Plenitude, through its subsidiary Eni New Energy US Inc., has signed an agreement with the global leader in the energy sector EDP Renováveis, S.A. (“EDPR”) for the acquisition of 80% of three already operational photovoltaic plants located in the United States. The Cattlemen, (Texas), Timber Road (Ohio) and Blue Harvest (Ohio) parks have a total installed capacity […]
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A US official said the US had approved sending F-16 fighter jets from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine to defend against Russian invaders. The planes will be supplied at the end of the pilot training phase, scheduled for the beginning of 2024. Since the beginning of the conflict, Ukraine has asked on multiple occasions [...]
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The very delicate Afghan question has once again highlighted how important it is for Europe to achieve real and evident strategic autonomy in all sectors in order to be able to intervene and take positions, thus becoming "part of the solution and not of the problem" in perfect autonomy without waiting or be conditioned by the "decisive" choices of the great super powers [...]
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The long-distance confrontation between China and the US continues, in fact, according to what was reported on reuters, China has made it known that it would be "happy" to participate in the trilateral negotiations on arms control with the United States and Russia, but only if the United States were willing to reduce its nuclear arsenal by bringing it back [...]
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As the debate focuses on Afghanistan, Russian forces challenge US troops in Syria As intense debate rages in the US over the alleged subversion of US military targets in Afghanistan, sources warn that Russia is increasingly challenging Washington's troops in Syria. According to recent reports, the Kremlin [...]
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The US company Biotech Moderna announced: "Positive tests on volunteers, they developed antibodies" According to what was announced by the US biotech company Moderna, the first safety tests on humans of its vaccine, which it is developing in collaboration with the National Institute of allergies and infectious diseases led by virologist Anthony Fauci, is giving promising results compared to [...]
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(by Marco Zacchera) We must seriously address the problem of relations with China both in terms of commercial and strategic aspects and to understand how the Coronavirus was born and evolved. This not only to outline any Chinese responsibilities, but above all for our future since it is yet another epidemic that "starts" from [...]
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Eni buys 49% of Falck Renewables' operating plants in the USA San Donato Milanese and Milan, 20 December 2019 - Eni and Falck Renewables have signed a strategic agreement for the joint development of renewable energy projects in the United States, which provides for the creation of a joint platform between Eni New Energy US [...]
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Jean-Yves le Drian, French Foreign Minister, speaking to the microphones of Europa 1 said that France considers Iran's decision to further reduce its 2015 nuclear commitments "not final" and will therefore do everything to find a deal. “The actions they have taken are negative but not definitive. Can […]
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Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, will arrive in France today at the helm of an Iranian economic delegation to discuss the measures to be taken in an attempt to save the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and to ensure naval safety in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. This confirms once again the important role that [...]
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GSOMIA pact between South Korea and Japan terminated South Korea formally stopped sharing information with Japan as relations between the two countries reached their lowest point since they formally recognized each other in 1968. Seoul's decision is the latest in a series of [...]
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The Iraqi Shiite militia, which controls parts of Iraqi territory, attested by the Islamic State, has accused the United States and Israel of the mysterious explosions that occurred in weapons depots across the country. Much of the territory occupied by the Islamic State (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS) in northern Iraq [...]
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The US Central Intelligence Agency plans to maintain a strong ground presence in Afghanistan, despite reports that US troops may soon leave the country following a deal with the Taliban. Several news agencies reported this week that Washington would reach an agreement with the Taliban [...]
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The tones between Washington and Tehran continue to remain high. Hassan Rohani, during the telephone conversation he had with Emmanuel Macron late yesterday evening, stated that "If the Americans intend to violate the airspace of Iran again, they should know that the Iranian Armed Forces are ready for an incisive response". Referring to the drone that flew over [...]
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The US has warned Germany that it will stop sharing intelligence information between the two countries if Chinese telecom giant Huawei receives a contract to build the 5G network in Germany. The company, Huawei Technologies, is one of the largest privately held telecommunications hardware companies in the world. In the [...]
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Khalid al-Falih, Saudi oil minister, speaking of the next OPEC + meeting scheduled for next April, said that the United States and China will formulate a healthy global demand for oil later in the year but that it is still too early to change OPEC policy. According to the forecasts expressed by the minister, global demand [...]
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A face to face on trade between the United States and China is expected next January, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced. Gao Feng, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said that the "intense" telephone contacts had so far will continue even during the Christmas holidays. Bloomberg, last Wednesday, reported that [...]
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“For a long time, China and Iran have had open, transparent and normal trade cooperation in the fields of business, trade and energy, which is reasonable, fair and legal. This does not violate the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council or the international commitments promised by China, nor does it harm the interests of anyone [...]
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The tones between Washington and Tehran are getting harder. In recent days, according to reports from the Reuters news agency, senior officials of the American administration had launched a massive media offensive against the Iranian government with the aim of fomenting unrest in the Islamic Republic. The campaign, according to Reuters, intends to "work in concert" with the thrust [...]
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China, in response to the tariffs that the Trump administration has applied on steel and aluminum imports to the US, has now imposed duties on 128 US products, worth 3 billion dollars. Among the taxed American goods, pork and fruit. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that [...]
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According to Chinese media reports, Vice Premier Liu He in a conversation last Saturday with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that "the United States has broken trade rules with an investigation into intellectual property and China will defend its own interests ”. The comparison between Mnuchin [...]
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According to reports from the Nova agency, in the spring, US motorists could pay the highest price of fuel since the summer of 2015. This was reported by US media citing today's forecasts of the American Automobile Association (AAA), according to which unleaded gasoline will cost on average $ 2,53 per gallon, up by 1 cent compared to yesterday, [...]
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The United States met with Algeria to discuss how to deal with the threat posed by terrorist fighters returning to Africa after the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. According to state television, Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel received the deputy coordinator for counterterrorism [...]
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North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single "unified Korea" flag at next month's Winter Olympics. They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team. These are the first high-level talks between countries in more than two years. Score a [...]
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The tones between Russia and the United States on the "Syria" question remain on despite the embryonic agreement signed between Putin and Trump. The presidents of Russia and the United States last November 11 published a joint statement on the conflict in Syria, a rare occurrence given the complexity of relations between Washington and Moscow. "No military solution" and [...]
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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi criticized the United States for depriving Iran of the benefits envisaged in the 2015 agreement signed between Tehran and world powers. The deputy minister, during a conference, speaking of the attitude shown by the United States towards Tehran commented: “This negative atmosphere created by the US administration is [...]
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The American administration is now fed up with the umpteenth challenge to the world launched by North Korea with the latest ballistic missile. The words of the American Ambassador to the UN thundered: "it is useless to hold an emergency meeting if it leads to nothing", said Nikki Haley, underlining how so far North Korea has violated all the resolutions of the Nations "with impunity" [ ...]
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