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The European Commission is urging EU governments to provide energy vouchers, income support and social tariffs to support vulnerable groups facing high energy prices, as well as blocking energy disconnections from the power grid. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Brussels is also suggesting tax reductions on electricity and clean technologies, while encouraging consumers to lower bills over time through subsidies for clean technologies, like heat pumps, solar panels and home insulation, in a more calculated attempt to help protect Europeans while reshaping the energy system beneath them. Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen and Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera…
Published on 22/04/2026 – 14:27 GMT+2 A court in Moldova sentenced oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison on Wednesday in a case linked to the disappearance of $1 billion (€850 million) from the country’s banking system. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A former businessman, lawmaker and kingpin in the Democratic Party of Moldova, Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019, as he faced a series of corruption charges. That included complicity in the scheme that led to money disappearing from Moldovan banks in 2014, which at the time was equivalent to around one-eighth of the country’s GDP. He was extradited from Greece last…
Workers across Europe are under constant pressure, caught amid geopolitical crises that ramp up the cost of living and automation that threatens to chip away at jobs. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Seeing a specialist seems to be one of the go-to recommendations of people on the brink of burnout, or already dealing with it. A report by Eurofound — the EU’s agency focused on improving working conditions — showed workplace stress levels and therapy costs across Europe. The findings, however, are sobering. The average cost of a handful of private sessions, typically lasting between 45 and 60 minutes, can, in some cases,…
By Judith Arnal, PhD in Economics and a State Economist in Spain and Senior Research Fellow at CEPS, Elcano Royal Institute and Fedea. Published on 22/04/2026 – 10:46 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The Strait of Hormuz blockade has handed Europe its second major energy shock in four years. Governments have responded with speed, but without learning. T ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT he Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, Pierre Wunsch, put it bluntly: “We must primarily reduce demand now.” Broad energy support…
Published on 22/04/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2•Updated 9:11 EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič is set to visit the US on Thursday and Friday in a bid to unlock negotiations over EU steel and aluminium exports still hit by the 50% US tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump shortly after his return to power last year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Scrapping those tariffs was part of the EU-US trade deal struck in July 2025, which included commitments to discuss quota arrangements for steel and aluminium to replace the 50% duties. However implementation of the broader accord — including cuts to EU tariffs on…
Good morning, it’s Eleonora Vasques and Jorge Liboreiro from Brussels, ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Today is the day: the 27 ambassadors are getting ready to give their final approval to the €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The long-chased breakthrough was made possible after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Tuesday that the Druzhba pipeline, which carries cheap Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, had been repaired and could restart operations, Sasha Vakulina, Sandor Zsiros and Jorge Liboreiro report. This means, Zelenskyy said, that there are “no grounds” any more for Hungary to keep its contentious veto in place. “The EU asked Ukraine…
The Druzhba pipeline that carries Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia has been repaired and can resume operations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced, ending a months-long standoff between Kyiv and Budapest. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Soviet-era pipeline has been out of order since a Russian drone attack on western Ukraine in late January. “Ukraine has completed repair work on the section of the Druzhba oil pipeline that was damaged by a Russian strike,” Zelenskyy said in a social media post published on X. “The pipeline can resume operation,” he added. The announcement paves the way for Hungary to…
Published on 21/04/2026 – 18:07 GMT+2•Updated 18:38 NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a muscular display of air power on the alliance’s eastern flank away from the spotlight on the Middle East. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT French Rafale fighters were deployed from a Lithuanian air base where they are stationed as part of a decades-long NATO air-policing effort. The fighters armed with air-to-air missiles joined jets from Sweden, Finland, Poland, Denmark and Romania. They all took to the skies to inspect and keep watch on the Russian flight, the French detachment said.…
A Russian-flagged bulk carrier that Ukraine says may have been carrying grain from territories occupied by Moscow has docked in Israel and is now en route to Russia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tracking data from trade intelligence firm Kpler shows the ship, ABINSK, arrived in the Port of Haifa, Israel’s largest international seaport, on 12 April and departed on 15 April. It shows the vessel’s condition after it left Haifa was “in ballast”, suggesting it may have unloaded its cargo in Haifa before departing. It then passed through the Turkish port of Çanakkale for several hours, with its next destination then listed…
Emmanuel Macron will host Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Tuesday evening, as new talks between Israel and Lebanon are expected to take place in Washington on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The visit comes as the Élysée Palace said France intends to”reaffirm its commitment to the strict respect of the ceasefire, France’s support for Lebanon’s territorial integrity and the steps taken by the Lebanese state to fully guarantee its sovereignty and arms monopoly.” This diplomatic sequence is unfolding in a particularly tense atmosphere following the death on Saturday of a French soldier serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon…