Meloni scraps road tax for one year due to high fuel prices
The exemption covers petrol, diesel and hybrid cars of up to 80 kW (109hp) and all motorbikes and mopeds.
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EU waste export ban spares Turkey, its biggest plastic dumping ground
Shipments to Ankara hit a record in 2025, the year before Brussels closes the door on poorer countries.
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Poland’s Orlen loses $230 million in Venezuela crypto oil deal
Tusk said that it was a great pity that at a time "when hundreds of articles in the western press have been praising Poland for its economic performance we have…
Trump announces Russia-Ukraine energy truce that neither side confirms
The US president said Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to spare each other's energy sites, though Ukraine set conditions and the Kremlin would not promise reciprocal restraint.
Saudi Arabia turns to stored oil as pipeline shutdown threatens European supplies
Riyadh has set no restart date for the East-West line, leaving deliveries to Europe and Asia dependent on how long the stoppage lasts.
Europe pays almost 10 times the US price for wholesale gas
The exact gap moves from day to day. Market prices in recent weeks have put it at anywhere between eight and 10 times, depending on the trading session.
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Visegrad Group vows to block EU policies that raise energy prices
The group has no formal institutional structure, relying instead on consultations among prime ministers and government ministries, with cross-border initiatives…
Dutch households with a heat pump see energy bills rise the most
A large majority of households would pay €400 to €600 more a year by 2031 than they do now.
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Athens looks to Paris to restart power cable stalled by Turkish warships
Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Emmanuel Macron discussed the Great Sea Interconnector at the Élysée on September 9, weeks after a French fund took control of the project.
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EPP backs sustainable finance compromise it says it would not have written
The deal is about who may sit in a fund allowed to call itself "transition" or "sustainable" if they meet tests on capital spending and emissions.
Portugal’s largest unsubsidised solar park enters insolvency
The business model has become increasingly challenging as solar generation has expanded rapidly across the Iberian electricity market.
Turkey plans to expand nuclear co-operation with Russia
Erdoğan said Ankara would consider raising its relationship with the organisation to a higher level.
Explosives found at German coal-plant substation in apparent attack
The installation, at Turnow-Preilack in the Spree-Neiße district, is a 380-kilovolt node in the extra-high-voltage network.
German nuclear group files complaint against public broadcaster for inflating atom costs and cheapening wind
Nuklearia e.V. said NDR presented the project as if Warsaw were spending about €45 billion on something a wind park could do for €5 billion.
Nepal flood death toll climbs as hundreds remain missing, among them scores of Europeans
Ukraine reports the largest European group unaccounted for as Brussels activates its Copernicus satellite service and Nepali police warn the toll will rise significantly.
Trump sends Saudi nuclear deal to Congress and keeps Israel condition
The US President has submitted the civil nuclear pact for review while insisting Riyadh must first normalise relations with Israel.
Norway rejects EU Arctic drilling ban and ditches ‘green battery’ role
The concept, once promoted by Norwegian officials to justify new interconnectors with Britain and Germany.
Coal falls to a record low in EU electricity as grid costs and taxes keep bills high
Eurostat figures show the fuel now generates less than a tenth of the bloc's power, though the retreat has not delivered cheaper electricity for consumers.
Eclipse strips up to 9.7GW from Europe’s solar-heavy grids
The company offered customers who cut consumption an hour of free electricity as a reward, capped at 16kWh.
Brussels ranks new water supply a ‘last resort’ and answers drought with forums and roadmaps
The methodology for measuring the EU's 10 per cent water efficiency goal is not due until 2027, while member states face a shortfall of about €25 billion a year…
Romania faces full nuclear shutdown as Danube levels hit critical lows
The two CANDU reactors, each rated at around 700 MW, normally supply roughly a fifth of Romania's electricity.
Romania sinks barges in Danube to keep last nuclear reactor running
Explosives, dredging and four scuttled vessels have lifted the river 8cm above forecast at Cernavodă, buying the plant's surviving unit nine days.
US settles with German energy firm for $1.22 billion to scrap offshore wind leases
The company described the resolution as serving the interests of its stakeholders and allowing it to redirect resources toward energy projects that can proceed with…
Amsterdam wants people to barbecue less
According to the municipality, smoke from charcoal and fire pits causes health problems and a nuisance.
European wildfires cause up to €19.1 billion in damage
More than 530,000 hectares have burned in EU countries so far in 2026, putting the season on pace with 2025, when 1.08 million hectares were lost across the bloc.
German minister sees electricity price relief only in the 2030s
"We are ending the EEG as an all-round, worry-free package," Reiche said in Berlin, adding that over-subsidisation would be abolished.
High microplastic levels found near Turkish recycling hub handling British plastic waste
Pellets, films and fragments characteristic of recycling waste were identified exclusively downstream.
Germany prepares secret plan for electricity shortage for ‘several days to weeks’
The agency, acting as federal load distributor, can then order reductions or temporary halt of consumption with notice of 24 hours to three days.
Wind farm cables triggered huge wildfire in Greece
The blaze began on Friday morning near Agios Vasileios in the Boeotia region at a site known as Mavro Spithari.
Danube drought shuts Hungary’s only nuclear plant as Brussels weighs emergency talks
The European Commission has said it stands ready to convene emergency electricity talks after Hungary lost nearly half its generating capacity.