Side deals thwart drive to wean Europe off Russian gas

While officials in Brussels were calling for Europe to reduce its dependency on Russian natural gas and negotiate with Moscow as a bloc, Austria was quietly bypassing the European Commission to cut its own bilateral deal on building a pipeline.

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 May

Baltics can survive without Russian gas

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia depend on Russia for all their gas imports, but they each have defences in place to ensure sufficient energy supplies if Moscow cuts off gas exports in an escalation of the Ukraine crisis.

 

5 years ago

GameSpot

11 Apr

The Best External Hard Drive Deals For PS4 And Xbox One

The Best External Hard Drive Deals For PS4 And Xbox One  GameSpotHere Are 10 Games (And One DLC) Coming To Xbox One Next Week  Pure Xbox17 Best Spring Game Deals for PS4, Xbox, Switch, and PC  WIREDXbox Sales And Subscriptions Are Spiking Right Now, Reveals Xbox Boss  Pure XboxXbox, PlayStation leaders set console-war tensions aside during pandemic  Windows CentralView Full coverage on Google News

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Jan

No favours for locals in gas deals, says JK

>Any hope that Tanzanian investors will receive special treatment in natural gas exploration was dashed again yesterday when President Jakaya Kikwete weighed in, again, in the debate on the place of locals in natural gas exploration. Far from appeasing local entrepreneurs, Mr Kikwete reiterated the government’s stand that there would be no preferential treatment for them.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 May

State launches team of negotiators for gas deals

>The Union Government yesterday launched a team of negotiators in all natural gas and oil contracts with international oil companies (IOCs) so as to tap the best deals for the socioeconomic benefit of Tanzania and its people.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Oct

Be careful when signing deals with multinationals: oil, gas countries warned

Major African oil, natural gas and mineral producers in Africa, such as Tanzania, have been told to be careful about signing deals with multinational companies whose main agenda is to reap profits.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

26 May

Gas deal a victory for Russia but won’t leave Europe dry

The $400 billion gas deal Russia signed with China was a symbolic victory for Moscow as it is locked in a dispute with the West over Ukraine, but the scale of the deal is not as massive as it seems at first blush, according to analysts.

 

5 years ago

BBC

03 Apr

Three human-like species lived side-by-side in ancient Africa

Two million years ago, Africa was home to three human-like species, new discoveries reveal.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

18 Sep

I will wean Tanzanians off donor dependency, declares Lowassa

I will wean Tanzanians off donor dependency, declares Lowassa
IPPmedia
Former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa, the UKAWA-endorsed Chadema presidential candidate, yesterday expressed his determination to 'free' Tanzania from donor dependency. Lowassa, who recently decamped from the ruling CCM to leading opposition ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jan

Old Europe vs New Europe in race for Commission chief

Donald Rumsfeld sparked uproar among Europeans a decade ago when he depicted a split over the US-led invasion of Iraq as pitting “Old Europe” against “New Europe”.

 

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