Austria has won the right to block financing for Hungary’s Paks II nuclear power plant, which is being built by the Russian state corporation Rosatom. This is confirmed by a ruling of the EU Court of Justice.
The EU Court annulled a decision of the EU General Court and declared invalid the European Commission’s approval to provide Hungary with financial aid for the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Paks II site. The move to block European assistance was initiated by Austria.
Back in 2018, Vienna filed a lawsuit against the European Commission, arguing that it had failed to ensure fair competition.
The Austrian side emphasized that state aid for Hungary’s nuclear project violated the principle of a level playing field within the EU.
In 2022, the lower EU Court dismissed this claim, reasoning that the €12.5 billion subsidy, despite its scale, had not distorted competition rules.
Austria appealed, and now the EU Court has ruled that the Commission could not limit itself to checking compliance with state aid rules. It also had to assess whether the direct awarding of the construction contract for the two reactors without an open tender was lawful.
The fourth LNG carrier involved in transporting liquefied natural gas from the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 project has arrived at the Beihai LNG terminal in China, Reuters reported, citing LSEG data. The LNG tanker Buran is currently at the port of Tieshan, located in China’s Guangxi region, according to vessel tracking data. The first delivery from […]
In August, Russia’s economy recorded its lowest revenues from raw material exports in all three years of the full-scale war in Ukraine, according to data from the Finnish analytical center CREA. On average, exports of oil, gas, petroleum products, and coal brought Russia €564 million per day — 2% less than in July and 11% […]
The decline in Russia-China trade, which began in 2025 for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine, continues to accelerate, Reuters reports. In August, China’s purchases of Russian goods collapsed by 17.8% year-on-year, according to Chinese customs data. Shipments of Chinese goods to Russia fell by 16.4%. Overall bilateral trade dropped […]
The port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea, which handles over a quarter of Russia’s crude oil exports, has suspended shipments, Reuters reported, citing informed sources. According to media reports, the country’s largest oil terminal, with a capacity of more than 1 million barrels per day, came under a drone strike on the night of […]
The Verkhovna Rada has approved a presidential decree on the compulsory seizure in Ukraine of property owned by the Russian Federation, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko from the European Solidarity faction announced on his Telegram channel. “The Rada approved the president’s decree on the seizure of 1,592 railway cars belonging to Russian residents,” the lawmaker wrote. Bill […]
China’s Heihe Rural Commercial Bank, which came under EU sanctions, has stopped accepting payments from Russia, Russian media report. The information was confirmed by sources at two Russian banks and four importers facing the issue. Heihe Rural Commercial Bank had been among the last Chinese lenders willing to open correspondent accounts for Russian financial institutions […]
Diamonds from Russia continue to enter EU and U.S. markets despite G7 and EU sanctions against Alrosa — Russia’s largest producer and one of the world’s leading players in the industry. This was reported by journalists from OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) along with several European media outlets. Armenia has become the key […]
The shareholders of the Unison Bank filed two lawsuits to the District Administrative Court of Kyiv, demanding to recognize the illegal and to cancel the decision of the Board of the NBU on the recognition of the bank insolvent. In the complaint the bank also requires to cancel the decision of the Deposit Guarantee Fund […]
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Elon Musk has announced that his company xAI plans to immediately file a lawsuit against Apple, accusing it of violating antitrust laws, AppleInsider reports. According to Musk, the iPhone maker is allegedly promoting OpenAI’s ChatGPT while ignoring his Grok app and the social media platform X, by not featuring them in the “Must Have” section. […]
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With the “right steps,” Ukraine’s GDP could surpass Russia’s over the next decade. This was stated by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an interview with Fox News. According to him, the United States wants Ukraine’s economy not only to recover after the war but to “begin to actively prosper.” Rubio emphasized that this […]
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The National Commission, carrying out state regulation of the financial services market by its order №1467 agreed to increase participation by Allianz Holding eins GMBH (Austria) in ODO «Allianz Ukraine” (Kiev) to 99.999% by direct acquisition of 99.978% from its share capital. As reported, at the beginning of this year, the National Commission, carrying out […]
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On Wednesday, April 28, the only currently operating third power unit stopped at the Zaporizhzhya TPP, DTEK’s press service reports. The shutdown occurred at 11:01 due to the operation of the turbine valve protection. “The reasons for the operation are being clarified. The power unit was disconnected without interruptions in the power supply of its […]
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Facebook’s creative team continues its efforts to increasingly monetize its huge audience of more than 2.85 billion active users per month and 1.8 billion active users per day. Facebook’s current plans are to improve the monetization of its Facebook Live product for online broadcasts of events by connecting more paid sports content. Facebook says it […]
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Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined Microsoft as a senior adviser, Sky News reported on Thursday. The former Conservative Party leader, who served as Prime Minister from October 2022 to July 2024, has shifted his focus to the technology sector and geopolitical strategic projects following his election defeat. He continues to serve as […]
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Founder of media corporation RIA Media Corp. Oleksandr Chovhan singled out from his eponymous Foundation impressive sum of money in the development of IT sphere in Ukraine. The funds were invested in Vinnitsa IT – Academy in exchange for a share in the amount of 61% in the structure of the institution. According to Tetiana […]
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The United States may expand weapons production at the expense of civilian industry. The Pentagon is already in talks with major automakers and industrial companies, according to The Wall Street Journal. U.S. defense officials are discussing with businesses the possibility of using manufacturing capacity to produce ammunition and military equipment, including with General Motors and […]
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At a meeting on Thursday, April 8, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine fined the Hungarian company Üttema Kereskedelmi Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság UAH 65 million for acquiring two Ukrainian companies – Kyivshlyakhbud LLC and Rostdorstroy LLC without obtaining concentration permits. This was reported by the press service of the AMC. According to the Committee, in October […]
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Over the past three years, the number of vacancies in the world has tripled with a four-day working week. Their number increased to 62 per 10,000. It is noted that the effectiveness of the reduced working week is also confirmed by the results of research conducted by the British think tank Autonomy. “The four-day week […]
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In the second quarter of 2020, Ukraine’s gross external debt increased by $ 2.5 billion and amounted to $ 122.8 billion, according to the National Bank. In terms of GDP, debt increased to 78.8% from 75.1% at the end of the first quarter. At the beginning of the year the figure was 78.6%. “External debt […]
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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, increased on 47.4% since the beginning of the year, rose on 10% after the announcement of the financial results of the 2nd quarter, which ended on June 27, and the publication of optimistic forecasts, despite the pandemic. The report was preceded by a sharp rise in shares of AMD after […]
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British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca plans to invest $50 billion to expand its presence in the United States, including the construction of the world’s largest manufacturing hub in the state of Virginia, according to CNBC. By 2030, the company intends to direct $50 billion toward the development of its research and manufacturing capabilities in the U.S. […]
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On 29 December last year, it took the deal on acquiring by Radekhiv sugar factory, which is one of the largest producers of sugar beet in the Ukrainian space, of four sugar factories belonging to agro-holding Mriia. It is reported by InVenture. According to Stepan Barna – The Chairman of Ternopil regional state administration , […]
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Currently, there are no threats to Ukraine’s visa-free travel with the European Union. Required joint efforts of all political forces in Ukraine to continue the movement towards the EU. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba on the talk show “Freedom of Speech” on ICTV. According to him, there […]
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