EU countries are scrambling to face up to a challenging winter ahead, with consumers facing skyrocketing energy prices. Brussels plans a series of measures aimed at shielding households and businesses from high energy costs.
A grain ship from Odessa has docked in the port of Ghent for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. More news of the week: according to the Eurobarometer, Slovenians are satisfied with the state of their economy and the Turkish President visited the West Balkan state Bosnia-Herzegovina to improve relations.
The EU plans to require manufacturers to give priority to European bids, rather than Chinese or American ones. Also important this week: Brussels is close to adopting a price cap that could affect the purchases of Russian methane while the Albanian government decided to subsidize the production of wheat in the country.
A collection of images has been shared thousands of times in social media posts that claim it shows “rejected designs for the Eiffel Tower” in the French capital Paris. This is false. The images — published in a report by a UK-based arts journal — show designs for a London tower that were submitted for an architectural competition in the late 19th century. According to the journal, one design was selected but the tower was only partially built before it was demolished in the early 20th century.
While the proposal on the Media Freedom Act is set to be presented by the European Commission on September 13, press freedom remains under pressure in several countries across Europe.