The European Union will delay plans to curb Russian nuclear fuel imports, focusing first on phasing out Russian gas by 2027, the European Commission confirmed.
Instead, the focus will be on legislative efforts to end Russian gas imports by 2027. Although nuclear restrictions are still planned, no new date was provided.
EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen noted the issue is complex, as several EU countries rely on Russian technology and fuel, and any abrupt cutoff could jeopardize energy security. Russia provided 38% of the EU’s enriched uranium and 23% of its raw uranium in 2023.
Five EU nations—Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, and Slovakia—operate Russian-designed nuclear reactors. All but Hungary have arranged alternative fuel supplies, but technical limitations mean full transitions will take years. In 2024, the EU spent €23 billion on Russian energy, including €1 billion on nuclear fuel.
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More international support is needed to stabilise the Palestinian fiscal situation, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica said on Thursday (November 20).
The cancellation of the long-anticipated Georgia–EU Human Rights Dialogue — just days before it was set to take place — has ignited a political storm that neither side seems prepared to extinguish.
At the Kazakhstan - Estonia business forum, companies from both countries signed 11 commercial agreements totalling more than $517 million.
Ukraine is pushing its European allies to take a political decision to release a proposed $163-billion loan based on frozen Russian state assets next month, as it frets over a gaping hole in the 2026 budget and fallout from an unfolding corruption scandal.
Indonesian authorities evacuated more than 900 people from nearby villages and were helping 170 stranded climbers return safely after the eruption of Semeru volcano, one of the country's tallest mountains.
Iran's air force, heavily reliant on aging F-14A Tomcat jets, faces a growing technological gap as its neighbors rapidly modernize their air forces with advanced fighter jets and air defense systems.
Ukraine says it will seek almost $44 billion from Russia to cover the climate damage caused by wartime emissions, marking the first attempt by any nation to bill an aggressor for its carbon footprint during conflict.
A fresh wave of floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in central Vietnam since the weekend has claimed at least eight lives, according to a government report on Wednesday. Traders have also cautioned that the extreme weather could disrupt the ongoing coffee harvest.
Germany has returned 12 royal-era cultural artefacts to Ethiopia in a ceremony in Addis Ababa, marking a formal step in ongoing cultural cooperation between the two countries.
South Africa and the European Union vowed to defend multilateralism on Thursday (November 20), ahead of the G20 summit, as they signed a partnership on critical minerals.
More international support is needed to stabilise the Palestinian fiscal situation, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica said on Thursday (November 20).
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the command post of the Russian forces “West” grouping on Thursday (November 20), meeting with Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov and senior military officials, the Kremlin said.
The White House said on Thursday (November 20) that senior Trump administration officials met with Ukrainian representatives this past week to discuss a peace plan designed to be acceptable to both Ukraine and Russia.
President Donald Trump on Thursday (20 November) assailed Democratic lawmakers who told members of U.S. military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors and saying they should face the death penalty.
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