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Finland’s first floating liquefied natural gas terminal was moored Wednesday at the southern port of Inkoo to replace Russian gas imports.

Elon Musk has been criticised for describing outlandish Russian predictions of the United States and European Union collapsing and a Fourth Reich rising in Germany and going to war with France as “epic” on Twitter, before clarifying that he regarded them as “absurd”.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbs on Tuesday erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and defied international demands to remove those placed earlier, a day after Serbia put its troops near the border on a high level of combat readiness.

With Ukraine in flames and the EU green agenda in pieces, 2022 was the year that fears over food and energy security once again hit Europe.

The elderly suspect in a Paris mass shooting that sparked violent riots before Christmas developed a “hatred of foreigners” after a home invasion in 2016, according to reports. 

Only a third of Leave voters think Brexit is going well – under a political class that has barely tried to implement it – although only 47 per cent of all voters would vote to undo it, polls suggest.

Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson has warned that Sweden may be facing a recession this winter that may last years.

Migrants are three times as likely to receive asylum in the UK as they are in France, according to research conducted by Migration Watch UK.

The Qatar corruption scanda involving Members of European Parliament is “damaging the credibility” of the EU, Charles Michel admitted

Senior left politician Eva Kaili admitted she asked her father to hide cash after she was accused of taking money from Morocco and Qatar.

Brussels has reportedly summoned tech-billionaire Elon Musk to the European Parliament to discuss “hate speech” problems in relation to his social media network, Twitter.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report on Friday that found coal use surging around the world, with the United States and India leading the pack in 2021 at 15 percent and 14 percent growth in coal consumption, respectively.

Qatar obliquely threatened to cut the EU from its supply of natural gas amid claims that the Islamist nation bribed officials in Brussels.

The EU accused Facebook parent Meta of breaching the bloc’s antitrust rules by distorting competition in the online classified ads business.

A newly released Eurobarometer survey conducted by the European Parliament has revealed that under half of Greeks support the European Union’s stance on Ukraine.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán says the massive corruption scandal in the European Union should be used as an opportunity to “drain the swamp” in Brussels.

No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), a pro-human rights and democracy organization, and Fight Impunity, which seeks to bring rights abusers to book, share the same address, on prime real estate in the governmental quarter of the Belgian capital.

Poland’s top police officer was hospitalised after firing a grenade launcher gifted to him by Ukraine in his office, according to reports.

The EU threatened to sanction Twitter following the suspension of journalists over allegedly sharing private location of Elon Musk’s jet.

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to recognise the Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933 — frequently known as the Holodomor — as a state-sponsored genocide committed by Soviet Russia.

The New Democracy party suspended one of its European Parliament members, pending the outcome of an investigation.

Legacy parties and groups within the European Union are now “constantly playing down” the ongoing corruption scandal plaguing parliament, one MEP has claimed.

A top Kremlin spokesman told reporters on Thursday that neither the Russian side nor European vendors have decided if rebuilding the severely damaged Nord Stream natural gas pipelines will be worth it.

The partner of jailed European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili has reportedly confessed to charges of corruption, a Belgian newspaper has reported.

The European Union is completely reliant on foreign imports for 14 “critical” raw materials needed for industry, a study has found.

The spectre of future energy blackouts is once again looming in Germany, with the country’s plan to cut consumption falling significantly short amid cold winter weather.

Kosovo signed a formal application seeking candidacy for the EU, prompting Serbia to immediately call on Brussels to turn it down.

Trade ties between Russia and Germany could resume if Moscow decides to end its war in Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this week.

Bulgaria´s parliament failed to elect a government proposed by the center-right GERB party to resolve the years-long political impasse.

A researcher has expressed concerns that the ongoing European Union cash corruption scandal may be used as “fuel” for EU-sceptical populists. 

“Hundreds of thousands” of migrants ostensibly from Ukraine are now expected to arrive in Europe over the coming months, the head of one NGO has claimed.

A suitcase described as being “full of cash” has been seized by police as part of an investigation into EU corruption, which has seen a number of socialist MEPs forced to step down from their positions

Serious gas shortages across the EU are now on the cards for next year, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned.

The Vice-President of the European Parliament has been formally charged with corruption and has reportedly been imprisoned.

The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan plan to meet to conclude an agreement on an undersea electricity connector.

Brexit champion Nigel Farage has responded to news of high-level corruption arrests in the European Parliament, suggesting they prove Britain made the right choice by breaking with the bloc.