EU’s phase-out of China-made inverters gets a reality check

Published on 06/22/2026 – 16:22 GMT+2 The European Commission is pushing to ban China-made power inverters from all EU-funded projects, but a full phase-out in the near future appears unrealistic. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Commission recently announced plans to gradually eliminate the use of Chinese-made inverters in EU-funded energy projects, in a major step aimed at […]

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Climate cooperation must go on despite US absence, Chinese minister says

Efforts to tackle climate change are facing “changing political circumstances,” but international cooperation must not be “weakened” by leaders like US president Donald Trump, China’s Minister for Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu, said on Monday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Speaking on the sidelines of the EU’s annual “ministerial on climate action” in Brussels, Huang’s remarks appeared to […]

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Inside Ukraine’s campaign to turn Russian-occupied Crimea into an ‘island’

Russian occupation representatives in annexed Crimea have shut down all children’s summer camps, rationed petrol sales to administration officials only and canceled all public events, as Ukraine intensifies a drone and missile campaign targeting the peninsula’s fuel and energy infrastructure. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The summer camp suspension is taking effect from Monday until September 1st and […]

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Kazakhstan’s President in Brussels: Focus on energy, transportation routes, AI, and more

ByEdward Wolter Published on 06/22/2026 – 12:56 GMT+2 A decade after the 2015 Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA), the EU is now Kazakhstan’s largest trading and investment partner, Tokayev says. According to the head of state, Kazakhstan’s economy is being modernized and diversified for the mutual benefit of both sides: “The partnership between Kazakhstan […]

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Spain’s Supreme Court jails former socialist minister for 24 years in COVID corruption case

ByChristina Thykjaer&Euronews in Spanish Published on 06/22/2026 – 12:55 GMT+2•Updated 12:55 Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos, once a senior figure in Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE)to 24 years in prison for his role in a corruption scheme linked to the award of face mask contracts during the […]

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