Author: Erick Parel

EU agrees to gradually ease Syria sanctions

Energy News Beat   EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed in principle to begin gradually easing sanctions on Syria to support economic recovery after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. EU member states had begun reassessing their sanctions regime as Syria’s new leadership, the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), lobbied to have them lifted to […]

Irish president’s Holocaust memorial speech reignites antisemitism row

Energy News Beat   Ireland’s antisemitism controversy flared up again on Sunday after President Michael D. Higgins raised Gaza during a speech to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, sparking protests. Security staff forcibly removed at least one woman who objected to the president’s remarks. Others who turned their backs on Higgins were asked to leave, The Irish […]

Russia says no contact yet with Trump’s team

Energy News Beat A phone call between the Russian and US leaders hasn’t been planned yet, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov Moscow is open to dialogue with the new US administration but no contact has been established yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has stated. Speaking to journalists on Monday, Ryabkov said […]

Poland to question ex-justice minister over spyware

Energy News Beat Donald Tusk’s government has accused its predecessor of using Israel’s Pegasus program against political opponents A Warsaw court has ordered the arrest of former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, unless he testifies before a parliamentary committee investigating the alleged use of Israeli-made spyware against the current ruling coalition. Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government […]

Freeport LNG resumes operations

Energy News Beat “Freeport LNG’s liquefaction production operations have safely resumed,” a spokeswoman for Freeport LNG told LNG Pime on Monday. The spokeswoman did not provide further details. She previously said that the plant’s production operations were taken offline due to intermittent Centerpoint Energy power interruptions beginning early Tuesday morning last week. The spokeswoman said […]

Norway balks at EU’s energy integration drive

Energy News Beat   Norwegian politicians are resisting attempts to implement critical EU energy laws, which would integrate the country more tightly into European power markets.  The EU’s expanded free trade region (EEA), of which Norway is a key member, is being rocked by Oslo wrestling with its role in Europe ahead of September elections. […]

Here’s why EU leaders really want to send troops to Ukraine

Energy News Beat Fearing being excluded by Trump, Kiev’s European backers see ‘boots on the ground’ as a political foothold in the crisis Nothing is certain regarding the Ukraine conflict. Except two things: Russia is winning and, under new ownership, the US leadership is searching for a novel approach. As Russian foreign policy heavyweight Sergey […]

Notorious Scottish pedo gang jailed

Energy News Beat The ring of drug addicts committed some of the most depraved acts of child abuse, police said Seven Scottish pedophiles have been handed stiff prison terms for committing what authorities described as some of the most “monstrous” cases of child abuse. The six men and one woman were convicted in November after […]

WATCH robo-dog and drone fight (VIDEO)

Energy News Beat   A short clip making rounds on Chinese social media depicts the two machines firing pyrotechnics at each other A short video clip capturing a ‘firefight’ between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a robotic dog has been making rounds on Chinese social media. The UAV hovering about two meters (6.5 feet) above […]

Serbian deputy PM slams Russia’s exclusion from Holocaust commemoration

Energy News Beat Not inviting the country to the ceremony marking the liberation of Auschwitz risks fostering “new evil,” Aleksandar Vulin has warned Excluding Russia from the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation has turned the ceremony into a gathering of descendants of Holocaust perpetrators and their collaborators, Serbian Deputy PM Aleksandar Vulin […]