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• Natural gas prices at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility —Europe’s benchmark— closed as high as €345 per MWh while oil prices hit almost $140 a barrel at their peaks. The cost of heating and electricity skyrocketed for European households, leading to government subsidies to shield consumers across the continent.

26 Ara 2022

• US President Joe Biden said the US will be investing billions of dollars in Africa, hosting a summit in Washington with the continent's 49 heads of state. In the first such gathering hosted in D.C. for eight years, Biden said the US is "all-in on Africa's future," with the summit being perceived as an attempt to re-assert influence in Africa to counter China's involvement.

16 Ara 2022

• European aluminum production dropped to the lowest levels since the 1970s, and aluminum smelters across the continent are shutting down due to energy costs. Reopening a closed aluminum plant could take up to a year, and requires cheaper power, a sharp rise in aluminum prices, and additional government support. via Bloomberg

05 Eyl 2022

• Eurozone inflation hit a new record of 9.1% in August compared to last year, driven by an annual surge of 38.3% in energy prices, according to flash figures from Europe’s statistics office Eurostat. The higher-than-expected rate is the ninth consecutive record for consumer price rises in the region, with the climb starting back in November 2021. via FT Zoom in: Food, alcohol and tobacco were up 10.6%, with the knock-on effects of recent heat waves across th...Devamını Oku

01 Eyl 2022

• Spanish energy and environment minister Teresa Ribera said that an additional link in a gas pipeline from the Iberian peninsula to France could be ready within nine months, after Germany backed the idea of linking the region to central Europe to improve the continent’s energy security. The new link could increase Spain’s capacity to export gas by 20-30%, she added. Why it matters: Much of Europe’s LNG import capacity lies on the Iberian peninsula, which is viewed i...Devamını Oku

15 Ağu 2022

• Deutsche Bank staff broke regulatory rules and company policy to allow clients to siphon off millions of euros in government revenues, according to an internal investigation that has been going on since 2015. The tax fraud is estimated to have cost the continent’s taxpayers billions of euros and involves share deals executed before and after a stock’s dividend payment that duped governments to reimburse taxes that were never paid in the first place.

02 Ağu 2022

• European states including Germany and Poland have approached the US for military equipment including fighter jets and drones, Reuters reported, adding that some eastern European countries have made similar requests as the security outlook becomes increasingly uncertain in the continent.

18 Mar 2022

• Austria’s central bank said that they foresee consumer prices rising by 3.2% in 2022 before dipping below 2021 numbers in the two years’ time. A step back: Austrian inflation ran higher than the central bank’s September 2021 forecast of 2.2%, in trend with the rest of the continent as European markets grapple with rising energy prices and anticipation of Fed rate hikes.

13 Oca 2022