The European Commission (EC) suggests limiting access of foreign state-run companies and private business receiving huge foreign subsidies to tenders and major investments in EU member-states, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager said at a briefing on Wednesday, TASS informed.
"The European Union has very strict norms for...
Due to the impending termination of their existing deals, a couple of Turkish private companies have begun negotiating an extension or renewal of their gas buying contracts with Gazprom, according to the Haber Turk TV channel. According to TASS, the problem is the purchase of 8 billion cubic meters...
Those in Russia who are responsible for Russia’s policy will never doubt Russia’s allied relations with Kazakhstan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Kazakhstan’s Khabar agency on Thursday, TASS writes.
"Those who are responsible for Russia’s policy towards Kazakhstan have never said and will never say...
The Russian charter carrier, Nordwind Airlines, is the latest at Hamburg Airport and will operate direct Hamburg-Moscow flights from late April. The initial weekly flight will depart on Mondays. Founded in 2008, the airline has enjoyed steady growth in recent years and currently flies to 75 cities in 17...
Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) showed that foreign direct investment flows (FDI) worldwide plummeted to $846 billion in 2020, which is a 38% drop compared to 2019, RT informed.
The coronavirus pandemic “accelerated a steady decline and contributed to sinking global FDI flows to their...
According to the latest estimates released by the Federal Customs Service, Germany, the largest importer of Russian natural gas, doubled its imports of the pipeline fuel year over year in March 2021, RT reports.
Russian gas purchases surpassed 4.5 billion cubic meters, a significant increase of 66.3 percent over the...
Data from the Federal Customs Service showed that Russia’s exports of gold surged 220% in March year-on-year, amounting to 26.5 tons, worth almost $1.5 billion. Exports were 2.3 times higher than in the previous month, the report revealed, RT reported.
The United Kingdom remained the major buyer of Russian gold,...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would like to hold his proposed summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his June trip to Europe, Reuters reports.
"That is my hope and expectation. We're working on it," Biden told reporters after a speech about the U.S. response to the...
More than 93,000 people died of COVID-19 in the past week, which is 6% more than during the previous seven-day period, the World Health Organization said in its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update published in Geneva early on Wednesday, TASS reported.
"For the second successive week, the number of COVID-19 cases...
According to data from the Russian Federal Customs Service, Germany, a traditional pioneer in European purchases of Russian pipeline gas, continued to aggressively increase the rate of Russian gas purchases in March 2021, TASS reports.
Germany boosted Gazprom's gas supply to 4.44 billion cubic meters in March, up 66.3 percent...
