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Euroviews. Watch: Do MEPs think the EU should ban imports of Russian gas and oil?

The bloc has decided to phase out all purchases of Russian coal. Should oil and gas be next?

08/04/2022

Green News

What does the UK government's new strategy mean for households?

Environmental campaigners and politicians say the new strategy fails to implement quick wins to lower emissions and stave off the rising cost of energy bills.

07/04/2022

Europe News

EU's spending since war began: Russian energy €35bn; Ukraine aid €1bn

The "gigantic difference" reflects the need for the EU to become independent from Russian fossil fuels, the bloc's foreign policy chief said.

06/04/2022

Russia

Ukraine denies responsibility for Russian fuel depot attack

The Russian governor of the region claimed that Ukrainian helicopters flew into Russia to attack the site at Belgorod, a logistics hub 40km from the border.

01/04/2022

Russia

Will Putin cut Europe off if gas payments aren't made in roubles?

Moscow says its demand for "unfriendly" buyers to pay for gas in roubles does not mean supplies will be immediately interrupted.

31/03/2022

Ukraine

Euroviews. Ukraine paying the price of EU's energy dependency on Russia | View

"At the start of March, as Russian troops destroyed Ukrainian cities, the EU was paying Russia around €800 million a day for gas — drastically undercutting the economic impact of Western sanctions and funding the war."

29/03/2022

Europe Decoded

Analysis: How the EU's gas addiction is helping Russia's war machine

In little over a month since Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU spent more than €21 billion on Russian fossil fuels, including €13 billion on gas, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

29/03/2022

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Ukraine remains in focus as Brussels hosts summits

US president Joe Biden was in the Belgian capital to try and demonstrate the West's unity.

25/03/2022

Europe News

EU leaders rebuff Spain's pleas for reforms to curb electricity prices

The European Council only gave Spain and Portugal permission to introduce a price cap on electricity.

25/03/2022

Germany

Germany wants to stop using Russian coal by the end of the year

Germany plans to become independent of Russian coal by the fall and nearly independent of Russian oil by the end of the year.

25/03/2022

Europe News

Brussels aims to coordinate gas purchases in bid to lower costs

There are currently 160 storage facilities in the EU that are around 26% full.

23/03/2022

Europe News

Brussels mulls Russian oil embargo in new sanctions round

Russian provides more than a third of EU imports of petroleum products and 40% of all EU imports of natural gas.

21/03/2022

Europe News

EU leaders meet in Versailles to discuss Ukraine war and gas imports

The informal gathering will focus on plans to rapidly slash the EU's gas imports from Russia.

10/03/2022

Europe News

EU will slash imports of Russian gas by two thirds by 2023

Brussels aims to replace the supply with LNG from countries like Qatar and the US.

08/03/2022

Green News

Ireland smashed records for wind power in February, report reveals

Records have been broken but to meet climate targets, more wind power is needed.

07/03/2022

Europe News

EU slowly becoming more powerful, says former WTO chief

Pascal Lamy was speaking to Euronews about the sanctions imposed by Brussels on Russia.

03/03/2022

Europe Decoded

These are the 7 Russian banks banned from SWIFT – and the two exempted

Member states could not reach consensus to sanction Sberbank and Gazprombank, which handle energy payments.

02/03/2022

Green News

EU to urgently link electricity grid with Ukraine's

With Russia supplying 40 per cent of Europe's gas, ministers are now looking for alternatives to increase the independence of the energy grid.

01/03/2022

Europe News

Fighting for democracy is worth higher energy prices, says Timmermans

The war in Ukraine will lead to higher energy bills for Europeans, but they must resist to ensure democracy prevails, the EU Commission's Frans Timmermans tells Euronews

25/02/2022

Green News

Energy prices surge as Ukraine crisis deepens

Oil prices surged nearly 5% and stock prices dropped after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of rebel-held regions of Ukraine on Monday evening, raising fears that a full-scale invasion was near.

22/02/2022