Norway has unveiled a significant boost in financial aid for its agriculture sector, promising an additional NOK 3.66 billion in taxpayer funding to farmers over the next year. This increase aims to narrow the income disparity between farmers with lower earnings and salaried workers nationwide. Although the new subsidy package surpasses last year’s NOK 1.1 billion increase, it remains below the NOK 4.2 billion...
Despite European Union commitments to halt all imports of Russian liquid natural gas (LNG) by next year, the Netherlands continues to source about 12% of its LNG from Russia. This places the Netherlands among five EU countries that persist in importing Russian LNG, alongside Belgium, France, Spain, and Portugal. Notably, Belgium received 40% of its gas from Russia in the first quarter of this...
