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19 September 2026

Poland’s $230 Million Venezuelan Oil Deal - Crypto, Empty Tankers and a Corporate Scandal

A plan to secure Venezuelan crude and diversify Poland away from Russian oil turned into a remarkable trading failure for energy group Orlen.

By EuroAsia.News · 19 September 2026 · 12:14 · 2 min read

Venezuela
Poland
Dubai
Oil
Crypto

13 September 2026

On Feb. 1, 1970, a historic agreement was signed in Essen, Germany - it was considered the deal of the century and was dubbed "gas for pipes".

Economy

Germany’s Industrial Model Was Built on Cheap Energy — Can It Survive Without Russian Gas?

For decades, Germany’s industrial strength rested on a powerful combination: engineering excellence, skilled labour, export markets and reliable energy at internationally competitive prices. Soviet and Russian oil and pipeline gas became a major part of that model.

By EuroAsia.News · 13 September 2026 · 10:13 · 2 min read

Germany
Russia
Gas
Economy

5 September 2026

Beijing Became the Swing Power in the Global Oil Market. Illustration: Ben Hickey

Energy

China Replacing OPEC? How Beijing Became the Swing Power in the Global Oil Market

For half a century, discussions about who controls the oil market usually began with OPEC. Saudi Arabia’s spare production capacity, cartel quotas and, later, the wider OPEC+ alliance with Russia could move prices with a single announcement. But the centre of gravity may now be shifting from the countries producing the marginal barrel to the country buying it.

By EuroAsia.News · 5 September 2026 · 13:48 · 2 min read

Energy
Oil
China
Economy

4 September 2026

Climate shocks hit EU maize heartland in Hungary and Romania. Hungary is harvesting not even a third of what it used to.

Agriculture

Plant Maize, Harvest Nothing - Central Europe Faces an Agricultural Turning Point

For generations, maize was one of the safest assumptions in the agricultural economy of the Carpathian Basin. Hungary and Romania possessed fertile soils, long summers, large areas of arable land and proximity to the Danube and Black Sea export routes. A farmer planting maize could reasonably expect not only a harvest, but a marketable surplus. That assumption is beginning to break down.

By EuroAsia.News · 4 September 2026 · 18:38 · 4 min read

Agriculture
Harvest
Maize
Climate Change
Europe

16 August 2026

Agriculture

Europe’s Fields Are Burning: Extreme Heat Reshapes Agriculture

Europe’s summer of 2026 is becoming an agricultural and industrial emergency. Repeated heatwaves, prolonged drought and rapidly evaporating soil moisture are damaging crops from Spain and France to Austria and Hungary.

By EuroAsia.News Editorial · 16 August 2026 · 10:10 · 2 min read

drought
heatwave
harvest
energy