Iter is an international organization whose research and experimentation site is located in the north of Bouches-du-Rhône. Financed by seven members, representing 35 countries (the European Union, the USA, China, India, Russia, South Korea and Japan), this project aims to master nuclear fusion. Nearly 4,000 people work there, including just under a hundred Russian citizens. If for the time being the collaboration continues, the war in Ukraine and the international isolation of Russia raise fears of new difficulties, explains Alain...
Status: 03/23/2022 3:02 p.m In the future, Russia wants to only allow payments for gas exports in its own currency. The announcement alone makes the ruble rise. Experts now fear an escalation in the "economic war". Customers in Germany and Europe will have to pay their bills for Russian gas deliveries in rubles in the future. He has decided to establish a package of measures to pay in rubles, Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin said today during a televised government meeting....
Status: 03/23/2022 3:02 p.m In the future, Russia will only approve payments for gas exports to Europe in its own currency. The announcement makes the value of the ruble rise. Customers in Germany and Europe will have to pay their bills for Russian gas deliveries in rubles in the future. President Vladimir Putin said today during a televised government meeting that he had decided to establish a package of measures for payment in rubles. As a result, Russia no longer...
relief supplies 3000 tons of food donations delivered in Ukraine A donation camp in Poland. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH Several German retail and food companies have donated. A good 100 truckloads have already been transported to Poland. More than 3000 tons of donated food from Germany have now been brought to the Ukraine via a coordination center of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. A good 100 truckloads with almost 3,300 pallets were transported for this purpose, as the...
Weapons for Ukraine Ambassador: German position on arms deliveries "cowardly" Sharply criticizes the federal government: Andriy Melnyk, Ambassador of Ukraine in Berlin. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH In the discussion about the transfer of MiG-29 combat aircraft, Ukraine has shown disappointment with Germany. The Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin finds clear words. The Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, Andriy Melnyk, has sharply criticized what he sees as the German government's hesitant attitude towards arms deliveries to Ukraine. The clear refusal to...
As of: 03/10/2022 6:32 p.m The Russian war of aggression is forcing the Church to reconsider its peace ethics. The Catholic bishops stressed that supplying arms to Ukraine was "in principle legitimate". The evangelical church made a similar statement. At their spring meeting, the Catholic bishops condemned the Russian war of aggression and unreservedly supported the Ukrainians. They also consider arms deliveries to be justified. According to a statement by the German Bishops' Conference (DBK), "deliveries of arms to Ukraine,...
Russian invasion Ukraine hopes for further German arms deliveries A Bundeswehr soldier holds the Panzerfaust 3 in the air during a combat demonstration. Photo: Philipp Schulze/dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH Panzerfausts, anti-aircraft missiles, armored vehicles and more than 20,000 helmets: German armaments aid for Ukraine is ongoing. But Kiev's ambassador expects more. In the fight against the Russian attackers, Ukraine relies on further arms deliveries from Germany. The Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, Andriy Melnyk, told the German Press Agency that the...
The Europeans will have to look elsewhere than in Norway for an alternative to Russian gas. Second supplier of gas to the European Union behind Russia, the country is already producing at full capacity and cannot increase its deliveries, indeed repeated Tuesday its Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.Thanks to its immense offshore deposits, the Scandinavian kingdom covers around 20% of European natural gas needs, compared to 45% for Russia, a country on which the EU now wants to reduce its...
As of: 03/06/2022 8:43 p.m In order to help Ukraine militarily, the USA is relying on its Eastern European partners. During his visit to Poland, US Secretary of State Blinken tried to persuade Warsaw to supply Kyiv with Soviet-era fighter jets. Julia Kastein, ARD Studio Washington Poland, the Republic of Moldova and then the Baltic States: US Secretary of State Blinken conducts crisis diplomacy in Eastern Europe - and during the stop in the Republic of Moldova still found time...
In view of the Ukraine war to secure gas supplies, Italy wants to strengthen relations with the Gulf state of Qatar. "I am really pleased that the Qatari authorities, who I was able to meet with Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, have confirmed to me today that they are making efforts to strengthen the energy partnership with Italy," Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday in the Qatari capital Doha. Qatar is already the most important supplier of liquefied...
