Category: EU Reporter

Norway’s Labour Minister, Marte Mjøs Persen, Tuesday evening stopped a strike by oil and gas workers amid concerns it could worsen Europe’s energy crisis. The strike would have cut Norway’s gas production to more than half by the weekend. “When the conflict could result in such far-reaching societal impacts for all of Europe, I have […]

Two days before Vladimir Putin launched his illegal war on my home country Ukraine, Russian energy minister Nikolai Shulginov gave an interview addressing the European Commission’s taxonomy on sustainable activities — saying he was pleased it kept gas as ‘green’.

Turkey has let Sweden advance toward Nato despite an escalating dispute about extraditions and arms sales.

Political pressure is mounting on the European Parliament to reject the inclusion of nuclear and natural gas in the EU sustainable finance plan, as a key vote approaches.

Turkey’s ambassador joined all 30 Nato allies in signing accession protocols for Finland and Sweden in Brussels on Tuesday, despite a simmering row over Swedish extradition of Kurdish “terrorist” suspects to Turkey. The Nordic countries still need ratification by all 30 national parliaments to become full members. But Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demanded […]

A strike has hit Norwegian oil and gas production in the North Sea, with three production sites closing production on Monday and four more set to follow on Wednesday. Workers are demanding wage increases in compensation for rising inflation. The conflict comes as European countries struggle to build gas storage ahead of the winter, after […]

About 1,000 SAS pilots from Denmark, Norway and Sweden went on strike Monday following several months of failed attempts to reach an agreement. Around 200-250 flights and 20,000-30,000 passengers will be affected every day of the dispute, which could push the semi-public SAS company into bankruptcy. The unions are demanding that new pilots are not […]

EU auditors said on Monday that some payments under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) have proven to be susceptible to fraud, urging the European Commission to do more to address this risk — for example, by using new digital tools. Olaf, the EU’s anti-fraud office, and national authorities have revealed that the agricultural areas that […]

Confiscated assets of Russian oligarchs should be used to pay to rebuild Ukraine, said Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmygal. “Today, the direct infrastructure losses of Ukraine stand at over $100bn [€95bn],” he said. “Who will pay for the renewal plan, which is already being valued at $750bn [€719bn]?” he said.

Germany reported its first monthly trade deficit in goods for over three decades, as a result of inflation and trade disruption. Energy prices have pushed up the value of imports to the country, while its own exports have been disrupted by the global trade shock following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent EU sanctions. […]