Brussels: Russia has realised the warning of an equivalent retaliation against the western sanctions. Russia stopped fuel supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, both members of the European Union. Both these countries had refused the Russian proposal to pay in the Russian currency Rouble for the fuels purchased. After that, Russia stopped fuel supplies to these […]