Category: EU Reporter

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen suspects the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines may be caused by sabotage. “It is hard to imagine that it is accidental. We cannot rule out sabotage, but it is too early to conclude,” she told Danish news agency Politiken while in Poland, where she attended the inauguration of the […]

Sweden’s maritime authority detected two leaks on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Tuesday, shortly after Danish authorities discovered a leak in Nord Stream 2.

Poland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines were caused by sabotage. “Today we faced an act of sabotage, we don’t know all the details of what happened, but we see clearly that it’s an act of sabotage related to the next step of escalation of the situation in Ukraine,” […]

Hungary’s Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced former Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács to five years in prison for spying, Hungarian media reported. He was also sentenced for budget fraud and falsification of documents. According to the indictment, between 2012 and 2014, Kovács’ task was to create groups in the EU to strengthen Russia’s interests and weaken […]

Danish energy companies have been put on a higher level of preparedness which requires them to check the physical safety of generators several times a day, following three large leaks in both Nord Stream pipelines. “A leak is extremely rare, and it naturally causes strong concern. That is why we have raised the level of […]

Whether on Russia, or gas, or climate change, or food security, the EU’s constant finger-wagging and moralising is becoming unbearably repetitive and self-defeating. Most countries in the Global South view it as eurocentric and neo-colonial.

France wants to start building its first new-generation ‘European Pressurised Reactors’ nuclear reactor before May 2027, Reuters reported on Tuesday. French president Emmanuel Macron plans to build at least six new reactors as part of efforts to put his country on the path toward climate-neutrality. The reactors, which will replace current sites reaching the end of […]

EU majority building for near-total ban on Russian diamonds, as Belgium says it won’t veto sanctions, which could cost 10,000 jobs in Antwerp.

The UN report’s findings should be met by the EU with a more principled and human rights-centred approach to China — urging the UN Office on Genocide Prevention to conduct an assessment of atrocities.

EU sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and plans for further energy sanctions have prompted skyrocketing energy prices, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács tweeted on Tuesday. “It has become clear that the sanctions which have been introduced are doing more harm to Europe than to Russia,” he said, arguing if sanctions were lifted, prices would […]