Tag: Gas giant
Danish fleet present near Nord Stream 2 media
A vessel used by military divers was spotted near the sabotaged pipeline after discovering a mystery, national dailies report The Royal Danish Navy is believed to be conducting a diving operation east of the island of Bornholm, not far from the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that was damaged by an explosion. Berlingske newspaper reported […]
World Insights: The US is the world’s biggest spy power
© Provided by Xinhua Living up to the epithet “surveillance empire,” the United States has for decades conducted indiscriminate mass surveillance of foreign governments, corporations, and individuals as well as its own citizens. BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — A completely harmless, unmanned civilian airship has been caught in the crosshairs in the latest anti-China stunt […]
Estonia proposes that NATO expand its missions
The defense minister says the US-led bloc should carry out underwater policing after the Nord Stream incident Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur has called on NATO to increase its patrols in the Baltic Sea, not only above but also underwater, following the recent explosions that knocked out the Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and […]
Intentional actions caused the Nord Stream gas leak, says the Danish Prime Minister
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday that leaks discovered in Nord Stream’s gas pipelines were apparently caused by deliberate actions and could not have been the result of accidents. “It is now the authorities’ clear assessment that these are intentional actions. It was not an accident,” says Mette Frederiksen to journalists. “There is […]
Swedish intelligence initiates Nord Stream’s sabotage inquiry
Sweden’s security service (SAPO) said on Wednesday it will investigate unexplained explosions and leaks on Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, calling them “gross sabotage”. SAPO took over the investigation from the police because “it could relate to a serious crime that could be at least partially targeted Swedish interests,” it said. The intelligence […]
World Insights: The United States, empire of mass surveillance
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — For decades, the United States has conducted indiscriminate mass surveillance of its citizens, as well as of foreign governments, companies and individuals. Various surveillance projects undertaken by Washington have been exposed one after the other in recent years, revealing more evidence of America’s pervasive and ubiquitous surveillance of the world. […]
Russia will cut off gas supplies to Finland
Gasum’s gas filling stations in the gas network area will continue their normal operations, the company says in a press release. This development is significant, as it will take place a few days after Finland and Sweden formally submitted their letters of accession to NATO. This was seen as a significant moment for two European […]
Finland does not agree with the gas payment terms set by Russia, Tuppurainen reiterates
Helsingin sanomat newspaper reported yesterday that the stock could lead to a suspension of natural gas supplies due to non-compliance with the payment terms when the next tranche matures, as happened earlier this week for Bulgaria and Poland. Russia has been demanding since the beginning of the month that buyers of natural gas from “unfriendly […]
This week’s editorial: More stories about the unexpected
‘Expect the unexpected’ was the slogan when the pandemic came. We had not, or at least during the Queen’s reign, seen anything like it. Two years and more mutations later, we are still living with it, but we are not worried anymore – more annoyed than anything else. But normal life is back and the […]
Nord Stream 2 files for bankruptcy
The Swiss company behind the DKK 75 billion Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has filed for bankruptcy and fired all its employees after Western sanctions, according to Swiss radio station SRF. Nord Stream 2 AG, which is owned by the Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom, is seeking to settle its bankruptcy claims ahead of a […]
Research finds a huge planet hidden in sight
Scientists also believed that it contained 105 times heavier elements than helium and hydrogen. Details of the discovery have been published in the “Astronomical Journal,” and were presented at a virtual press conference on January 13 at the American Astronomical Society. “TOI-2180 b is such an exciting planet that has been discovered,” said a UCR […]
Information leak reveals secret assets of Putin’s partners – including billion-euro arrangements to the president’s Finnish friend
The world’s largest-ever information leak reveals the hidden holdings of dozens of Russian oligarchs. Russia’s energy resources are also used for activities abroad, the professor says Brother-Pekka Tynkkynen. A huge information leak provides new information about the hidden assets of the Russian president Vladimir Putininside. For example, research by Yle’s MOT journalism team reveals how […]
The space probe Cheops has found its first planet
The space probe Cheops has made its first discovery. It is a solar system with an extremely hot planet, WASP-189b. The newly discovered planet is one of the hottest and most extreme planets ever found outside our solar system, the European Space Agency writes in a press release. Cheops was postponed in December last year […]
