Sanctions
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2020, November, 10, 11:25:00
NORD STREAM 2 AGAINST PENALTY $7.7 BLN
UOKiK on Oct. 7 imposed a fine of more than Zloty 29 billion ($7.62 billion, Eur6.48 billion) on Russian gas giant Gazprom for building Nord Stream 2 without its approval, as well as a fine totaling Zloty 234 million on five European companies that helped finance the project.
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2020, November, 10, 11:20:00
GERMANY WITHOUT NORD STREAM 2
The almost complete Nord Stream 2 was meant to come online at the end of 2019, but the threat of US sanctions against companies working on laying the pipeline saw main contractor Allseas halt work in December last year.
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2020, October, 28, 13:55:00
U.S., IRAN SANCTIONS ANEW
Iran sanctions relief under a change in US president represents the biggest supply and price impact for global oil markets
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2020, October, 26, 13:30:00
U.S., IRAN SANCTIONS: UNLAWFUL
The EU considers the extraterritorial application of unilateral restrictive measures unlawful and contrary to international law.
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2020, October, 22, 14:55:00
NORD STREAM 2: THE NEW SANCTIONS
A little over 150 km of Nord Stream 2 remains to be laid in Danish and German waters, but with the political debate becoming ever more frenzied, it remains unclear how and when the pipeline will be completed.
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2020, October, 21, 17:00:00
NORD STREAM 2 UNSCHEDULED
A little over 150 km of Nord Stream 2 remains to be laid in Danish and German waters after an initial threat of US sanctions last December forced principal pipe-layer Allseas to halt work.
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2020, October, 2, 11:25:00
NORD STREAM 2: DENMARK APPROVEMENT
The Danish Energy Agency granted the permit on Thursday almost a year after the application was submitted.
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2020, September, 28, 12:00:00
NORD STREAM 2 BLOCKING
Nord Stream 2 would double the capacity of the gas corridor via the Baltic Sea to Germany to 110 Bcm/year and would reduce the need for Russia to use Ukraine as a transit country for gas supply to Europe.
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2020, September, 22, 13:00:00
NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR CLIMATE
The latest IAEA annual projections show that nuclear power will continue to play a key role in the world’s low-carbon energy mix, with global nuclear electrical capacity seen nearly doubling by 2050 in our high case scenario. Climate change mitigation remains a key potential driver for maintaining and expanding the use of nuclear power.
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2020, September, 14, 10:20:00
NORD STREAM 2 FOR EUROPE
“The Baltic Sea pipeline is above all in the interests of Germany and western Europe as we want to achieve the energy transformation,”
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2020, September, 9, 11:00:00
NORD STREAM 2 FOR GERMANY
Schwesig said she agreed that Russia had to explain the poisoning, but said the crime "should not be used to challenge Nord Stream 2."
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2020, September, 8, 12:40:00
NORD STREAM 2 STAKES UP
The German government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel has up to now supported Nord Stream 2, which is almost complete with just 160 km of the line left to lay in Danish waters.
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2020, September, 4, 12:25:00
U.S., IRAN, UAE, CHINA SANCTIONS
U.S. sanctioned Iran-based Abadan Refining; China-based Zhihang Ship Management, New Far International Logistics and Sino Energy Shipping; and UAE-based Chemtrans Petrochemicals Trading.
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2020, August, 27, 13:30:00
IRAQ, U.S. ENERGY DEALS
Iraq is under US pressure to wean itself off Iranian electricity and gas imports,
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2020, August, 26, 13:05:00
IRAN, IAEA COOPERATION
Grossi reportedly said: "The IAEA will not succumb to outside pressure over Iran. The agency is not swayed by any third party, but naturally there is some pressure which the agency will not bow to …