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A Ukrainian farmer harvests wheat near Odesa last month. (Photo by Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Turkey Says Deal on Relieving Grain Crisis Could Be Signed With Russia and Ukraine ‘Next Week’
July 13, 2022 | 7:58pm EDT
A pipeline operator on the Russian end of the Nord Stream 1 Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP/GettyImages)
Germany Worries Russia Will Use Pipeline Maintenance Issue As Pretext to Cut Gas Flow Completely
July 7, 2022 | 8:05pm EDT
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid. (Photo by Henrik Montgomery/ TT News Agency /AFP via Getty Images)
Sweden and Finland Formally Invited to Join NATO; Turkey Claims Progress on Extraditions
June 29, 2022 | 8:00pm EDT
A brown coal-fired power plant near Germany’s border with Poland. (Photo by John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images)
Germany Signs First US LNG Deal, Looks to Reactivate Coal-Fired Plants as Russian Gas Dwindles
June 21, 2022 | 6:24pm EDT
European Council president Charles Michel and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speak to the press in Brussels. (Photo by Aris OIkonomou / Pool /AFP via Getty Images)
‘We Want to Stop Russia’s War Machine’; EU Agrees To Ban Most Russian Crude Imports
May 31, 2022 | 6:39pm EDT
A Gasum natural gas facility near Finland’s border with Russia. (Photo by Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva /AFP via Getty Images)
Finland Shrugs Off Russia Gas Cutoff; Others Move to Secure Supplies
May 24, 2022 | 7:02pm EDT
A mineral oil refinery in Slovakia, one of the E.U. member-states most reliant on Russian fossil fuels. (Photo by Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
EU Energy Package Offers Funding to Help Vulnerable Members Leery of Agreeing to Russia Oil Embargo
May 18, 2022 | 10:15pm EDT
A Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) filling station for trucks in Dortmund, western Germany. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)
Germany’s Bid to Speed Up LNG Infrastructure Faces Opposition From Environmentalists
May 11, 2022 | 10:19pm EDT
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in northeastern Germany on Tuesday. (Photo by John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian Aircraft Violates Finnish Airspace As Finland, Sweden Edge Towards NATO
May 4, 2022 | 7:55pm EDT
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the press in Brussels on Wednesday. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
EU Considers its Options After Russian Gas Giant Cuts Supplies to Two Members
April 27, 2022 | 7:14pm EDT