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Ukraine pays Russian gas bill
Ukraine’s prime minister, says the recession-ravaged country had squeezed enough funds from consumers and cash-strapped state coffers to pay a $500m October gas bill to Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas giant
Czechs given opt-out to spur Lisbon deal
EU leaders at summit talks in Brussels persuade Václav Klaus, the Eurosceptic Czech president, to sign the Lisbon treaty in return for an opt-out from its charter of fundamental rights
Brussels backs ‘clean coal’
Up to six ‘clean coal’ power stations are set to be built across the European Union after leaders gave their support to €1bn of funding for carbon capture projects
EU set to fund first ‘clean coal’ plant
Yorkshire-based Powerfuel is expected to win €180m of European Union funding to build Britain’s first large-scale carbon capture power station, which is due to go into operation by 2015
Germans fail to see the light on bulbs
Germans, Austrians and Hungarians are hoarding energy-hungry light bulbs, which haven fallen out of favour in other European countries, ahead of a European Union ban that takes effect next month
Ukraine to receive $1.7bn energy finance
Brussels and international lenders unveiled a preliminary agreement to assist Ukraine financially – enabling it to reform its energy sector and pump a stable supply of Russian gas to Europe
Brussels unveils plans to tackle gas crisis
The proposed directive requires members to draft contingency measures for a 60-day disruption of gas supplies in cold weather, and gives the EU more leeway to declare a gas emergency
Transit states release tension on Nabucco
The ambitious pipeline proposal to bring natural gas to the European Union from the Caspian region will pass its first significant milestone on Monday when an agreement between the project’s backers is signed
Fight against recession tops Sweden’s agenda
Top of Sweden’s priorities for its European Union presidency are the fight against the financial crisis, and the need for an international climate change accord at a Copenhagen conference in December
Paris ready to sell Areva stake
French government is preparing to sell up to 15 per cent of its nuclear champion in an effort to raise €2bn
