Source link Austrian Energy Minister Leonor Gewessler has revealed a plan to eliminate the country’s energy reliance on Moscow in less than half a decade, the Kurier newspaper reported on Friday, citing the draft legislation. The sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict do not target gas imports. Nevertheless, Russian […]
Source link French purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia have increased by a massive 75% since the beginning of 2024 compared to the same period a year ago, Politico reported on Thursday, citing data provided by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). In the first quarter of this year, […]
Source link Latvia has been calling on the bloc to ban agriculture exports from its neighbor over the Ukraine conflict Latvia significantly increased the volume of grain bought from Russia in the first quarter of 2024, the state revenue service in Riga announced on Monday. The Baltic nation recently announced a ban on some Russian […]
Source link Somalia is facing a grain shortage, according to an official from the Food and Agriculture Organization Russian wheat deliveries to Somalia accounted for 23% of the country’s yearly consumption over the past year, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Russian branch, Oleg Kobyakov, told Sputnik in an interview published […]
Source link Kiev has also halted electricity exports after a series of attacks on its energy system Ukrainian electricity imports have risen almost threefold, according to the Energy Ministry in Kiev, which also said the country has ceased almost all exports of electrical power following Russian strikes on infrastructure. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko previously […]
Source link A nearly 7% decline has been recorded since the beginning of the year in annual terms, customs data shows Russian imports have slowed in the first 2.5 months of the year, decreasing by 6-7% when compared to the same period of 2023, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) has revealed. According to Ruslan Davydov, […]
Source link Poland’s prime minister previously called for an end to preferential trade rules granted to Kiev due to the conflict with Moscow France has supported Poland’s call for further restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, Politico reported on Monday, citing three EU diplomats. This comes as mass protests by Polish farmers continue across […]
Source link Kiev alone has hiked its weapons purchases by more than 6,600% in the last five years, a new report has found European nations nearly doubled their weapons imports over the last five years, with the conflict in Ukraine the primary factor behind the increase, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace […]
Source link The bloc has seen a massive influx of cheap agricultural products from Ukraine since 2022 Ukraine is willing to accept trade restrictions with the EU to end its disputes with Poland but is urging the bloc to ban Russian food imports, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Ukrainian Trade Minister Taras Kachka told […]
Source link Bulgaria has prematurely waived its exemption from a EU embargo which allowed it to buy crude until the end of 2024 Bulgaria stopped imports of Russian oil from March 1, prematurely discarding its exemption from an EU ban, news outlet Novinite reported on Friday. The Balkan country’s move to completely abandon deliveries of […]
Source link The EU’s agricultural sector lost €19 billion ($20.6 billion) in 2022 and 2023 as a result of a liberalization of trade with Ukraine, European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski announced on Monday. Members of the bloc lifted tariffs and quotas in 2022 for Ukrainian agricultural produce in order to enable foodstuffs, mainly grain, to […]
Source link The Russia-Ukraine conflict sent global wheat prices soaring, but the continent has been unable to increase its self-sufficiency, an article in The Guardian Nigeria claims Africa’s dependency on imports for food has been growing, a report by The Guardian Nigeria on Tuesday has claimed. The outlet cited Solomon Gizaw, the head of the […]
Source link The Russian food safety regulator, Rosselkhoznadzor, has partially banned imports of bananas from Ecuador, the world’s largest exporter of the fruit, after discovering a dangerous pest in shipments, the agency said in a statement on its website on Friday. The ban targets five Ecuadorian exporters, and will come into force on February 5. […]
Source link The frontrunner for the US Republican nomination launched a large-scale trade war with Beijing during his presidency Former US President Donald Trump has told advisers he wants to impose a 60% tariff on all imports from China if he wins this year’s election, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing three unnamed people […]
Source link New Delhi has effectively managed its oil trade with Moscow without compromising its national security, sovereignty, or alienating other partners India’s oil trade with Russia has undergone a seismic shift in the last one and a half years, spurred by the Ukraine conflict. With India’s refiners capitalizing on discounted Russian oil, Moscow swiftly became India’s […]