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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…

Prospects for Turkey to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for Turkey to end-2022.

Itaipu talks raise Paraguay political crisis risks

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PARAGUAY

The ambassador to Brazil and two top energy officials also resigned following the revelation of a secret agreement with Brazil that would reduce Paraguayan benefits from…

Pre-election spending may prop up Polish economy

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POLAND

The statistical office’s provisional estimate surpassed expectations and confirmed that Poland’s diversified economy, backed by government measures, had weathered the supply…

Eletrobras sale will not ease Brazil electricity costs

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BRAZIL

After years of negotiations, the deal to privatise Brazil’s largest power producer was finally completed. Despite pressure from liberal Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, the first…

Massa faces challenges on various fronts in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

Royon, previously energy and mining minister for Salta province, replaces Dario Martinez, a close ally of Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and a member of the…

Inside struggles to shape policies of Mexico's Morena

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MEXICO

AMLO economics.

Any recovery of Mexico’s Pemex will be slow

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MEXICO

According to preliminary figures, Pemex lost 333 billion pesos (17.8 billion dollars) in 2017, an increase of 74% on the 2016 shortfall. Oil production reached its planned target…

South Africa's Eskom faces formidable reform tests

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SOUTH AFRICA

The appointment follows Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan's reconstitution of the Eskom board in January, aimed at restoring credible governance to the utility, which…

Protests show Macron is running out of election ideas

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FRANCE

Macron’s inability to appease the protesters or satisfy environmentalists poses electoral damage to his centrist En Marche party.