BERLIN — Germany is taking control of three Russian-owned refineries in the country to ensure energy security before an embargo on oil from Russia takes effect next year, officials said Friday. Two subsidiaries of Russian oil giant Rosneft — Rosneft Deutschland GmbH and RN Refining & Marketing GmbH — will be put under the administration of Germany’s Federal Network Agency, …
The fish floating by the German banks near the eastern town of Schwedt are believed to have washed upstream from Poland, where locals and fisherman first reported widespread fish deaths on 28 July Schwedt: Thousands of fish have washed up dead on the Oder river running through Germany and Poland, sparking warnings of an environmental disaster as residents are urged …
Two ministers say Berlin is ready to back a European Union ban on Russian oil imports and warn of potential economic costs. Two senior ministers in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government have said Germany would be ready to back an immediate European Union ban on Russian oil imports, and that Europe’s biggest economy could weather shortages and price hikes. “It can’t …
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