Belarus election: how ‘Europe’s last dictator’ held onto power as his opponents were jailed or exiled
The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...
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Echoes of Minsk: Lukashenka’s potential gain in Trump’s Ukraine deal
Trump could grant Lukashenka sanctions relief without demanding any meaningful concessions in return. The EU must continue to ...
Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid
More than three decades after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have begun to unplug from Russia's ...
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This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics’ final ties to oil- and gas-rich ...
3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics’ final ties to oil- and gas-rich ...
Program: Belarus’s secret role in funnelling migrants into the EU
Belarus’s President, Alexander Lukashenko, has just won another landside election in a result the EU is labelling a sham. The ...
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Tariffs could cut off up to 25% of EU fertiliser
EU fertiliser manufacturers must use 42.5% renewable energy, and their EU Emissions Trading System costs are to increase ...
Baltic nations end electricity ties to Russia through Soviet-era grid and tighten EU bond
After the disconnection plans were announced, propaganda campaigns cropped up on social media and in printed leaflets in city streets that issued fake-news warnings about blackouts, severe energy ...
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EU Targets Russian Aluminum, LNG and Shadow Fleet in New Sanctions Round
The European Commission proposes a new round of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, targeting media, aluminum, and the shadow fleet, while avoiding restrictions on Russian LNG.
Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and ...
Baltic nations free themselves from the shackles of Russian power grid, switch over to EU networks
Baltic nations, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will connect to the EU’s power system, 20 years after joining the regional bloc. With this, the Soviet-designed power grid network will now cover only Rus ...