GAZA - A UNITED Nations aid agency said on Thursday it suspended all of its operations in the Gaza Strip because of the risk posed by Israeli forces in the territory.
BRUSSELS - GAZPROM chief executive Alexei Miller vowed on Thursday to immediately resume gas shipments to Europe once independent monitors were in place to guarantee the flow to EU markets.
KIEV - UKRAINE'S state-run energy company said on Thursday it had asked domestic chemical producers to halve gas consumption as concerns mount over the impact of the Russian gas cut-off on Ukraine's crisis-gripped economy.
Ukraine's economy, already heading into its worst recession for a decade, can ill afford a steep rise in gas prices and investors are closely watching the impact of the New Year's Day severance of Russian gas supplies.
