Spanish industrial production prices rose at a record fast rate for the third straight month in December, pushed up by soaring energy costs, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Continue Reading
Natural gas prices in Europe declined as Russia’s shipments increased and weather forecasts pointed to milder temperatures in the region. Orders to send gas through Ukraine via Velke Kapusany, a Continue Reading
Russian troops are encircling Ukraine from three sides. In Washington and Brussels, there are warnings of crushing sanctions if Vladimir V. Putin orders an invasion. Embassy families — both American and Russian — are being evacuated from Kyiv. Continue Reading
The U.S. administration is in talks with energy companies and natural gas-producing nations to protect European markets from a shortage. Russia supplies over one-third of the continent’s natural gas and Continue Reading
Highlights 2022 plans at 27% above 2021 volumes Ukraine security situation raising supply concerns Volumes increasing despite European bids to diversify supply Russian pipeline operator Transneft provisionally plans to ship Continue Reading
European Union foreign ministers are aiming to put on a fresh display of resolve and unity in support of Ukraine on Monday, amid deep uncertainty about whether President Vladimir Putin Continue Reading
The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion. The Continue Reading
President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of American military involvement Continue Reading
The Biden administration is threatening to use a novel export control to damage strategic Russian industries, from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to civilian aerospace, if Moscow invades Ukraine, administration Continue Reading
“Europe is now closer to war than it has been since the break up of former Yugoslavia.” Stark words of warning from the senior EU diplomat I’ve just been speaking Continue Reading
