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1:48 p.m .: Russia is acting on its “decision” to leave the ISS “after 2024”. During a televised meeting with Vladimir Putin, the head of the Roscosmos agency, Yuri Borissov, takes another step towards a Russian withdrawal. “We will undoubtedly fulfill all our commitments to our partners,” he assures us before this departure.
1:50 p.m.: Russia announces its withdrawal from the International Space Station “after 2024”.
12:51 p.m .: This agreement is primarily intended to help Germany, which is heavily dependent on Russian gas and would first have to bear the brunt of a Russian supply stop. “If chemicals cough up in Germany, the entire European industry can stop,” reminded France this morning and announced its support for the European plan.
12:42 p.m.: “Saving gas now will help us deal with it. This winter will be cheaper and easier for EU citizens and industry.”
The agreement, signed by EU states, initially envisages an application on a “voluntary” basis, before a possible alarm would oblige a 15 percent reduction in each state’s gas requirements.
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12.34 p.m .: “It wasn’t an impossible mission,” the Czech EU Council Presidency rejoices after the agreement reached on a plan for the coordinated reduction of gas consumption in Europe. She sees it as a decisive response to “a Russian attempt to split the EU by using energy resources as a weapon”.
12:42 p.m.: The version approved by the Twenty-Seven contains a number of exceptions linked to each country’s particular gas situation. Yet each state must do “everything possible” to reduce its consumption by at least 15% compared to the average over the past five years, particularly by reducing building heating.
12:23 p.m .: The EU Commission proposed last week to reduce European gas demand from each member state by 15% from August in order to be able to get through the winter despite the decline in Russian supplies. In the face of opposition from several countries, this text has been revised.
12:15 p.m.: EU member states agree on a plan to reduce their gas consumption.
12:29 p.m.: At noon there is a new point in the news:
Elisabeth Borne calls on ministers and administrations to set an example in terms of energy sobriety. The Prime Minister wants to introduce a range of measures aimed at “cutting energy consumption and accelerating the phase-out of fossil fuels”.
The debates are still going on in the assembly. After an epic first week, discussions about the second part of the purchasing power measurements stalled again. MEPs failed to consider important provisions such as the nationalization of EDF.
Russian gas giant Gazprom has announced that it will drastically reduce supplies of Russian gas to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The group relies on a technical reason, Berlin does not believe in this explanation. Follow our life.
“There will be no Olympic tax,” promised Emmanuel Macron in an interview with L’Equipe. Two years before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, on July 26, 2024, the slogan was also unveiled by the organizers yesterday: “Let’s open the Games wide.”
Day by day, the long list of water use restrictions grows longer: almost all of metropolitan France, 90 out of 96 departments, is now on drought alert to varying degrees.
12:28 p.m.: Ukraine on Friday signed an agreement with Russia to revive grain exports, which did not prevent Moscow from hitting the southern metropolis. In the port, employees go to work with apprehension. “We don’t expect anything good. We have two boats held hostage by Russian aggression, we wonder how to get them out of port. Nobody guarantees their safety,” a loading manager at the port of Odessa confides to franceinfo.
(SERGII CHARTCHENKO / NURPHOTO)
11:58 a.m .: European gas prices continue to rise. They reached their highest level since the historic record in March, after Russian gas giant Gazprom announced new supply cuts via the Nord Stream gas pipeline. Around 11 a.m. the Dutch TTF, the benchmark for natural gas in Europe, switched up 189.75 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), shortly after exceeding 190 euros per MWh.
10:21 am: Putin’s gas war against Europe is a direct continuation of his war against Ukraine. Wherever he can do harm, he will. He will use any European dependence on Russia to ruin the normal life of every European family. The only way is to hit back hard and get rid of any addiction.
10:24 a.m.: “Putin’s gas war against Europe is a direct continuation of his war against Ukraine.
While Gazprom announces further cuts in gas supplies, Ukraine’s foreign minister warns on twitter that Vladimir Putin risks “using any European trust in Russia to ruin the normal life of every European family”. He calls on the EU to respond.
09:44: (3/3) Russia will continue to prioritize efforts to dismantle and destroy Ukrainian anti-ship capabilities. However, Russia’s targeting processes are most likely routinely subverted by outdated information, poor planning, and a top-down approach to operations.
09:44: (2/3) Russia almost certainly perceives anti-ship missiles as a major threat limiting the effectiveness of its Black Sea Fleet. This significantly undermined the entire invasion plan, as realistically Russia cannot attempt an amphibious assault on sixteen Odessa.
09:43: (1/3) On July 24, 2022, Russian cruise missiles hit the dock side in the Ukrainian port of Odessa. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have hit a Ukrainian warship and a stockpile of anti-ship missiles. There is no evidence that such targets were located where the missiles struck.
09:47: On TwitterThe British Ministry of Defense denies the Russian version of the missile attack on Odessa. “The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have hit a Ukrainian warship and a stockpile of anti-ship missiles. There is no evidence that such targets were where the missiles struck.”
9:57 a.m. At 9 a.m., here are the headlines:
Elisabeth Borne calls on ministers and administrations to set an example in terms of energy sobriety. The Prime Minister wants to introduce a range of measures aimed at “cutting energy consumption and accelerating the phase-out of fossil fuels”.
The debates are still going on in the assembly. After an epic first week, discussions about the second part of the purchasing power measurements stalled again. MEPs failed to consider important provisions such as the nationalization of EDF.
“There will be no Olympic tax,” promised Emmanuel Macron in an interview with L’Equipe. Two years before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, on July 26, 2024, the slogan was also unveiled by the organizers yesterday: “Let’s open the Games wide.”
Russian gas giant Gazprom has announced that it will drastically reduce Russian gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The group relies on a technical reason, Berlin does not believe in this explanation.
Day by day, the long list of restrictions is getting longer: almost all of metropolitan France, 90 out of 96 departments, is now on drought alert to varying degrees.
09:29: “Unity and solidarity are the best weapons we have against Putin.”
The new drastic cuts in gas supplies announced by Gazprom are “further proof” that Europe “must reduce its dependence on Russian supplies as quickly as possible,” the Czech energy minister estimated before a meeting in Brussels with his counterparts in the 1920s. Seven.
07h32: The first stone of this live, I offer you an update on the news:
The debates are still going on in the assembly. After an epic first week, discussions about the second part of the purchasing power measurements stalled again. MEPs failed to consider important provisions such as the nationalization of EDF.
“There will be no Olympic tax,” promised Emmanuel Macron in an interview with L’Equipe. Two years before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, on July 26, 2024, the slogan was also unveiled by the organizers yesterday: “Let’s open the Games wide.”
The government has announced that it is mobilizing “additional arms” for monkeypox vaccination, while elected officials and associations denounce the lack of funds. A vaccinodrome is to be opened in Paris.
Russian gas giant Gazprom has announced that it will drastically reduce Russian gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The group relies on a technical reason, Berlin does not believe in this explanation.
Day by day, the long list of restrictions is getting longer: almost all of metropolitan France, 90 out of 96 departments, is now on drought alert to varying degrees.
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