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EU Economic and Social Committee Calls for Action Plan on Agroecology

Τρι, 30 Ιουλίου 2019 - 15:01

According to the European Economic and Social Committee, the Union needs to direct existing programmes towards supporting measures in agroecology in farming, in order to make agriculture more resilient to climate change, and to raise value of food by making it healthier.

Nord Stream-2 Calls on EU Court to Annul ‘Discriminatory Measures’

Δευ, 29 Ιουλίου 2019 - 14:07

Nord Stream-2, the company building a controversial second pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, brought an action on 25 July for annulment before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Six EU Nations will Implement Energy Efficiency Regulations

Παρ, 26 Ιουλίου 2019 - 15:06

The European Commission has requested Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom to request that the community energy efficiency regulations be transposed according to the bloc’s rules.

GE Reveals Parts of ‘the World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine’

Πεμ, 25 Ιουλίου 2019 - 14:25

GE Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric based in Paris, revealed on 22 July the first manufactured components of the Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine at its production site in Saint-Nazaire, France.

Offshore Hydrocarbon Development in Greece is a Window to the Future

Τετ, 24 Ιουλίου 2019 - 15:02

The latest developments in the hydrocarbons research and development process in the wider Black Sea- Southeast Europe- Eastern Mediterranean area highlight significant natural gas discoveries in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, namely the Neptune field, which was discovered and operated by US energy giant ExxonMobil, in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the Glaucus field in Block 10, also drilled and to be developed by ExxonMobil and future perspectives in offshore Greece, namely in two blocks, South Crete and South-West Crete.

EIB to Support Youth and Female Focused Business Investment in Greece

Τρι, 23 Ιουλίου 2019 - 15:01

The European Investment Bank will work with leading Greek banks to provide €500 million worth of loans for new business investment, including dedicated financing for companies across the country that actively support youth employment and the empowerment of women in the workplace.

Iran Escalates tensions in the Persian Gulf After Seizing UK Tanker

Δευ, 22 Ιουλίου 2019 - 14:49

In the latest escalation in the Persian Gulf region, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard reportedly captured a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on 19 July, the same day that the Gibraltar government renewed the detention of an Iranian supertanker seized by British Royal Marines earlier in July, under the suspicion that it was violating EU sanctions by carrying crude oil intended for Tehran’s staunch ally, the Syrian government.

Italy’s ENI and UN Sign Sustainable Development Deal

Παρ, 19 Ιουλίου 2019 - 15:03

Italian energy major ENI and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) signed 17 July a Joint Declaration, setting up a new, pioneering public-private cooperation model aimed at helping reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

US Removes Turkey from F35 Co-Production Programme

Πεμ, 18 Ιουλίου 2019 - 14:26

Turkey has been formally ousted from the US-led F-35 fighter jet programme in response to Ankara’s decision to go ahead and receive the Russian S-400 Triumf missile system.

Kazatomprom Hails Trump’s Decision Not to Restrict Uranium Imports

Τετ, 17 Ιουλίου 2019 - 14:51

Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has issued a statement following US Presidents Donald J. Trump’s decision to leave the current US uranium market unchanged.

Mogherini Says Brussels Is Not Ready to Trigger Iran Nuclear Deal Dispute Mechanism

Τρι, 16 Ιουλίου 2019 - 14:37

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has declared that the remaining parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, widely known as the Iran nuclear deal, have not detected any significant non-compliance by Tehran and will not at this time enforce the accord’s dispute mechanism that could lead to the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on the Islamic Republic.