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Russia's gas discount to Ukraine extended

Ukraine, locked in a longstanding pricing row with Russia over gas, hopes to sign a memorandum with Moscow this month on supplies that will run until

Ukraine

Ukraine says it will stop buying Russian gas as of next month

Ukraine has announced that it intends temporarily to stop buying gas from Russia on April 1 as its current deal expires on that date. Although Kyiv

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Why has the EU backed plans for an energy union?

Hungary

Confusion over Hungary's nuclear deal with Russia

Confusion reigns over the fate of Hungary’s nuclear deal with Russia, with reports from British newspaper the Financial Times that the EU has blocked

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Ukraine

Gas row between Russia and Ukraine averted - at least for now

At talks in Brussels there was agreement to stick to a current supply deal

World

No reform, no reconstruction: Firtash's grim view of today's Ukraine

He is one of the richest and most controversial of Ukrainian businessmen. Billionaire Dmytro Firtash, with assets in mining, gas and media, is

Ukraine

Ukraine makes new gas payment to Russia amid supply threats

Just days after Moscow again threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine for non-payment, Russia’s state-owned Gazprom says it has received a new

Ukraine

Russia's Gazprom excludes rebel-held areas from Ukraine's gas contract

Russia gas giant Gazprom said that Ukraine will not have to pay for gas supplied to areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region under rebel control

Russia

Kyiv's suspension of gas flow to eastern Ukraine 'smells of genocide' says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed Kyiv’s decision to cut gas supplies to parts of eastern Ukraine “smells of genocide.” Ukraine’s national

Europe News

EU seeks to create single European energy market

EU unveils ambitious plan to merge all 28 energy markets

Ukraine

Gazprom claims Ukraine could run out of gas in two days

Ukraine could run out of supplies of gas within two days. That’s according to Russia’s Gazprom. The company which supplies gas to Ukraine said in a

Hungary

Warm welcome for Russia's Putin in Hungary

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed a deal to keep supplying gas to Hungary during a visit to Budapest. Russia is Hungary’s largest supplier

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Sea change in shipping: natural gas to make engines more eco-friendly

A new generation of LNG-diesel engines is set to transform shipping. But is the market ready to adapt?

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Do you know: can you cruise on natural gas?

Russia

Gazprom to buy other half of South Stream pipeline

Russian energy giant Gazprom has agreed to buy the 50 percent of the South Stream gas pipeline it doesn’t already own. That’s despite Russian

Europe News

EU energy officials mull next move over South Stream

A number of EU energy minister have held talks in Brussels after Russia’s move to cancel the South Stream gas pipeline. Officials from eight

Russia

Gazprom resumes gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine

Russian gas producer Gazprom says it has resumed supplies to Ukraine after a six-month suspension over a dispute about prices and unpaid debts. The

My Europe Series

Crude awakening: Romania's Black Sea oil and gas finds fuel Europe's energy hopes

Huge discoveries of oil and gas in the Black Sea off Romania have thrust the country back into the heart of the region’s energy market. In addition

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Bulgaria, EU still want South Stream pipeline

Brussels says the South Stream gas pipeline can still go ahead. Russia had scrapped the 400 billion euro project to pump gas to the European Union

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EU's Georgieva urges Europe to wean itself off Russian gas