Central Europe State-owned PKN Orlen, Poland’s largest oil refiner and petrol retailer, this week agreed to sell a number of assets belonging to fellow Polish refiner and retailer Lotos Group in order to meet EU conditions for the merger of the two...
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Germany’s new government has not yet committed to blocking Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, but this weekend gave strong hints that it would be prepared...
Energy prices are rising across Europe, but it’s not all Russia’s fault. The price of natural gas has surged throughout Europe this year, impacting industry...
Central Europe Tensions between China and one of its sharpest adversaries in the European Union deepened this week when legislators from Czechia welcomed Taiwan’s...
Russia’s promise not to use its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a means of political leverage looks increasingly meaningless amidst current developments in Moldova...
Central Europe Romanian doctors sent an open letter Wednesday titled “a cry of despair” as the country’s overwhelmed and deteriorated health care system copes with a...
Although Russia has begun filling Nord Stream 2 with gas, it could be some time before the pipeline is fully operational. The operator of the controversial Nord Stream 2...
Central Europe The US government said on Tuesday that Croatia would soon join the list of countries whose people can visit without a visa in a sign of closer economic...
The United States has given Russia the green light to complete its controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Ukraine, not for the first time, feels let down by its...
Just days after a carefully staged-managed All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, convened as a show of support for the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus has...
Despite some improvement in recent years, levels of state capture in the Western Balkans remain “unacceptably high”, according to a new policy brief from...
Over the last few years, the issue of future European energy supply has been an increasingly geopolitical and securitised topic. It has become more and more linked to...
