Germany’s well-organised climate protection movements, which enjoy broad public support, are rallying around the town of Lützerath, which is under threat from coal strip mining and slated for demolition.

The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking announced on Tuesday (4 October) its selection of the six hosting sites for the “first European quantum computers” in the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Poland.

The government has launched the first stage of a process to help households instal solar panels to heat water, thus helping keep energy costs low for lower-income families.

The government has launched the first stage of a process to help households instal solar panels to heat water, thus helping keep energy costs low for lower-income families.

There are growing calls for the European Union to bolster its assistance to Myanmar’s government-in-exile, the National Unity Government (NUG).

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Wednesday announced that the federal government in Berlin would pay the country’s four largest high-voltage energy transmission systems operators (TSOs) €12.8 billion ($12.8 billion) for grid usage fees in a bid to stabilize usage fees that otherwise would have tripled in coming months.

About 90 heads of state have confirmed attendance at November’s COP27 climate negotiations in Egypt where they will address issues including energy transition and food security at opening sessions, a senior Egyptian official said this week.

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With the submission of its revised strategic plan, Germany has moved a significant step closer to implementing the EU’s landmark agricultural reform, yet neither farmers nor environmentalists are particularly convinced by the proposed changes.

Mobilized reservists from Kaliningrad region trained live fire from 152 mm Giatsint guns at a Baltic fleet range.