Strait of Hormuz (archive image): The strait remains blocked. Source: asghar besharati/ap/dpa There is uncertainty about the transit situation in the Strait of Hormuz. Fraudsters apparently want to take advantage of this and contact shippers under false names. April 22, 2026, 12:56 p.mApril 22, 2026, 12:56 p.m Julian Alexander Fischer / t-online An article by […]
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS — A descendant of the founder of Italian oil giant Eni wants to sue Giorgia Meloni’s government for using his family name in a major funding program investing across the African continent, the Italian press reported on Wednesday. According to the Italian daily La Stampa, Pietro Mattei issued a cease and desist letter to […]
Continue ReadingThe airline is the latest to cut flights as the US-Israel war with Iran sends jet fuel prices soaring.
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Italy has summoned the Russian ambassador after a pro-Kremlin Russian television host attacked Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on air. “I had the Russian ambassador… summoned to the Ministry of […]
Continue ReadingDans un entretien à POLITICO, le PDG de la première chaîne française, Rodolphe Belmer, appelle à réguler plus fortement YouTube, tout en desserrant la pression sur les acteurs audiovisuels traditionnels. Il balaye aussi la proposition de Mistral de rémunérer les créateurs via une licence globale. Apr 2 8 mins read
Continue ReadingInsgesamt wird im AccelerateEU-Plan eine beschleunigte Abkehr von fossilen Brennstoffen und eine Hinwendung zu sauberem Strom betont. „Koordinierung ist der Schlüssel“, schrieb die Kommission am Mittwoch in einer Pressemitteilung und erklärte, dass die erste Priorität darin bestehe, die Befüllung von Gasspeichern, die Freigabe von Ölvorräten und „nationale Notfallmaßnahmen“ zu koordinieren, um die Versorgung mit Flugzeugtreibstoff […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/22/2026 – 12:14 GMT+2•Updated 12:18 Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel compared the discrimination of minorities in Hungary under the Orbán government to policies of fascist regimes. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Bettel, who was also Luxembourg’s prime minister from 2013 until 2023, recalled how he put his objections directly to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during […]
Continue ReadingPARIS — Les députées MoDem Geneviève Darrieussecq et Josy Poueyto souhaitent que l’exploitation pétrolière continue après 2040 en France et veulent que de nouveaux permis de recherche puissent être autorisés “lorsque les intérêts fondamentaux de la Nation, la défense nationale ou la sécurité des approvisionnements stratégiques le justifient”. Une formule un peu large, mais “on […]
Continue ReadingThe funding was agreed last December, but it has been held up in a row over Russian oil supplies to Hungary.
Continue ReadingOverall, it emphasized an accelerated switch away from fossil fuels and toward clean electricity. “Coordination is key,” the Commission wrote in a press release Wednesday, saying the first priority would be to coordinate on gas storage filling, oil stock releases and “national emergency measures” to ensure supply of jet fuel and diesel. “Our AccelerateEU strategy […]
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