Nord Stream explosion signals challenging winter for Europe September 28, 2022 Experts warned the Nord Stream crisis could beckon future unpredictability across Europe, warned experts.
Truss vows to maintain UK’s military aid for Ukraine in 2023 September 20, 2022 Liz Truss has vowed to maintain the UK’s military aid for Ukraine next year, after arriving in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister will underline her commitment to Ukraine in her UN speech tomorrow and tell western leaders that “we must put an end to Putin’s economic blackmail by removing [...]
Liz Truss drops any hope for UK-US trade deal as Global Britain’s Brexit efforts shift to Gulf, India, Australia and Japan September 20, 2022 The Prime Minister has stressed that her trade priority is post-Brexit striking deal with the Gulf states and India, and joining a trade pact with nations including Australia and Japan. At the same time, Liz Truss conceded that negotiations for free trade deal with the US will not restart for years as she flew to [...]
Von der Leyen sets out £120bn energy windfall plan and says Ukraine may join single market September 14, 2022 The European Union has set out plans to raise more than £120bn with a windfall tax and revenue cap on energy suppliers, as its commissioner reiterated the bloc’s backing for Ukraine. The body announced it would cap revenues for non-gas energy suppliers in a bid to reverse the fuel problem in Europe, sparked in part [...]
Biden, Macron, Zelensky and von der Leyen lead heartfelt global tributes to The Queen September 8, 2022 World leaders including US President Joe Biden, Ukraine’s Vlodymyr Zelensky and France’s president Emnauel Macron have paid heartfelt tributes to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, after the monarch passed away, aged 96. Leaders described the monarch as a source of stability amid seven decades of social and economic changes. French President Emmanuel Macron called the [...]
Russia threatens to halt energy shipments into Europe September 8, 2022 Russia could halt all energy shipments into Europe if the West pushes through proposals for caps on the price of gas, warned Putin.
EU considers bloc-wide tax on energy prices as winter crisis deepens September 1, 2022 The EU could bring in a bloc-wide tax on energy profits and cap prices as it ramps up its response to an escalating winter crisis.
Truss refuses to reveal cost of living plans until she has the keys to No 10 August 30, 2022 Members of Liz Truss’s team have confirmed the Tory leadership frontrunner will not finalise her plans for crucial cost-of-living support before receiving the “full support and advice” only available to the government of the day. The public will likely be forced to wait to find out what help they will get with skyrocketing energy bills [...]
EU finalises compromise deal to cut gas usage ahead of winter July 26, 2022 EU member states have settled on a diluted emergency plan to curb gas demand this winter in case Russia turns off the taps this winter.
Reduced flows return to Nord Stream pipeline as winter crisis looms across Europe July 21, 2022 Nord Stream 1 has begun pumping gas into Europe again, following a 10-day outage this month, but fears remain over supply shortages this winter.