Britain insisted on Sunday that the European Union should shift position to open the way to a post-Brexit trade pact, drawing a swift response from the bloc’s negotiator defending the Continue Reading
Sweden is fighting a draft European climate measure that it says could harm its world-beating green bond market. The European Commission, which wants to steer investors to socially and environmentally sustainable Continue Reading
Sweden’s government is recommending wearing face masks on public transport during the rush hour, reversing its earlier Covid guidance. It will also cut from the current eight to four per Continue Reading
Economic mobility in Europe’s biggest economies slipped in the week ending Dec. 13, according to Google data, as regional governments announced a new round of curfews, lockdowns, and travel limits Continue Reading
Wind turbines generated a record amount of U.K. power on Friday as the growing number of turbines at sea take advantage of the windy conditions off the coast. The record production is Continue Reading
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Russian budget was becoming less dependent on oil and gas, key exports for one of the world’s dominant petro-economies. Putin told reporters during Continue Reading
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf says 2020 was a terrible year Sweden’s king has said his country “failed” to save lives with its relatively relaxed approach to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
Russia is successfully weaning itself off oil revenues, President Vladimir Putin said today during an annual end-of-the-year news conference, as quoted by RT. “This means that, while we’re not completely Continue Reading
U.K. retail sales fell in November as shoppers stayed home during an England-wide lockdown, although the decline wasn’t as sharp as some analysts feared. The volume of sales in stores and Continue Reading
At the core of Russia’s hydrocarbons-related power is its Arctic oil and gas reserves , with the Russian Arctic sector comprising over 35,700 billion cubic metres of natural gas and Continue Reading
