Royal wartime decree seen as fallback option to keep Russia’s frozen €190bn in EU if Hungary vetoes renewal of sanctions

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia to the European Union may be phased out by Brussels, according to Bloomberg.

Attacks on underwater cables in strategic areas connecting telecommunication lines and power sources in Asia and Europe are suspected to be coordinated attacks by China and Russia.

In the run-up to his departure from the White House, President Joe Biden has slapped a number of major new sanctions on Russia’s financial systems and energy sector. The U.S. originally threatened Russia with “the mother of all sanctions” as Moscow prepared to invade Ukraine in February 2022.

South Korea, Netherlands also banned some livestock imports from Germany after foot-and-mouth outbreak - Anadolu Ajansı

While Europe’s pipeline gas flows from Russia have dwindled in recent years, it imported record LNG volumes from the country in 2024. The fuel has been a personal focus of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has vowed to continue the nation’s exports despite mounting restrictions.

European Union companies could become more competitive against their U.S. and Chinese rivals if they paid less for energy -- a goal governments could achieve by cooperating to invest and to integrate the EU's fragmented energy market,

The Russian missiles sought out targets from the Lviv region in western Ukraine near Poland to Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine bordering Russia. The state energy company Ukrenergo reported emergency power outages in six regions. It often shuts down production during attacks as a precaution.

Russian forces have claimed a breakthrough in capturing two settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region as an onslaught of overnight bombardment across Ukraine killed six people.The Russian defence ministry announced the capture of Petropavlivka,

One message from Donald Trump has, more than any other, hit home in the chancelleries of Europe. That is his demand that they take more responsibility for their own defence - and pay up.

The defence and security arrangement I have mentioned is the proverbial "low-hanging fruit" as far as an EU-UK reset is concerned. It's relatively easy to formalise what is already happening: co-operation over Russia sanctions for example, as well as ...