
US Gas Proposal Tests Europe’s Energy Strategy and Russian Leverage
A reported US peace proposal would revive Russian pipeline gas sales to Europe, challenging EU phaseout rules and reshaping energy competition.

A reported US peace proposal would revive Russian pipeline gas sales to Europe, challenging EU phaseout rules and reshaping energy competition.

Russian strikes killed two people, disrupted electricity supplies and halted work at German auto-parts supplier Kromberg & Schubert’s factory in Lutsk.

Drone strikes affecting oil, data, power and transport assets test the resilience of businesses operating across St Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

A probe into a fire at a Polish Starlink station exposes the security and continuity risks confronting strategic communications businesses.

Russia added StopTime’s Naoko and Alexander Orlov to its foreign-agent register, deepening the constraints on an independent music project forced abroad.

Five drone incursions in one day intensify security and continuity risks for companies, investors and supply chains operating in Moldova.

Attacks disrupted electricity and water services in Kyiv and Volyn, sharpening concerns over infrastructure resilience and business continuity in Ukraine.

ECB approval allows UniCredit to exceed 30% ownership of Commerzbank, strengthening its route to control despite opposition from Berlin, management and employees.

EU leaders remain divided over a nearly €2 trillion budget, proposed spending cuts and new levies on digital services, crypto assets and online gambling.

A bipartisan Senate group says easing sanctions on Russian diesel would fund Moscow’s war while offering little relief to U.S. fuel consumers.

Russian officials said more than 100 drones heading toward Moscow were destroyed, triggering airport restrictions, flight diversions and regional disruptions.

Historian Yuri Dmitriev was returned to a Russian penal colony without a diagnosis after reported stroke concerns, rights activists said.