Protests have erupted across the Balkans, fueled by deadly disasters linked to corruption. From Serbia to North Macedonia, young people are taking to the streets, demanding accountability in a region where aspirations to join the European Union clash with entrenched graft.
Scandium, beryllium, gallium: Raw materials such as these have been the subject of many headlines and threats to take over territories by Trump. But why are these materials that hardly anyone can name so important for the global economy? And what is the EU doing to secure its supply?
A funding freeze ordered by US President Donald Trump has left several US-funded foreign media outlets, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, scrambling for survival. The EU has warned that the cuts could benefit authoritarian regimes, while Czech officials push for European support to keep the radio station on air.
EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen is confident that the European Union’s affordable energy action plan will save the bloc billions in the long term with 45 billion Euro in savings possible by next year.
Although the EU hopes to attract more climate friendly investments as a result of US President Donald Trump’s energy policies, the EU’s Energy Commissioner also had to acknowledge the bloc’s need for US supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Plans for a phase out of Russian fuels may be on back burner, but not dead. Things were complicated, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told the European Newsroom (enr) in an interview.