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At his annual press conference, question and answer session and public phone-in, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again presented a positive picture of the situation in his country: the economy is doing well and the Russian army is continuing to 'liberate' territory in the Ukraine war, he said. Commentators shake their heads in dismay.

The transit contract that regulates the supply of Russian natural gas through Ukraine expires on 1 January. Russia's state-owned company Gazprom uses this route to supply pro-Russian Transnistria with energy free of charge - but also to deliver gas to a large power plant in Tiraspol which then sells electricity in the Republic of Moldova. Both parts of the country have now declared a state of emergency.

Parliament’s offices will be closed from Monday 23 December until Friday 3 January inclusive.

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Parliament’s offices will be closed from Monday 23 December until Friday 3 January inclusive.

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

While neither company is in the EU, the Commission still investigated the matter.

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After the US imposed new sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank in November, creating an obstacle for buyers of Russian gas, Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia asked for exemptions.

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Trump said Europe would pay a heavy price for having run a large trade surplus with the US for decades.

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Swiss media cited diplomatic sources saying that all the issues had been agreed, with the exception of how much Switzerland should pay into the EU's Cohesion Fund.

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The weekly Tech wrap-up containing the Commission’s investigation into TikTok, an interoperability push on Apple, and Ryanair's GDPR complaints.

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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called Budapest's decision to grant asylum a "hostile act" in a post on X.

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