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The Ukraine Grain Agreement, officially known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative, is a joint agreement between Russia, Ukraine and Türkiye that promises a safe Black Sea corridor for merchant ships to export grain from Ukraine under United Nations supervision. When the deal was signed UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed it as “a beacon of […]

Joonas Maunula becomes the new creative head of Tallink’s fleet Wed, Nov 16, 2022 12:30:00 +0200 This is what Tallink Grupp announced Joona’s Maulula has been appointed as Creative Head Chief of the Tallink Grupp fleet and will work in this capacity from today. Joonas Maunula first joined Tallink Grupp’s Food and Beverage team in […]

With Nord Stream AG, the consortium led by Russia’s Gazprom that completed the “first data collection” on the alleged pipeline sabotage in the Baltic Sea, we have compiled a timeline of events surrounding the key pipeline leaks. Over the course of that year, Nord Stream has been at the center of some controversy with maintenance […]

OOn Monday morning, Melinda Simmons was getting dressed when she heard an explosion. It was 7 a.m. Russia bombed Kyiv for the third time in a month. Simmons, the British ambassador to Ukraine, was taking cover at her residence when cruise missiles hit the capital and other cities. “My hands were shaking. It was the […]

Explosions along the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September have underscored the vulnerability of Europe’s critical energy and communications infrastructure in its northern seas as tensions with Russia spiral over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Swedish and Danish investigators believe “several hundred kilograms” of explosives were used to blast huge holes in […]

Get the free morning headline email for breaking news from our reporters around the world Sign up for our free morning headline email Russia has accused British naval personnel of involvement in a “terrorist attack” on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. The key Baltic supply route from Russia to Europe was severely damaged in “huge […]

The 11th Army Corps in 2017. Photo by the Russian Defense Ministry Six years ago, the Russian Navy formed a new army corps tasked with defending Kaliningrad, Russia’s geographically separated outpost on the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania. This year, when the war in Ukraine began to go very badly for Russia, the Kremlin […]

Prosecutor at Russia’s Court of Appeal says Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence is ‘fair’ Brittney Griner, a U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player who was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands in an accused’s cage before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, August 4, 2022 . […]

“If we study the impact of human activities on marine ecosystems without considering the specific species that inhabit them, we will miss serious damage,” said Annaleena Vaher, a researcher at the University of Tartu. Conservationists should consider how algae and mussels, for example, contribute to reef habitat. “Some human activities can have far greater impacts […]

Danish company Vestas will build a factory to assemble parts for wind turbines near the city of Szczecin on Poland’s northern Baltic Sea coast. The plant will supply both the world market and Poland itself, which is preparing to commission its first offshore wind farms. “Offshore wind energy has great prospects in Poland and Vestas […]

A 50-year-old Russian man has been arrested in arctic Norway with two drones and is suspected of flying the UAVs somewhere in the country. Numerous drone sightings near Norwegian offshore oil and gas platforms have been reported in recent weeks. The Russian citizen, who has not been identified, was arrested on Tuesday. Norwegian media reported […]

INVESTOR NEWS No. 27 – 12 October 2022 Ferry – Cargo: The total volume in September 2022 was 7.5% lower than in 2021 due to lower volumes on the Dover Strait and in the Baltic Sea. In all other regions, the volume of cargo was higher than in 2021. Volumes in the North Sea exceeded […]

By depriving them of the ability to trade resources instead of extorting them, the Nord Stream blasts have eliminated any direct room for maneuver between Germany and Russia. One commonality between the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage and the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus is a veil of deception surrounding their origins.When information is curated […]

Sweden’s state security agency said on Thursday that its initial investigations into explosions last week along two Russian natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea have “reinforced the suspicion of serious sabotage” as the cause. Separately, a Swedish prosecutor said that “seizures were made at the scene and are now being investigated,” although he did […]

October 3, 2022 Photo credit: Heerema Marine Contractors Dutch offshore installation company Heerema Marine Contractors said Monday its semi-submersible crane vessel has crossed the Storebaelt Bridge, known as the “Gateway to the Baltic Sea“. “This crossing is the first time a Heerema crane vessel has entered the region and is the result […]

A satellite image taken on Monday shows a gas leak in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline off the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. (Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS) STOCKHOLM (AP) – A fourth leak at the Nord Stream pipelines has been reported off southern Sweden, the Swedish news agency said on […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany sparked concerns of sabotage on Tuesday and overshadowed the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline that will bring Norwegian gas to Poland for strengthening Energy independence of Europe from Moscow. Seismic stations in […]

The largest infrastructure project in the Baltics for a hundred years is underway. The 870km Rail Baltica project will connect the capitals of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with Warsaw and the rest of Europe, allowing trains from the continent to run uninterrupted. However, the project is both symbolic and physical. For the EU, it is […]

Latvia will host the third installment of the allied/partner Ramstein Alloy 2022 live fly exercise. During the routine two-day event, participating air forces will conduct rapid response alert drills, including loss of communications, slow machine interception, dissimilar air combat training and combat search and rescue scenarios, close air support and aerial refueling scenarios. A particular […]

Germany’s ruling class is using the NATO war in Ukraine against Russia to aggressively revive militarism at home and abroad. The recent speeches by Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (both SPD) leave no doubt about that. German self-propelled howitzers 2000 in the Bundeswehr before being transported to Lithuania [Armed Forces] Base in […]

French baker Mickael Reydellet, wearing a protective face mask, poses with freshly baked baguettes at ‘La Parisienne’ bakery in Paris, France, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com to register September 19 (Reuters) – The price of bread rose by almost a fifth in the European Union in […]

1. Russian redoubling after Ukraine advances Russian troops establish a new line of defense in north-eastern Ukraine, while Kiev’s troops continue their offensive. In a daily intelligence update, Britain’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the line will likely run between the Oskil River and Svatove, some 150 kilometers from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. “Russia […]

Dozens of oil tankers cross the narrow waterway every day. It is a hub of world trade. Turn it off and gas prices are going up everywhere. At the moment, geopolitical tensions are high and the navies of many major powers have warships patrolling. If you think we’re talking about Iran and the Strait of […]

Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) to sell a 49 percent stake in the 350 MW Wiking offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The transaction is valued at around EUR 700 million and Iberdrola retains a majority stake of 51 percent. According to the agreement, the […]

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com to register GDANSK, September 9 (Reuters) – Baltic Power, a joint venture between Poland’s PKN Orlen (PKN.WA) and Canada’s Northland Power (NPI.TO), has signed a series of contracts to construct a proposed wind farm in to support the Baltic Sea, PKN Orlen said on Friday. PKN […]

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index strengthened on Wednesday as a rise in rates for the panamax segment offset declines in larger capesizes. The overall index, which includes rates for Capesize, Panamax and Supramax ships, rose 19 points, or about 1.7%, to 1,133 points. The Capesize index fell 72 points, or around 10%, to […]

Christening of the new E-Flexer ferry Stena Estelle (Source: Stena Line) 07.09.2022from Riviera News E-Flexer Ferry Stena Estelle will pass the Gdynia-Karlskrona line Stena Line has held the naming ceremony for its newest ferry, which will sail the Baltic Sea between Poland and Sweden. The 240-metre, 1,200-passenger vessel, one of Stena’s E-Flexer ferries, is one […]

The Metrans subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is offering new rail connections between the Baltic Sea, Central Europe and Turkey. As a further terminal in the northern hemisphere, Gdańsk is now served by Metrans trains. In addition, in the very south-east, just a few kilometers into Asia, the Halkali Terminal near Istanbul […]

At a meeting of defense ministers from the Nordic and Baltic countries (pictured) on Friday on the Swedish island of Gotland, which is considered a strategically important location, Pevkur said: “With the accession of Finland and Sweden [to NATO]The security of our region will change by leaps and bounds as the Baltic Sea becomes essentially […]

Danish Defense Minister Morten Bødskov shakes hands with a U.S. Army soldier in Bornholm, Denmark, May 24, 2022. (US Army/Angelo Mejia) WASHINGTON – Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid, the Nordic nations are looking to deepen their cooperation, with a focus on both the Baltic Sea and the Arctic, according […]

LLast year, according to the Annual Report on Observed Releases of 52 Harmful Mineral Oils in the Waters of the HELCOM Countries by Air Monitoring in the Baltic Sea 2021 Monitoring Spills 1989, 763 pollution incidents were reported. “The declining number of harmful pollution in the Baltic Sea is likely the result of intensive aerial […]

The Russian Navy no longer has to sail around NATO-allied seas thanks to its inland waterways connecting the Neva to the White Sea at St. Petersberg. The Russian Defense Ministry last week reported the completion of its exercise in the Barents Arctic, highlighting the successful maneuvering of its small but highly effective guided missiles without […]

Comment on this story comment COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Germany’s foreign minister said on Friday that estimates suggested the Baltic Sea can produce wind energy that is “more than double the installed capacity of all German coal-fired power plants” as the country works to meet and wean itself off of climate change targets Russian energy. In […]

SEATTLE, Aug. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Global Sea Scrubber Market The market size was USD 3,558 million in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 16,382 million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 18.8% from 2022 to 2030. Highlights of the Marine Scrubber market report The global marine scrubber market size was […]

Households could end up paying more than £150 more on their energy bills as a result of the Bulb collapse, as the price of bailing out the failed supplier threatens to top £4billion by next spring. The cost of bailing out the British company, which has around 1.4 million customers, has escalated due to soaring […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he agreed to the parameters of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant during talks with the UN Secretary-General and the Turkish leader. Zelenskyy said at a press conference Aug. 18 after talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that Russia should immediately […]

A candlelight vigil will be held for the US sailor from Etowah who fell overboard from the destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in the Baltic Sea August 1. The vigil will take place on August 19th at 8pm at Karolina Kremes in Etowah. Nineteen-year-old seaman recruit David “Dee” Spearman was pronounced dead by the Navy on […]

EU states could follow Lithuania’s example and introduce a visa ban for Russian tourists, the country’s foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, told DW. “People have had to flee Ukraine, some of them remain there, fighting for their lives, fighting for their homes there… during [people from Russia] can still travel freely and enjoy all the comforts […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Laboratory tests following mass fish die-off high salt levels in the Oder but no mercury found poisoning its waters, Poland’s environment minister said on Saturday as the mystery continued, killing tons of fish in central Europe. Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said analyzes of river samples taken in both Poland […]

Ukraine’s state-owned energy company says the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been shelled again and blames Russian forces, while the Russian-backed local administration says Ukrainian forces are to blame. Enerhoatom said in an Aug. 11 statement that the factory site was hit five times, including near radioactive material storage sites. The shelling was followed by […]

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Transport and Communications Agne Vaiciukeviciute visited Kaohsiung on Tuesday (August 9) in hopes of forging town-twinning partnerships between the southern Taiwanese port city and Klaipeda, Lithuania, also a port city. Vaiciukeviciute also sought cooperation with Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC). Accompanied by an 11-member delegation, […]

By Giulia Petroni Siemens Energy AG plans to withdraw from Russia by the end of September and does not expect any further major effects in the 2023 fiscal year, CEO Christian Bruch said at a press conference. Mr Bruch said the company has already begun restructuring its operations in the country, which could involve the […]

Kvarken Archipelago: best for geological wonders While climate change threatens sea level rise almost everywhere in the world, the opposite is happening here. Crushed by an ice sheet 10,000 years ago, the land is slowly recovering at half a centimeter per year. Though you won’t move the earth, the effects are obvious: once-submerged boathouses are […]

The world’s largest oil producers This was originally posted on Elements. Sign up for the free mailing list to receive beautiful visualizations on natural resource megatrends by email each week. The world is in the midst of the first energy crisis of the 21st century. High energy prices, particularly for oil, gas and coal, have […]

Soccer Football – Euro 2022 Women – Final – England v Germany – Wembley Stadium, London, Britain – July 31, 2022 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the stands before the match REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com to register BERLIN, Aug 2 (Reuters) – A Nord Stream 1 gas turbine […]

There are three numbers on a fertilizer label, such as 8-8-8, 10-10-10, or 10-20-10, that are important to understand what each number means before purchasing or using the fertilizer. Of course, knowing what these three numbers mean is not enough to make a good decision about fertilizer use. You need to understand why each of […]

Jakub Szymczuk/KPRP Andrzej Duda, the Polish President, has ratified treaties for Finland and Sweden to join NATO, a presidential aide told PAP. The two Nordic countries gave up decades of neutrality after Russia invaded Ukraine, sparking a conventional military conflict not seen in Europe since World War II. “Mr. President today ratified the protocols of […]

Expectations for the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid, held June 28-30, were high due to the confluence of factors increasing its importance. A new strategic concept should be adopted. Russia’s attack on Ukraine had changed the geopolitical situation; Chancellor Olaf Scholz had also announced one turning point, a major reversal in German defense and foreign […]

The project is located 10 km from the Baltic Sea, where PGE plans to build offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 3.5 GW. July 26, 2022 Emiliano Bellini The Żarnowiec pumped storage power plant is located about 7 km south of Żarnowiec in the Puck district, northern Poland. Image: Joanna Karnat, Wikimedia Commons […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has always enjoyed deceiving European leaders. As relations between Moscow and Berlin deteriorate over reduced natural gas supplies and Ukraine-related sanctions, Putin is now brazenly pressuring his German counterpart, Chancellor Olaf Scholz. But it’s a move he might regret. Putin suggested this week that Germany should give the defunct Nord Stream […]

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index rose on Friday as prices rose in the ship segments. The overall index, which includes rates for Capesize, Panamax and Supramax vessels, rose 28 points, or 1.3%, to 2,146 points. It was down 0.2% on the week. The Capesize index broke a three-day dry spell, rising 43 points, […]

Roschier Baltic Sea Race 2022 – The pioneers by Louay Habib Jul 19 2:52 AM PDT July 21, 2022 The fleet gathers in Helsinki for the first Roschier Baltic Sea Race which starts on Thursday 21st July. The Volvo 70 GP Bullhound (HYPR) and VO65 Ambersail 2 are contenders for Line Honors in the new […]

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has started operating remotely piloted aircraft near the Strait of Gibraltar to monitor sulfur and nitrogen emissions from passing ships. The pollutant data collected will enable the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urbanism to monitor emissions for compliance with existing regulations to reduce harmful impacts on human health […]

Comment on this story comment The rise in food prices following the outbreak of war in Ukraine underscored the country’s central role in feeding the planet. By disrupting Ukrainian exports of wheat, corn, barley and oilseeds, the conflict has fueled a hunger crisis in poorer countries and contributed to rising inflation in developed countries. The […]

On August 3, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. the massive ship Always given weighed anchor in Felixstowe harbour. With a gross tonnage of 200,000 and a length of four football fields, she is one of the thirteen largest container ships in the world, owned by a subsidiary of a Japanese shipbuilding company and chartered by Taiwan-based […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the world’s largest independent oil trader to stop shipping Russian oil, accusing it of “brazen greed for blood oil”. On behalf of the president, Oleg Ustenko, Zelenskyy’s chief economic adviser, asked Vitol to indicate when it will ship its last barrel of Russian oil and how much oil […]

Russia says it is ready to ship gas to Europe and describes ongoing concerns over disruption as a “man-made crisis” caused by Europe. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Russia is ready to temporarily shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline – the European Union’s largest gas import infrastructure – for annual maintenance. The work […]

The announcement coincided with a “Navy Day” recently held in Tallinn and open to the public, marking the 29th anniversary of the restoration of Estonia’s independent naval forces. Captain Major Märt Uuemaa, commander of the Navy’s flagship, the ENL Admiral Cowan, told AK: “In the coming years, the Navy will have new capabilities in terms […]

NATO wants to increase the size of its rapid reaction force more than sevenfold. The measure is intended to reassure members who share a border with Russia. Without foreign help, some NATO countries could quickly be overwhelmed by a Russian attack. NATO will soon increase the size of its Response Force, a multinational package of […]

A Russian hacker group has claimed responsibility for a distributed denial of service attack targeting state and private organizations in Lithuania. According to a report today in the Baltic Times, the attack by a group known as “Killnet” has caused delays in the processing of passports and residence permits by the Lithuanian Migration Service. Other […]

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has pledged to stop non-EU investment in Ireland “if it threatens our security”. As Secretary of State for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mr Varadkar has drafted a bill that for the first time in history will give the government the power to veto investment in Ireland. “We can’t be naïve about the […]

CONSTANTA, Romania — After Ukraine’s seaports were blocked or captured by Russian forces, Romania’s neighboring Black Sea port of Constanta has emerged as a major conduit for the war-torn country’s grain exports amid a growing world food crisis. It’s Romania’s largest port, home to Europe’s fastest-loading grain terminal, and has processed almost a million tons […]

A city rises from the waters of the Indian Ocean. A floating city big enough for 20,000 people is being built in a turquoise lagoon just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the capital of the Maldives. The city, designed in a pattern similar to a brain coral, will consist of 5,000 floating units including […]

Pipes at the landfall facilities of the ‘Nord Stream 1’ gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com to register More and more Europeans are activating the first stage of the gas contingency plans Rising gas prices are contributing to policymakers’ […]

Results for the western Baltic Sea Climate change and agriculture are also killing cod 06/19/2022, 5:55 p.m It was once the main source of income for fishermen – but then the cod stocks in the western Baltic Sea collapsed. Researchers are eagerly looking for causes. And now we have the lead. The cod stock in […]

A view shows railway tracks at a commercial port in the Baltic Sea city of Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region, Russia October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com to register June 17 (Reuters) – Lithuania has told Russia’s Kaliningrad region that it will block the import and export […]

5G ship-to-ship communications, starting with the Gulf of Riga, then elsewhere in the Baltic Sea Latvian telecoms company LMT this week announced a partnership with port service provider Rigas Brivostas Flote (RBF) to create and deploy maritime 5G, starting with ship-to-ship communications in the Baltic Sea. The first demonstration of the technology is planned for […]

Russian energy giant Gazprom has cut gas supplies to Germany via the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1, citing technical engine problems and delays in repair work by Siemens – a Munich-based automation company. In particular, Nord Stream 1 is Germany’s main Russian gas supply pipeline. According to reports, the Yamal-Europe pipeline has already stopped […]

VISBY, Sweden (AP) – Having to defend Gotland against a foreign invasion seemed such a far-fetched notion to Swedish policymakers earlier in the century that they demilitarized the Baltic island. Now the Swedish armed forces are back, practicing with US troops not only how to defend the island of 58,000 but also how to retake […]

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The leading asset management company in Lithuania, INVL Asset Management, has closed its first managed fund investing in forests, INVL Baltic Forests Fund I, which brought investors an average annual return of 27.3%. On June 6, the Board of Directors of the Bank of Lithuania approved changes to the rules of the closed-ended investment fund […]

As the brutal war in Eastern Europe intensified, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda declared that grain from Ukraine cannot be transported to the Baltic ports via Belarus. He further stressed that other alternatives must be sought as Belarus supported Russia’s unjustified attack on Ukraine. “In my opinion, the situation has only recently deteriorated, and Belarusian […]

HELSINKI — NATO on Sunday launched a nearly two-week US-led naval exercise in the Baltic Sea involving more than 7,000 sailors, airmen and marines from 16 nations, including two aspiring to join the military alliance, Finland and Sweden. Initiated in 1972, the annual BALTOPS naval exercise is not held in response to any specific threat. […]

RAF Typhoon jets and F-35 aircraft, US Navy USS Gravely and Czech Air Force Gripen fighter jets participated in the Baltic Sea exercise. Photo credit: UK Royal Air Force/UK Crown Copyright. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) has used its aircraft to conduct air-naval exercises concurrently with the US Navy. The exercises were conducted over […]

When Zigis “Ziggy” Ulmanis worked at the Sun Times library in the days before the internet, he never marked “NG” on a piece of paper to request information, which meant “not good” or that he couldn’t find in a newspaper clipping or a photo requested by a reporter or editor. Mr. Ulmanis was also known […]

Europe needs to strengthen its defences. Achieving this goal requires cooperation beyond the European Union. The flag of the Paneuropa Union – the continent’s oldest unifying movement – represents the values ​​of a free Europe through robust defense while remaining open. It includes member organizations in almost all European countries, including those outside the European […]

By joining the boards of Russian energy companies, which benefited from decisions he made as chancellor, Gerhard Schröder clearly broke the trust of Germans. Why do politicians still get away with the behavior that corporate fiduciaries know how to avoid? NEW YORK — Three months after Russia launched its second war against Ukraine in a […]

Poland’s prime minister has urged Norway to share in the huge oil and gas profits it has made from the war in Ukraine. Speaking to a youth forum in Warsaw, Mateusz Morawiecki noted that Norway, “a small country of five million people, is benefiting from oil and gas this year [people]will be more than 100 […]

Passport U lives on in Arizona…at least with the Arizona men’s basketball team. According to a report by Eurohopes.com, Henri Veesaar, a 6ft 10 tall (but skinny) man, has signed on to Arizona to play for head coach Tommy Lloyd’s second year. Henri Veesar He is another in a long line of international players who […]

RWE has submitted applications for site permits for all eleven areas that the Polish government has offered for offshore wind expansion since the start of the application period for the first sites in 2021. The Germany-based company said that by applying for all 11 areas, it wants to strengthen its presence and continue the energy […]

She remembers the Soviet occupation and a visit to East Berlin in 1988 when she was 11 and her father told her to “breathe the air of freedom” from West Berlin. And she recalls the stories of 1949, when her mother Kristi, then a baby, was deported to Siberia with her own mother and grandmother […]

BERLIN (AP) — A senior NATO official said on Sunday Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appeared to be stalling, and he expressed hope that Kyiv could win the war as Russia’s neighbor Finland announced that it would surrender to western to join a military alliance. Senior NATO diplomats meet in Berlin on Sunday to discuss […]

The foreign ministers of the G7 countries walk to dinner during their summit in Weissenhaeuser Strand, Germany, May 12, 2022. Foreign Ministers pictured: Elizabeth Truss from the UK, Jean-Yves Le Drian from France, Melanie Joly from Canada, Annalena Baerbock from Germany, Hayashi Yoshimasa from Japan, Luigi Di Maio from Italy, Josep Borrell, Head of EU […]

LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) – Eastbound gas flows via the Yamal-Europe pipeline from Germany to Poland surged on Tuesday, data from the Gascade pipeline operator showed. Exit flows at the Mallnow metering point on the German border increased to 11,297,464 kilowatt hours per hour (kWh/h) from 792,085 kWh/h the previous day, the data showed. Continue […]

Conservative CDU leads with 43% in polls for early exit Energy transition an important campaign issue in the midst of the Ukraine war Wahl is considered to be the figurehead for the NRW elections on May 15th BERLIN, May 8 (Reuters) – Germany’s conservative CDU appeared to win an election in northern Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, […]

photo: Paul Martens (Getty Images) A tanker carrying 60,000 tons of Russian diesel fuel floats idle off the coast of Amsterdam after being turned away from three different ports. Dockers at a port in Sweden and two ports in the Netherlands all refused to offload the fuel, citing “international solidarity” with Ukraine. Business Insider Reports. […]

By Todd Prince (RFE/RL) – With no end in sight to Moscow’s devastating war against Ukraine, a related struggle is now underway that is bloodless but potentially painful for both sides. Russia, the world’s largest exporter of natural gas, faces the European Union, the world’s third-largest economy — and things could get worse before it’s […]

An American citizen who was killed in an attack by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces has been identified by the American news agency. According to his family, Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, died Monday in the war, family members confirmed to CNN. Cancel is reported as a former US Marine who went to war […]

Placeholder when loading item promotions Russia may increase domestic energy consumption and boost exports to new markets after some ‘unfriendly’ countries rejected Russian oil. That’s what President Vladimir Putin says. It sounds simple, but will become much more difficult in practice when the next wave of restrictions on Moscow’s oil trade hits. So far, there […]

Thanks to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, there’s a bonus bank holiday for everyone in the UK this year. Her Majesty will celebrate a remarkable 70th jubilee on the throne in 2022 and a long summer weekend of special events and tributes is planned. The unprecedented anniversary, which marks the first time a British monarch has […]

Vladimir Putin has made veiled threats about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and the Biden administration says it is concerned. It is all the more surprising that President Biden is canceling a new weapon that would be a nuclear deterrent. The Pentagon’s recent budget proposal repeals the sea-launched nuclear cruise missiles, or SLCM-N. This missile […]

The beginning of it all for five-year-old Derek when he was fishing on the River Tern near Wellington in 1947. Although now, at the age of 80, he says he is no longer a regular angler. “I’m really an opportunist, taking advantage of those who are much more enthusiastic and can provide the location and […]

Some vacationers appear to be planning the trip of a lifetime amid a spike in foreign exchange sales, according to the Post Office. The Post sees signs of “pent-up demand,” which may stem from people preparing to travel abroad for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The latest travel money holiday index showed […]

The current security situation in Finland is highly unpredictable, said Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. “The security situation in Europe and Finland is more serious and less predictable than at any time since the end of the Cold War. The security impact of current events on Finland will be long-lasting,” Haavisto said on Wednesday as he […]

A 28-year-old Dane battles storms, snow and meter-high waves to become the first person to move around his home country on a stand-up paddleboard (SUP). Casper “The Viking” Steinfath, a six-time SUP world champion, set off from his home beach in Klitmøller – known as Cold Hawaii – on April 2 with nothing more than […]

The global spread of the coronavirus is affecting travel. Stay up to date on the science behind the outbreak>> From eggs with caviar to rye soup in a bread bowl, cookbook author Zuzu Zak has selected the dishes she most associates with Easter in her home country. Released April 9, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. CET […]

Riisalo said the number of refugees entering Estonia has stabilized at around 500 a day, but added that it is difficult to predict what will happen later. The minister said that many refugees do not know how long they intend to stay. Many want to return to Ukraine as a first chance, and some families […]

Tallink Grupp today signed an agreement with the Estonian Social Insurance Agency to charter the company’s ship Isabelle to provide temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees arriving in Estonia, according to the company’s press release. The vessel will be chartered to the Estonian authorities for an initial period of four months from Thursday 7 April 2022, […]

The rupee-ruble oil deal could be a key element of Putin’s sanctions-busting K Raveendran The proposed rupee-ruble trade for oil, along with Russia’s insistence on ruble payments from European gas customers, will be a key component in Putin’s sanctions-lifting program. The Biden administration has evidently recognized the ramifications of an India-Russia oil deal, so it […]

The Seaport Authority of Szczecin and Świnoujście announces that it will expand its fleet of firefighting vessels later this year with a new unit called “Strażak-28”. The progress of work related to the construction of the ship was announced at a press conference. The ship will be built at the Remontowa Shipbuilding SA shipyard in […]

President BidenJoe BidenRussian missile strikes injured five in western Ukrainian city of Lviv If we delist the IRGC, what will the dictators think? Biden proposes minimum tax for billionaires in the household MORE spent three days in Europe while the US and its allies planned next steps about a month after Russia invaded Ukraine and […]

ETHAN PETRIC It took Northern Iowa women’s tennis a chance find and a bounced email to get their newest number one player 4,642 miles from Riga, Latvia to Cedar Falls. Located on the Baltic coast, Riga is the country’s largest city and home to UNI freshman Darta Dalecka. “Having to replace at least three (players) […]

Saga warned that the impact of the Omicron variant and the war in Ukraine on its travel business, as well as a hit to its insurance division from changes in pricing rules, were hampering its recovery from the pandemic. The company called a “challenging” environment for its cruise business, although bookings remained strong for the […]

That was the one thing Adam Branford shouldn’t do: drive at night. But when he came to the Indian city of Agra, he had no choice. “That was incredibly scary because all the buses and trucks come at you with their high beams on,” says Adam. “You just sit completely stunned at their height of […]

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to host leaders from countries along Russia’s north-west flank next week to discuss how to respond to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, including the Search for new ways to isolate the Russian economy. The leaders of the countries of the Joint Expeditionary […]

From Robinder Sachdev: Against a backdrop of dark enmity and a proxy war in Ukraine with the US and NATO that is radically disrupting and redefining the European security fabric and global geopolitics, the logic suggests that Russia is denying NATO expansionism in Finland and Sweden want. IT SEEMS that there will be a conventional […]

T&E Analysis of Imports, Dependency, Trade Value, Ports and Pipelines. Transport is the largest consumer of oil in the EU and the EU is dependent on imports for 97% of its oil products. One in four barrels of crude oil that supplies the block comes from Russia. In the context of the Russian Federation’s invasion […]

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to resign from the boards of Russian state-owned energy companies. Schröder, 77, is a longtime business partner from Kremlin circles and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former German head of state sits on the board of directors of Russian state-owned energy giant Rosneft and is […]

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has emphasized diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing Ukraine crisis. Stoltenberg made the remarks Tuesday at a joint news conference with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit to the Tapa army base in northern Estonia. […]