By AFPValentyn Mozgovy cannot breathe on his own, and keeping his ventilator powered during Ukraine's blackouts has become a matter of life or death.Regular power outages caused by Russian missile strikes have terrified tens of thousands of Ukrainian...

By AFPUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told an international aid conference on Tuesday that Ukraine needed emergency aid for its energy sector totalling around 800 million euros."Of course it is a very high amount, but the cost is less than the...

AFPThe European Union embargo on Russia's oil and an international cap on the price of the country's crude is disrupting the maritime transport sector.The EUon Monday enforced an embargo on Russian crude shipments, the bloc's latest sanction in retal...

By AFPMajor oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia look set to maintain their current output levels at a meeting Sunday, ahead of fresh sanctions against Moscow coming into force.The alliance's Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (...

By AFPRocketing energy bills are forcing Hungary to shutter libraries, theatres, swimming pools and even its new football stadiums for winter.The state-of-the-art grounds -- symbols of right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 12 years in...

By AFPThe United Arab Emirates has no interest in "choosing sides" between global powers despite its strategic partnership with the United States, a senior Emirati diplomat said on Monday.The comments by Anwar Gargash, a senior advisor to the UAE's p...

By AFPEU leaders are set for tough talks on how to handle Europe's energy shock Thursday, with capitals at loggerheads over imposing a cap on gas prices pushed skywards by the war in Ukraine.The bloc's 27 member states have been squabbling for months...

By AFPRussia will resume gas deliveries to Italy after suspending them due to a transport problem in Austria, Russian energy giant Gazprom said in a statement Wednesday."Transportation of Russian gas through the territory of Austria is resuming," Gaz...

By AFPGerman energy firm RWE AG said Saturday it had signed a purchase agreement for the Clean Energy Business affiliate of New York-based Con Edison, a deal valued at $6.8 billion that would significantly boost its US renewables portfolio.RWE is one...

By AFPThe United Arab Emirates agreed Sunday an "energy security" deal with Germany to supply liquefied natural gas and diesel as Berlin searches for new power sources to replace Russian supplies.Emirati industry minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber called...

By AFPGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday his country was determined to never again rely on a single energy supplier and touted "progress" in gas projects while visiting the United Arab Emirates.The German leader is touring the Gulf in the hope...

By AFPBritain on Wednesday launched a six-month plan starting in October to pay about half of energy bills for businesses, as Prime Minister Liz Truss seeks to stop companies going under as a result of rocketing prices.The news precedes a mini-budget...