PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Jan 31

Jan 31 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

-European Union debates return to Russian gas as part of Ukraine peace deal

-Shell boss vows to take Jackdaw gasfield battle to Britain's highest court

-Norway's government collapses over European Union energy dispute

-British regulator proposes easing obligations on Royal Mail

Overview

-European officials are debating whether Russian pipeline gas sales to the European Union should be restarted as part of a potential settlement to end the war against Ukraine.

-Shell SHEL.L boss Wael Sawan said he would fight all the way to the British Supreme Court to develop the North Sea's Jackdaw gasfield after a court revoked permission for the project and another fossil fuel scheme.

-A dispute over European Union energy policies has led to the collapse of Norway's coalition government, just as U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose tariffs and take over Greenland were set to reignite a debate on Oslo joining the bloc.

-The British postal regulator has proposed easing the Royal Mail's obligations, allowing the company to make fewer deliveries as the group prepares for new ownership under Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.