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A package of three laws designed to ensure a stable supply of electricity and gas this winter, the latest in a long series of measures to address the energy crisis, was passed by the Slovenian parliament on Tuesday. The linchpin...

In an attempt to save energy, counties and cities are making plans to switch off street lights during the winter months, and major supermarket chains are considering ways to reduce electricity bill. Turning off street lights is a hard choice...

The Serbian interior ministry has banned holding the EuroPride Parade in Belgrade on Saturday, the organisers of the LGBTI+ event announced on Tuesday, adding that they would use “all of the available legal mechanisms” at their disposal to overturn this...

The Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) – a new regulation that the EU Commission is expected to propose on Monday (19 September) – is under fire from stakeholders before the Commission has even formally proposed the text.

The European Parliament voted Tuesday (13 September) in favour of a regulation requiring companies to ensure products sold in the EU do not come from deforested or degraded land, a move hailed as a "ray of hope" by green campaigners.

Prime Minister Edi Rama said he would start lobbying the EU to include and recognise the Albanian university system as Albanian children returned to school this week. During his speech at the National Congress of Education, Rama said lobbying will...

French President Emmanuel Macron presented on Tuesday (13 September) a plan for a six-month citizen consultation on euthanasia, with stakeholders confident he is ready to move forward on the issue.

Engie Romania, a natural gas company, refused to supply a non-household consumer at a fixed price over the next 12 months, saying it cannot guarantee such contract conditions in the current market context. Read more. A hotel company in Predeal...

The implementation of a temporary rate ceiling to contain the quick rise of rate mortgages directly linked to soaring inflation was presented by the left-wing Unidas Podemos (United We Can/GUE-GNL), a government coalition partner, on Tuesday. The leftist formation proposed...

Promoting and adopting cutting-edge technologies in infrastructure is crucial to overcome the EU’s current energy crisis and achieve the bloc’s green and digital goals.

For years, some of us have been saying that the safest, cleanest and cheapest energy is that which we don’t use. With the Ukraine war and rapidly falling gas supplies coming from Russia, this is truer than ever, writes Niels Fuglsang MEP, who defends a 14.5% energy efficiency target for 2030.

On top of rising costs, Europe’s companies are facing another worry – the lack of skilled workers – which is becoming more prominent than ever before. Companies all over the continent lament their increasing inability to find workers in a...

The motion for legal assessment on the family reunion directive, which would mean that between 6,000 and 8,000 family members could see an extension on application time limits, was rejected by the Council of State on Tuesday. According to the...

Coalition partners have agreed that creeping tax increases on low-wage earners will be removed from the start of 2023 ‘Bracket creep’, or ‘cold progression’ as it is known in German, occurs when inflation pushes taxpayers into higher income tax brackets...

The Serbian police officially banned Belgrade EuroPride late on Tuesday, following a call to ban by President Aleksandr Vucic, but supporters, including MEPs are adamant a compromise can be found, and the event will go on.

If Bulgaria allows two more breaches of air pollution standards this year, the country may have to close its coal-fired power plants, warned Minister of Energy Rosen Hristov on Tuesday. This is a considerable risk for the entire region as...

The European Commission wants to connect the dots on the digitalisation of the energy sector with new flagship initiatives such as the creation of an energy data space and a digital twin of the energy grid, according to draft proposals seen by EURACTIV.

The European Commission should establish a strategic reserve system with key raw materials, Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela said.

Portugal’s public prosecutor’s office is investigating a cyberattack against the Armed Forces General Staff in which classified NATO documents were extracted and put up for sale on the ‘dark web’, the Attorney General’s Office said on Tuesday. “The establishment of...

Paschal Donohoe’s position as chair of the Eurogroup could be at risk, according to some, as a planned shift in government organisation approaches. The country’s tripartite coalition government is due a reformulation on 15 December, with the position of Taoiseach passing...