
Climate activists throw soup over Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in London
Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” paintings at London’s National Gallery on Friday.

Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” paintings at London’s National Gallery on Friday.
EURACTIV has obtained an undated version of the Commission’s work programme for next year.
Several member states blocked the temporary extension of the EU approval of the controversial pesticide glyphosate for one more year on Friday (14 October) after it failed to reach the necessary majority.
68% of the world’s population is projected to live in urban areas by 2050, according to the UN, a significant increase from the 56% who did in 2020, but the rates and success with which cities are incorporating digital technologies into their fabrics vary substantially.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan backs the Kremlin’s idea of creating an international gas hub in Turkey and wants his government to quickly present implementation plans, Turkish media reported Friday (14 October).

European energy regulators are currently in Washington to negotiate lower prices for shale gas imported from the United States.
Millions of Americans are still reliant on gas combustion for their furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers, fireplaces, stoves, and ovens, not realizing the pollution they create both indoors and outdoors because of it.
The ETC is a multilateral treaty signed by 53 countries that has been in force since 1998 and whose revision has been under negotiation for four years.
Former Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven will take on the role of new President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) as he is the only candidate in the running, a press release published on Thursday reads.
Leaders of the three-party coalition convened a late-night crisis meeting on Thursday (13 October) to discuss extending the life of several nuclear power plants amid fears of ever-dwindling energy imports from Russia.