Energy

Gas, nuclear not green, financiers tell EU

A group of investors who collectively manage EUR 9 trillion has written a joint statement to the EU urging it…

2 years ago

Bulgaria gets reduced gas price from Gazprom before elections

Ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria, Russian gas giant Gazprom has gone against market trends, giving Bulgaria's state-run…

2 years ago

Poland u-turns on COP26 pledge to phase out coal

Polish Climate and Environment minister Anna Moskwa appeared to reverse Poland's commitment to cutting coal power by 2030 on Thursday,…

2 years ago

Romania may pioneer construction of US ‘small nuclear reactors’

Romania could become the first country to deploy a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR), according to an agreement between the…

2 years ago

Estonian minister says flexible energy trades could ease soaring prices

Loosening the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) would lessen the currently dramatic rises in energy prices, Estonia's Economy and Infrastructure…

3 years ago

Ex-Croatia PM, MOL chief get jail terms for INA bribery case

Croatia's Supreme Court sentenced MOL chairman-CEO Zsolt Hernadi and the country's former prime minister Ivo Sanader to prison sentences for…

3 years ago

Nine member states say no to EU energy market reform

The governments of nine EU member states, among them Germany, have signed a joint statement that they cannot back any…

3 years ago

East-West-divide defines EU summit agenda

The East-West divide will be conspicuous on the agenda when EU heads of state and government gather at the bloc's…

3 years ago

There is little alternative to Russian gas for Eastern Europe – Hungary signs 10+5-year deal

Russian state-owned Gazprom and Hungarian energy group MVM signed a ten-year gas-supply agreement at the end of August. Under the deal,…

3 years ago

V4 vie to attract VW battery plant

Volkswagen will decide on the location of a new battery cell plant in Central and Eastern Europe in the first…

3 years ago