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Europe is slashing energy use: cutting daily shower and limiting air conditioning
Europeans are taking colder showers, offices are turning down thermostats and stores are dimming lights to avoid blackouts and freezing homes this winter in the fallout from…
Baby dies in Dutch centre for asylum seekers
The death of a three-month-old baby at an overcrowded centre for asylum seekers in the Netherlands is being investigated, as medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF)…
Norway has become the main supplier of gas to Europe
Source: iStock/Ryosha
Norway has taken the lead from Russia in supplying natural gas to Europe, Reuters has reported, as Moscow chokes off its deliveries and EU countries work…
Canada will return other turbines to Germany for gas pipeline with Russia
Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada still plans to return five turbines used in a Russian natural gas pipeline — despite the fact that…
Hungary opposes new sanctions and visa restrictions for Russians
Szijjarto and Reinsalu
Hungary opposes visa restrictions for Russians “in solidarity with German chancellor,” Hungarian MoFA Peter Szijjarto wrote after a meeting with his…
A Russian oligarch’s superyacht was sold at auction for the first time in Gibraltar
The Axioma superyacht.Source: Marine Traffic
A luxury yacht once owned by sanctioned billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky has attracted 63 bids in Gibraltar, in the first public…
Bulgaria returns to negotiations on gas supplies from Russia
Bulgaria’s interim government signaled its readiness to negotiate with Russian energy company Gazprom on the resumption of natural gas deliveries, the caretaker energy…
Belgium: Aquafin signs second €100m tranche with EIB to finance wastewater treatment
Signing concerns the 2nd tranche of 11th EIB-loan granted to Aquafin in 2019 to expand wastewater treatment infrastructure for Flemish cities and municipalities.
€100 mln…
Cyprus: EIB backs EUR 245 million of new energy and connectivity investment in 2020, including fibre-optic internet…
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Energy transition support includes Vasilikos power plant and gas import facility
New financing to expand Epic broadband network
Cyprus largest beneficiary of EIB engagement…
Cyprus: EUR 19 million EIB backing for Epic high-speed Fiber to the Home network roll-out
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New investment to transform access to Gigabit services
Network roll-out to connect towns and rural areas
First EIB support for broadband investment in Cyprus
Network…