On Tuesday, EU leaders have “in principle” reached an agreement to ban oil imports from Russia, said European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. “I am very glad that the leaders were able to agree in principle on the sixth… Read More ›
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Impossible on quantify full cost of rebuilding Ukraine: German Finance Minister
In a statement German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said, it was impossible to say how much it would cost to rebuild Ukraine. “The Ukrainian side doesn’t talk a lot about reconstruction. The priority is stopping the war, the priority is… Read More ›
EU exploring legal ways to use frozen Russian oligarchs assets for reconstructing Ukraine
In a statement, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission said, the European Union is looking for ways to use frozen assets of Russian oligarchs to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war. On Wednesday, the… Read More ›
EU bans 3 Russian state-owned broadcasters as part of 6th sanction package
On Wednesday, in a significant development, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, the EU will ban three Russian state-owned broadcasters as part of its sixth sanctions package. “They will not be allowed to distribute… Read More ›
Hungary and Slovakia will be exempt from Russian oil embargo: EC
According to two EU officials, the European Commission may exempt Hungary and Slovakia from an European embargo on Russian oil, given their dependence on Russian crude. The European Commission is expected to finalise a sixth package of EU sanctions against… Read More ›
Russia halts LNG supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
On Wednesday, in a significant development, Russia halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria after both countries rejected Moscow’s demand to pay for Russian gas in Rubles. The development comes in the wake of massive sanctions by Western countries against… Read More ›
EU Chief visits India with trade tech, military offers
On Monday, a senior official from the EU said, during European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to India, she will seek to increase sales of European military equipment to India and relaunch talks of a free trade agreement…. Read More ›
Meta Platforms completes acquisition of CRM software startup Kustomer
In a statement Meta Platforms Inc said, it had closed its acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer, after gaining antitrust approval from the European Commission last month. The acquisition was announced in November 2020 but got delayed due to regulatory… Read More ›
Intel scores huge antitrust fine win in EU’s second highest court
In a significant development, Intel won a landmark $1.2 billion (1.06-billion euro) antitrust fine from the European Union with the Europe’s top court ruling in favour of Intel’s arguments. The ruling by the court is likely to cheer Alphabet’s Google as… Read More ›
US looking at contingency plans for gas supply to Europe, on the back of Russia-Ukraine tensions
In a significant development the Biden government has held talks with several international energy companies on putting in place contingency plans for supplying natural gas to Europe in the event gas supplies to Europe are disrupted because of Russian and… Read More ›