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Russian energy giant Gazprom pledged to appeal what they described as an “unprecedented” fine after the Polish anti-monopoly watchdog UOKiK ordered them to pay some $7.61 billion (€6,47 billion) over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The Polish regulator said that building the pipeline would increase Gazprom’s dominance on the Polish market. The project, which would allow Germany to double its gas imports from Russia, is “tantamount to breaking the rules of law and of fair competition” and the current situation may trigger “serious consequences for Poland’s and the EU’s economy,” they added. Gazprom is spearheading the Baltic Sea construction effort...

The New Kill-Israel Axis   By P. David HornikFrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Iran wants to hang the Jewish state—and Germany and Austria are selling it the rope. Earlier this month when Austrian foreign minister Ursula Plassnik visited Israel, Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert and foreign minister Tzipi Livni tried to convince her of the importance of strong sanctions against Teheran. There’s no evidence they had any success; Austrian-Iranian ties appear to be too lucrative for such persuasion to work. In April 2007 the Austrian oil company OMV signed a major deal with Iran for a joint natural...

Iran signs gas deal with Austria’s OMV 4/22/2007 REUTERS TEHRAN • Iran signed a major agreement with Austrian energy group OMV yesterday to help develop the country's vast gas resources and build a plant for liquefied natural gas (LNG), official Iranian media said. State television described it as Iran's biggest such contract with Europe, and some Iranian media put its total value at up to $30bn over 25 years, including the sale of billions of cubic metres of natural gas to the continent. But OMV made clear the deal was still at an early stage and did not give any...

The First Sentence from Prefect Levada Makes the Legion Tremble The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has handed down a stiff sentence against Fr. Gino Burresi. The transgressions? The same ones charged against Fr. Marcial Maciel, founder of the powerful Legionaries of Christ by Sandro Magister ROMA, July 28, 2005 – On July 19, the Catholic newspaper "Avvenire" published the following note from the general secretariat of the Italian bishops' conference (CEI): "Following the decree handed down on May 27, 2005, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, notice is hereby given that the following canonical...