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Scientists in the US have announced a major success in nuclear fusion research. For the first time, more energy was generated than consumed in the process of fusing atomic nuclei, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said with reference to experiments conducted at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Is this the dawn of a new energy era?

The new government in Copenhagen is composed of parties both left and right of the centre. The cross-party cabinet, a rare constellation for Denmark, will consist of the Social Democrats, the conservative-liberal Venstre party and the liberal Moderates, the current Social Democratic caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen announced. The press is cautiously optimistic.

The European Commission and EU lawmakers will keep putting together all the pieces of the complex front-of-pack food labelling puzzle during the upcoming Swedish EU Council presidency after little progress was reached under the Czech one.

Hydrogen is here to stay. It is versatile, can be produced from almost all energy sources, and can improve energy security.

In a debate with Council and Commission on tomorrow’s EU summit, MEPs demanded lower energy prices and allowing Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen area.

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