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Exports of Russian pipeline gas to Europe down 19% in March month-on-month, data shows

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian energy giant Gazprom’s GAZP.MM average daily natural gas supplies to Europe via the TurkStream undersea pipeline fell by 19.4% in March from a month earlier, Reuters calculations showed on Monday. Turkey is the only transit route left for Russian gas to Europe after Ukraine chose not to extend a five-year transit …

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UK’s easyJet considering a loyalty programme, CEO says

SOUTHEND, England (Reuters) -The chief executive of easyJet, Kenton Jarvis, said the Britain-based airline was considering developing a loyalty programme, but there was no imminent plan to launch one. “We are not about to launch anything,” he told reporters at the opening of the airline’s base in Southend, 40 miles east of London. He added …

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Grain traders ask Ukraine to suspend price mechanism changes, say exports at risk

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s grain traders union UGA said on Monday it and the UAC agrarian producers union had demanded that the government suspend additions to the mechanism for determining minimum export prices, warning that the changes could halt exports. In December, Ukraine introduced a new system for exporting key agrarian goods, including grains, which …

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Italy plans to invest in nuclear start-up Newcleo, sources say

By Francesca Landini and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) – The Italian government plans to invest in nuclear start-up Newcleo as part of its drive to reintroduce nuclear power generation in the country after almost 40 years, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. One of the sources said that the right-wing coalition …

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Equinor’s new Arctic oilfield to pay back $8 billion investment in under 2 years

OSLO (Reuters) – Equinor’s Johan Castberg oilfield in the Arctic Barents Sea began production on Monday after several delays, and is expected to repay its 86 billion Norwegian crown ($8.14 billion) price tag in less than two years, the company said. Castberg becomes the second producing oilfield in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea …

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Vivendi to end Telecom Italia legal fight after Poste stake deal, sources say

By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – France’s Vivendi will drop its legal challenge against the sale of Telecom Italia’s fixed-line network as part of a deal to sell most of its stake in the telecoms group to Italy’s Poste, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. On Saturday Vivendi agreed to drastically cut …

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UK mortgage approvals fall to six-month low ahead of purchase tax rise

(Reuters) -British mortgage approvals cooled to a six-month low in February ahead of a rise in transaction taxes on many house purchases while consumer lending grew at the joint-slowest pace in nearly three years, Bank of England data showed on Monday. Lenders approved 65,481 mortgages in February, down from 66,041 in January. This was the …

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Pound steadies against dollar as US trade tariffs loom

By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) – Sterling held steady against the dollar on Monday as Britain hopes to negotiate a deal with the U.S. to avoid President Donald Trump’s broader round of reciprocal tariffs this week. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Trump discussed “productive negotiations” towards a UK-U.S. economic prosperity deal in a phone call …

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Saudi Aramco holds April LPG OSPs steady, Sonatrach cuts by 2-7%

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Oil producer Saudi Aramco keeps its April official selling prices (OSPs) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) unchanged from March, while Algeria’s Sonatrach cut its OSPs by 2-7% due to weaker demand in the Mediterranean, traders said on Monday. Aramco’s April OSP for propane was stable at $615 per metric ton, while butane …

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Strong rouble, cheap oil may push Russia into borrowing spree this year

By Darya Korsunskaya and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW (Reuters) – A strong rouble and low oil prices are set to widen Russia’s budget deficit this year, adding to the pressure on it from military spending and forcing the government to borrow more than it planned or tap its remaining fiscal reserves, analysts say. The rouble is …

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