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Deze week was sprake van een nieuw dieptepunt in de vluchtelingencrisis. Alleen al in de Middellandse Zee werden 5300 vluchtelingen opgepikt. Griekenland, Italië, Servië, Hongarije en Macedonië staan voor onoverkomelijke problemen. Het Macedonische leger is ingezet, maar dat werd overlopen, waarop de noodtoestand werd uitgeroepen. Hongarije bouwt een hek en wil nu ook het leger […]
The dramatic fall in the price of oil since June 2014, amplified by the worsening economic circumstances in China is prompting many to worry about the financial and political stability of major oil exporting nations. However, not every country is equally vulnerable. Large differences exist within OPEC for example, depending on the size of a […]
De groei van de Nederlandse economie wordt volgens de recente cijfers van het Centraal Planbureau gedrukt door het besluit minder Gronings gas uit de grond te halen. Het was begrijpelijk dat men in Groningen blij was met de verminderde aardgasproductie, want je zal je huis maar voor je ogen zien scheuren. Natuurlijk waren er zure […]
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko will travel to Brussels for talks on 26-27 August with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Energy is set to be high on the agenda. The prospects of a new deal on Russian gas supplies for Ukraine are not good however. Interfax news agency spoke about […]
In an interview with Anadolu Agency, the Turkey-based press agency, Willem Oosterveld said that the reopening of the UK embassy in Tehran has mostly symbolic significance and will have relatively little impact on mutual trade relations. Indeed, the rebuilding of trade relations had between the UK and Iran had been underway sometime before the nuclear […]
Het Nederlandse parlement is akkoord. Het Duitse ook. En al eerder had de Finse Nationalistische Coalitiepartij, voorheen de ‘Ware Finnen’, besloten om niet voor het nieuwe noodpakket voor Giekenland te gaan liggen. Daarmee zijn de gelederen binnen de EU weer gesloten. De volledige column is hier te downloaden. De column van Rob de Wijk verschijnt wekelijks in […]
Minister Kamp van Economische Zaken kondigde aan meer gas uit de Noordzee te willen halen. Dit zou moeten voorkomen dat Nederland sneller gas moet gaan importeren uit onder andere Rusland. Wat zit er achter de aankondiging van Kamp en hoe kijken de Russen hier tegenaan? De Belgische Radio 1 sprak er over met Sijbren de […]
The Russian gas giant Gazprom is under increasing stress. Its planned pipeline projects Turkish Stream and the extension of Nord Stream are unlikely to succeed says Sijbren de Jong to Polish website BiznesAlert. The full interview (In Polish) can be read here.
In recent years, Turkey decided to invest heavily into nuclear energy in order to offset its dependence on import of fossil fuels. At present, Turkey imports well over 90% of its oil and natural gas resources. Whilst it’s making a push towards renewables, it also committed to building a number of nuclear energy plants, having […]
In an interview with Ankara-based newsagent Anadolu Agency, Willem Oosterveld said that the Turkish-Chinese initiative to conduct mutual trade in the countries’ own currencies rather than the US dollar is in line with the objectives of the recently established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Further economic cooperation between the two countries also reaffirms Turkey’s key position […]
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