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Germany’s long-term nuclear position is uncertain

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GERMANY

The closure of the plants, which accounted for around 5% of Germany’s electricity output, comes at a time when investment in nuclear energy is growing in Europe in order to meet…

Nuclear energy faces an uncertain future in Belgium

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BELGIUM

The government is committed to closing all nuclear plants by 2025, but is struggling to secure sufficient alternative capacity ahead of a key report due in March. Concerns over…

North Korea’s missiles are a double defeat for allies

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NORTH KOREA

They included new models which can penetrate missile defence systems. Despite this, three UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings failed to agree on the usual condemnatory…

South African energy shift will prove difficult

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SOUTH AFRICA

A new energy blueprint faced significant delays under former President Jacob Zuma (2009-18) after his unsuccessful push for a controversial expansion of nuclear capacity. However…

TurkStream would fit into Bulgaria’s plan for gas hub

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BULGARIA/RUSSIA

Revived plans to transit Russian gas through Bulgaria into Europe and build a nuclear plant at Belene.

New Myanmar government to seek new military hardware

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MYANMAR

This follows Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD)-dominated legislature endorsing a new defence cooperation agreement with Russia on May 10.

EU will struggle to meet new climate targets

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EU

If approved, the targets will profoundly shape EU economic and environmental policy over the next two decades. The power sector will bear most of the decarbonisation burden to…

Policy gaps will frustrate China-US ties under Trump

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CHINA/US

No joint statement was issued by the two leaders, although the US Secretaries of State, Commerce and Treasury provided commentary on the talks. Both US and Chinese expectations…

Trump defence spending plans will hit US fiscal limits

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UNITED STATES

President-elect Donald Trump plans to expand military spending as part of his "America First" foreign policy but has so far offered few details of how this expansion will be…

France’s Melenchon has a narrow path to second round

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FRANCE

Melenchon is rising in opinion polls and he has moved decisively ahead of the candidate of the main centre-left Socialist Party (PS), while also gaining endorsements from senior…