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Serbia asks Russia to end recruitment of its people for Ukraine

BELGRADE, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Russia should halt its efforts to recruit Serbs to fight alongside its Wagner paramilitary group in Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Vucic criticised Russia’s websites and social media groups for publishing advertisements in the Serbian language in which the Wagner group calls volunteers to join its ranks. “Why do […]

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Norway naval officer goes on trial over oil tanker collision

OSLO, Jan 16 (Reuters) – A Norwegian naval officer stands trial on Monday accused of negligence that led to the 2018 collision between a warship he commanded and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a replacement for the lost Helge Ingstad frigate would cost up to 13 billion crowns ($1.3 billion), […]

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Portugal ends mandatory environmental assessments for green

LISBON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Portugal wants to speed up investments in green hydrogen projects, which are essential to decarbonize the economy, and will end mandatory environmental assessments for them in March 2023, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said. Portugal expects to become a major producer and exporter of green hydrogen with 70 private investors or […]

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Eastward Yamal-Europe and Ukraine gas flows dip

Dec 8 (Reuters) – Eastbound gas flows fell slightly early on Thursday on the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Poland from Germany, as did flows of Russian gas through Ukraine into Slovakia, pipeline operators data showed. Exit flows at the Mallnow metering point on the German border stood at 788,468 kilowatt hours (kWh) per hour between 0700 […]

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Biden administration looks to oil and gas execs to help bolster

Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Biden administration is convening a virtual meeting on Thursday with oil and gas executives to discuss how the United States can support Ukrainian energy infrastructure, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The meeting comes as Russia seeks to cut off Ukraine’s energy supplies and infrastructure as winter approaches with […]

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Eastward gas flows drop on Yamal-Europe pipeline, flows via

Nov 30 (Reuters) – Eastbound gas flows fell on Wednesday morning on the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Poland from Germany, while Russian flows through Ukraine to Europe were steady, pipeline operator data showed. Exit flows at the Mallnow metering point on the German border stood at 997,118 kilowatt hours (kWh) per hour between 0700 CET and […]

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Ukraine’s Naftogaz asks USAID for help with gas for heating

Nov 29 (Reuters) – Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz has asked the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help with additional natural gas volumes for the heating season, Oleksiy Chernyshov, the company’s chief executive said on Monday. Russia has been carrying out massive missile bombardments on Ukraine’s energy and power infrastructure roughly weekly since […]

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Analysis: Shocked by Ukraine war, Russian neighbour Kazakhstan looks west

Ukraine war has worried officials, public in Kazakhstan Russia’s southern neighbour has big Russian-speaking population President Tokayev widely tipped to win re-election on Sunday Stance on Russia, a key trade partner, increasingly assertive Kazakhs must tread carefully given economic reliance on Moscow ALAMATY, Nov 17 (Reuters) – There is little doubt that Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will […]

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Norway will be stable energy supplier to Europe, PM says

OSLO, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Norway will be a reliable supplier of energy to Europe in the coming months, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Wednesday. “We will continue to be a stable energy supplier that contributes to helping Europe get through a demanding winter,” Stoere told parliament. Norway is Europe’s biggest supplier of […]

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Norway’s Equinor-owned Aasgard B oil and gas platform shut after fire

OSLO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Gas production at Norwegian energy firm Equinor’s (EQNR.OL) Aasgard B gas processing platform was shut on Sunday and could remain offline until Nov. 15 following a fire in a transformer, the company said on Monday. Output at the field has been cut by 19.8 million cubic metres, Aasgard’s pipeline operator […]