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BALKAN NATIONS CONSIDER HYDROGEN AMID EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS QUICKLY

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Baki Bajraktari, who works at the Bulqize chrome mine in northeastern Albania, never thought that the presence of hydrogen there could be positive, especially after a tragic explosion in 2011 due to a gas pocket. However, his perspective shifted when a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Science in January revealed a reservoir containing between […]

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PHILIPPINES AND EU STRENGTHEN THEIR TIES; AGREEMENTS ON TRADE, CLIMATE CHANGE, MARITIME SECURITY, AND THE CREATION OF THE GREEN ECONOMY 

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On Monday, 31st of July, the Philippine government and the European Commission reaffirmed their commitment to closer ties between their two nations, pledging to increase trade and collaborate more closely on climate change, marine security, and the green economy.  President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared that his recent bilateral meeting with EU Commission President Ursula

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RECENT SCANDINAVIAN MINING BREAKTHROUGHS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE EU

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The current year has been quite significant for Scandinavian mining. Both Sweden and Norway have had some bigger breakthroughs in their respective mining industries. First of all, we will look at the Swedish mining company LKAB who has made a massive discovery at the beginning of the year. According to Swedish mining corporation LKAB, the

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GERMANY EMPHASIZES EU ‘CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT’ TO TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN 

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Germany’s Annalena Baerbock, who arrived in Tianjin, is the most recent prominent European politician to travel to China. As she put it, the “worst-case scenario” for Germany and the EU would be an escalation between China and Taiwan.  Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock began a three-day trip to China on Thursday by landing in

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SPAIN URGES LNG IMPORTERS TO DIVERSIFY AWAY FROM RUSSIAN SUPPLIES 

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Spain, the largest European consumer of Russian liquefied natural gas, is pleading with importers not to enter into new agreements with Moscow in an effort to reduce funding for the Kremlin’s military industrial complex.  According to those with knowledge of the situation, the government sent a letter to Spain’s LNG importers requesting that businesses decline

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GERMANY FINALIZING PLANS TO SEND TANKS TO UKRAINE 

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Germany is getting ready to support Ukraine’s military effort by sending its coveted Leopard 2 tanks there. Following “months of discussion,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opted to deliver the combat tanks, according to an exclusive report from a German news site. On Wednesday morning, the German parliament is scheduled to discuss the thorny matter. Sending

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DESPITE LEGAL GRAY ZONE, RUSSIA SEES INCREASED VEHICLE IMPORT 

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The imports of finished European vehicles into Russia have increased after a steep decline after sanctions, despite the impending danger of criminal punishment for those involved. To transport vehicles from Europe, through Iran, and across the Caspian Sea into Russia, Russian logistics companies employ third parties. The European Commission put up a proposal in December

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DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY, SERBIA WILL LIKELY JOIN EU SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA 

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Serbia and Azerbaijan signed bilateral memorandums of understanding last month to deepen and enhance earlier this year’s gas and power deals, as well as to expand their cooperation in the energy sector. The agreements may appear to be of secondary importance to current geopolitics at first look, but they could have significant ramifications for the

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