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The High Seas Treaty, also known as the agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), entered into force on January 17, marking a significant milestone in global #ocean protection and multilateral cooperation: neglobal.eu/high-seas-tr... @highseasalliance.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Our @neglobal.bsky.social April digital PDF edition focuses on #TrumpTariffs & the global economy, #popefrancisdeath, #energysecurity, #Iran, #Romania, #Albania, EU in Central Asia, #China and #Taiwan: www.neglobal.eu/ne-globals-a...
April 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
We’re happy to announce that our April digital pdf edition is now available: neglobal.eu/ne-globals-a...
April 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
At an #energysecurity summit in #London, @iea.org Executive Director Fatih Birol said on April 23 oil prices may decline further this year due to slow demand growth in the markets, mainly driven by what is happening in #China: neglobal.eu/u-s-china-ta...
U.S.-China tariff struggle, Iran issue affect energy demand, oil prices
International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said on April 23 oil prices may decline further this year due to slow demand growth in the markets, mainly driven by what is happening ...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Despite the U.S.- #China #tariff fight, which has weighed heavily on #oil prices in recent weeks, political uncertainty, especially the situation in #Iran has kept oil prices relatively stable, Johannes Benigni from JBCEnergy in Vienna told @neglobal.bsky.social: www.neglobal.eu/u-s-china-ta...
U.S.-China tariff struggle, Iran issue affect energy demand, oil prices
International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said on April 23 oil prices may decline further this year due to slow demand growth in the markets, mainly driven by what is happening ...
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April 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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My Energy Insider column from Bucharest focuses on Romania’s efforts to boost #energysecurity & independence and I interview MP Cristina Prună, VP of the Industries and Services Committee in the Romanian Parliament - via @neglobal.bsky.social: www.neglobal.eu/romania-boos...
Romania utilizing all available resources to boost its energy independence
Romania is using all energy resources available, including natural gas as the country advances rapidly with Neptun Deep gas project and new wind and solar parks, strengthening energy security, MP Cris...
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April 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The accession of candidate states including #Albania, viewed through the lens of their failure to meet standards and the Franco-German condition, resembles Zeno’s Arrow Paradox: neglobal.eu/zenos-arrow-...
Zeno’s Arrow and Albania’s membership in the EU
Recently, the position of the incoming German government coalition (government) between the CDU/CSU and SPD parties regarding the enlargement of the European Union into the Western Balkans, Moldova an...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
On the two-year anniversary, G7 Foreign Ministers address the devastating war in #Sudan; #G7 demands immediate ceasefire and the start of negotiations, as well as a full opening to humanitarian relief groups: neglobal.eu/on-the-two-y... #sudan_war_updates
On the two-year anniversary, G7 Foreign Ministers address the devastating war in Sudan
After nearly 23 months of war, on March 21, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its allies regained control of the presidential palace in central Khartoum, along with all the ministries and government...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The past few weeks of financial and economic news are providing some worrying signs that we may actually be going back to the 1970s #recession, a situation made immeasurably worse by #TrumpTariffs, even if he has reigned back slightly: www.neglobal.eu/back-to-the-...
Back to the 1970s: Flared trousers and tank tops. Is this the result of Trump’s tariff tantrums?
There are somewhere some dreadful photographs of this author wearing what we all once thought were the height of fashion and style. Generally, that decade, the 1970s, produced some frights, with flare...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
At Delphi Economic Foum 2025 in #Greece, renowned economist Nouriel Roubini predicts a technology-driven productivity boom keeping the U.S. on top, despite tariff conflicts: neglobal.eu/doom-gloom-o... #TrumpTariffs #TrumpRecession
Doom, gloom or boom?
While it is an almost painful daily task to ascertain where the Trump administration is positioned on the question of tariff policy, and traders and investors everywhere are paying a heavy price up fr...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Washington’s #sanctions campaign of “maximum pressure on #Iran” is intensifying, despite the start of U.S.-Iran talks held in Oman on April 12, labeled as “positive” and “constructive,” which will lead to a follow-on meeting on April 19: www.neglobal.eu/ahead-of-nuc...
Ahead of nuclear talks, Trump administration orders new sanctions on Iran’s shadow fleet and Chinese refiners
Washington’s sanctions campaign of “maximum pressure on Iran” is intensifying, despite the start of initial discussions between the U.S. and Iran over nuclear issues held in Oman on April 12, labeled ...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#Romania is using all #energy resources available, including gas as the country advances rapidly with Neptun Deep gas project and new wind and solar parks, strengthening energy security, MP Cristina Pruna told NE Global in Bucharest on April 3: neglobal.eu/romania-boos...
Romania utilizing all available resources to boost its energy independence
Romania is using all energy resources available, including natural gas as the country advances rapidly with Neptun Deep gas project and new wind and solar parks, strengthening energy security, MP Cris...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The United States has imposed new sanctions on six #HongKong and Chinese officials to punish #China for the ongoing crackdown on #democracy advocates in Asia’s financial hub, which was returned to Chinese rule in 1997: neglobal.eu/u-s-sanction...
U.S. sanctions officials for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy
The United States has imposed new sanctions on six Hong Kong and Chinese officials to punish China for the ongoing crackdown on democracy advocates in Asia’s financial hub, which was returned to Chine...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Ahead of the first #EU - Central Asia summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 4, @kajakallas.bsky.social
travelled to the Central Asian countries, including #Kazakhstan, where she focused on the close cooperation between Brussels and Astana: neglobal.eu/eu-kazakhsta...
Kallas reiterates close cooperation ahead of EU-Central Asia summit
Ahead of the first summit between the leaders of the European Union and the five countries of Central Asia in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 4, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign A...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Our March digital edition is available online with articles focusing on Germany’s #defense spending, #RussiaUkraineWar, Central Asia, the Balkans as well as strategic rare earth minerals and #energysecurity: neglobal.eu/ne-globals-m...
April 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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A digital EU driving licence is on its way!

The EU will be the first economy to have a digital driving licence that works across borders.

🚦 We welcome the green light of the European Parliament and the Council to modernise EU driving licence rules, including ↓
March 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
BP has reached agreements for Apollo-managed funds to purchase a 25% non-controlling stake in the
@bpplc.bsky.social subsidiary that holds BP’s 12% interest in the TANAP pipeline that carries natural gas from #Azerbaijan across #Turkey and is part of SGC to #Europe: neglobal.eu/apollo-to-pa...
Apollo Funds to partner with BP on TANAP gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey
British energy company BP said on March 21 it has reached agreements for Apollo-managed funds to purchase a 25 percent non-controlling stake in BP Pipelines (TANAP) Ltd – BP TANAP – the BP subsidiary ...
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March 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The @ec.europa.eu and EU leaders should not waste their time looking back as they wean themselves off their addiction to #Russian gas, writes Glen Hodgson from Free Trade Europa for NEGlobal: www.neglobal.eu/weaning-euro...
Weaning Europe off its Russian gas addiction
The Viking hero Ragnar Lodbrok once said “don’t waste your time looking back. You’re not going that way.” The words of the former king of Sweden and Denmark should resonate as a timely reminder for th...
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March 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In Brussels, the #EU and #Kazakhstan have discussed the successful implementation of the MoU on strategic partnership in the field of #sustainable raw materials, batteries and green #hydrogen value chains and the roadmap for 2022-2024: www.neglobal.eu/eu-kazakhsta...
EU-Kazakhstan boost cooperation in energy, raw materials, transport, sustainability
The European Union and Kazakhstan have discussed at a meeting in Brussels the successful implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Central Asian country and the EU on strategic par...
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March 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Can Ramadan play a role in countering Islamophobia and bringing communities together?

Dr. Abdulfatah Mohamed, Associate Professor of Islam and Global Affairs at at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, offers his perspective.

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The role of Ramadan in combating Islamophobia and promoting unity
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is less about refraining from food or drink and more to do with conducting a deep introspective assessment of one’s own life, relationships, neighborhood, community...
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March 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The resumed meeting of the parties to the UN’s COP16 Global #Biodiversity Conference in Rome has reached agreement, after intense negotiations, on a landmark deal to mobilize billions of dollars to fund nature protection: www.neglobal.eu/from-cali-to...
From Cali to Rome: Governments agree to mobilize resources to protect biodiversity
The resumed meeting of the parties to the UN’s COP16 Global Biodiversity Conference in Rome has reached agreement, after intense negotiations, on a landmark deal to mobilize billions of dollars to fun...
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March 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Washington targets Houthi leaders for terrorism, #Russia ties and weapons procurement; Treasury Department details growing cooperation between Houthi operatives and #Moscow: www.neglobal.eu/washington-t...
Washington targets Houthi leaders for terrorism, Russia ties and weapons procurement
Under U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no ambivalence in Washington regarding the Houthis. Handling all of the statutory requirements required to press the Houthis harder, the U.S. Department of ...
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March 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Happy to announce our @neglobal.bsky.social digital pdf edition is now available with articles focusing on #Ukraine talks, #Russia, the future of #NordStream, #Trump #tariffs, EU & #Artificialintelligence, Central Asia and the new threat of ISIS & Al-Qaeda www.neglobal.eu/ne-globals-f...
February 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At Germany’s February 23 parliamentary elections, the clear winner was the conservative alliance CDU/CSU whose leader
Friedrich Merz is now in line to be the next German chancellor: www.neglobal.eu/despite-slip...
Despite slippage, Germany's political center appears to hold
Germany’s February 23 parliamentary elections played out largely along predicted lines, with the main question on election day being how many parties would reach the required five percent threshold to...
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February 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#Tajikistan is on the radar of the European Union and the United States because it has large reserves of some #CriticalMinerals at a time when #China is banning exports to the West: www.neglobal.eu/tajikistan-t...
Tajikistan: The Battle for Middle Earth’s Resources
Tajikistan is a small land-locked country tucked away in southeast Central Asia. Its capital, Dushanbe, is almost equally distant, at approximately 4,500 kilometers, from Beijing, Moscow, Istanbul and...
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February 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM