By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – More than 2,000 trucks have been stuck in a queue of more than 20 miles to get to the British port of Dover, the main route for road freight to mainland Europe, due to disruption to ferry services and customs operat…
Exclusive-Germany plans more than 100 billion euros of aid for companies
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany plans to offer more than 100 billion euros ($108.8 billion) worth of aid to companies hit by fallout from the war in Ukraine, according to a document from the finance and economy ministries seen by Reuters on Friday. In the pl…
Analysis-Russia’s rouble rebound not quite what it seems
(Reuters) – Six weeks after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, the rouble has staged an apparently extraordinary recovery, but all is not what it seems and the exchange rate used in everyday transactions is sometimes very different to the official one. T…
Russia says coal earmarked for Europe can be redirected to other markets
(Reuters) – Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that coal was in high demand, and that Russian coal earmarked for Europe would be redirected to other markets if the EU refused it. The European Union on Friday formally adopted its fifth pa…
Ukraine says dozens killed in missile strike on railway station used by evacuees
By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -At least 39 people were killed and 87 wounded in a missile strike on Friday on a railway station in east Ukraine that was packed with women, children and elderly trying to flee fighting, Ukr…
Shell in race for $1.1 billion Spanish green energy projects, sources say
By Isla Binnie and Andres Gonzalez MADRID (Reuters) – Oil major Shell and utilities Naturgy and Verbund are preparing binding bids to buy renewable energy assets in Spain valued at about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), three sources close to the matter…
Russia complains to Turkey over drones sales to Ukraine -Turkish bureaucrat
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Russia has complained to Turkey over its sale of Bayraktar TB2 armed drones to Ukraine, a high level Turkish bureaucrat said on Friday, but added the sales were by a private Turkish company and not state-to-state deals. Russian Pres…
Shell raises Russia writedown to as much as $5 billion
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Shell will write down up to $5 billion following its decision to exit Russia, more than previously disclosed, while soaring oil and gas prices boosted trading activities in the first quarter, the company said on Thursda…
Climate change protesters block London’s Tower Bridge, vow more disruption
LONDON (Reuters) -Climate change activists forced the closure of London’s famous Tower Bridge on Friday in the latest protest ahead of what they have warned will be even more disruptive action in the British capital. The Extinction Rebellion (XR) group…
Shares in Russia’s Alrosa drop as U.S. expands sanctions on company
(Reuters) – Moscow-listed shares of state-controlled diamond miner Alrosa were down 5% early on Friday after the United States expanded sanctions on the company, aiming to cut off additional sources of revenue for the Russian state budget. Alrosa, the …