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  Bloomberg Estonia’s prime minister issued a warning that the European Union and the US must avoid falling into a Russian “trap” in negotiations with the Kremlin, whose aim is to weaken security in the EU. Russia’s negotiating tactics amount to “blackmail,” said Kaja Kallas, the Estonian premier, using some of the most hawkish language of an EU member state ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (Taqa) along with Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) announced on Monday the successful pricing of green senior secured bonds for an aggregate principal amount of $700.8 million (AED2.6 billion) by Sweihan PV Power Company PJSC (SPPC). Taqa is one of the largest listed integrated utility companies in the ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has commenced the operations of the first phase of its new District Cooling plant in Za’abeel, Dubai, with a cooling capacity of 27,750 refrigeration tonnes (RT). The total cooling capacity of the plant will be 50,000 RT upon completion and will be interconnected with the company’s existing district cooling plant ...

  Dubai / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Chairwoman of the National Committee on Sustainable Development Goals stated that projects with immediate impact would be at the top of the committee’s agenda and implementation strategies during the upcoming period. Al Hashemy’s remarks were made during the committee’s first meeting in 2022, and ...

  Dubai / WAM Arada, a Sharjah-based development company, has purchased the last remaining beachfront land plot on the Crescent of the world-famous, award-winning Palm Jumeirah, marking the fast-growing developer’s first project outside Sharjah and its entry into the Dubai property market. Valued at AED240 million, the plot has been bought from Nakheel, the master developer behind Palm Jumeirah. Located ...

  Bloomberg European natural gas prices fell, tracking Asian contracts lower, while Russia offered little clarity on volumes it plans to send to the continent next month. Gas giant Gazprom PJSC again opted not to book any extra pipeline space to ship the fuel westward through Ukraine during a monthly auction on Monday. In addition, Russia didn’t book any capacity ...

  Bloomberg North Korea test-launched two suspected ballistic missiles on Monday in its fourth rocket volley this year, turning up pressure on the Biden administration with its biggest string of tests since August 2019. South Korea’s military said North Korea fired what appeared to be two ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast at 8:50 and 8:54 am that ...

  Bloomberg Alphabet Inc’s Google said it would spend $1 billion to buy up its own London offices, keeping a major presence in the UK capital at a time when firms wrestle with how to manage employee work habits. The purchase and renovation of the Central Saint Giles complex it moved into in 2011 are being undertaken as the company ...

  Bloomberg Norway’s exports surged to a record last year, helped by higher demand for fossil fuels, fish and metals. Western Europe’s largest oil and gas exporter sold 1.38 trillion kroner ($156 billion) worth of goods abroad in 2021, a 77% increase that led to a full-year trade surplus of 531 billion kroner, also the highest ever, Statistics Norway said ...

  Bloomberg US home sales in December had their biggest plunge since the early months of the Covid-19 lockdowns as listings sank to record lows. Transactions fall 11% from a year earlier, the biggest annual decline since June 2020, according to a report by Redfin Corp. Demand is still fierce, but what’s holding back deals is a lack of inventory: ...