Category: EU Reporter

EU energy ministers reached an agreement on Friday on measures to reduce high energy prices during a council meeting in Brussels, the Czech EU Council presidency announced. The proposal includes a binding target to reduce electricity consumption, a cap on market revenues from low-cost electricity producers such as renewables and nuclear power plants and a […]

“Russian disinformation is almost like a nightmare. It takes the very worst of us, our worst beliefs and deepest fears, and amplifies them through social media algorithms”.

Energy ministers are meeting on Friday to discuss ways to reduce energy prices and shield citizens and industry from soaring bills. Here are the most important issues.

EUobserver spoke with several business figures and all confirmed they voted for Georgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy because it promised stability, less bureaucracy and tax cuts. Matteo Salvini’s anti-EU rhetoric scared them, while they trust Meloni has “more common sense”.

The EU Commission said Thursday it would file a legal challenge against Malta for its golden passport program, which allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, and access to the EU’s Schengen zone, for an investment of around €1m. Malta suspended it for Russians and Belarusians, but continues for all other nationalities. The commission argues that […]

The EU is aiming to blacklist Russian celebrity philosopher Alexander Dugin and strike at Russia’s oil, steel, and forestry industries in its latest sanctions, new proposals say.

A vast network of European ships helps keep Putin’s oil economy afloat. European vessels have shipped millions of tonnes of oil, gas and coal from Russian ports in the six months since the invasion, Investigate Europe and Reporters United reveal.

Academics and biotech research organisations with corporate interests have been leading the lobby campaign to deregulate new genomic techniques in the EU — using ‘climate-friendly’ and ‘science-based’ narratives, according to a report.

Some have tried to justify Big Tech’s meagre tax payments in EU states with heavier tax burdens by emphasising the fact that these companies create jobs and invest in next-generation technologies. However, their market dominance comes at a steep cost.

This morning several media outlets, including Der Spiegel and The New York Times, reported that the CIA warned several EU countries this summer of a potential attack Nord Stream. Danish defence minister Morten Bødskov denied these claims on Wednesday. “Neither the government nor I have been notified,” he told government broadcaster TV2. “I also don’t […]