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The strikes of postal workers and a dozen or so rail carriers planned for the next few days have been canceled due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, announced the British trade unions today.more

Temporary suspension of the EU emissions trading system would be a better way to reduce electricity costs than the extraordinary tax proposed by the European Commission imposed on its producers - believes Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, quoted today by the Financial Times.more

Workers at Royal Mail have announced further strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions.more

Debt collection companies are seeing a sharp increase in the number of cases involving unpaid gas and electricity bills, reports the daily newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. "This is only the beginning" - estimates the newspaper.more

There is not much that can be done to prevent the British economy from falling into recession, admitted Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey. He emphasized that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, was responsible for this.more

Europe must prepare for the worst-case scenario: the complete cut-off of Russian gas supplies this winter, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in the parliament.more

The average house price increased by 0.4% month on month in August to hit a new record high, offsetting a 0.1% dip in July, according to an index. Across the UK, property values were up by 11.5% annually in August.more

Tens of thousands of businesses are at risk of going under without government support because of soaring energy bills, according to insolvency experts.more

The boss of Halfords has warned that the cost-of-living crisis is creating “a risk to road safety” as drivers buy older cars and struggle with maintenance costs.more

The average annual energy bill in the 16 EU countries is higher than the monthly wage for those working with the lowest earnings. This has been revealed by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the organization of trade unions in Europe, reports the Belgian agency.more

The Czech Republic is the least accessible country in Europe due to the possibility of owning your own apartment, the purchase of a new apartment is an average of 13.31 gross annual salaries, according to a report by the consulting company Deloitte. The best in this respect are, among others Ireland and Denmark; Poland is in the middle of the pack.more

Employees expect inflation-adjusting benefits from companies, most preferably in the form of a pay rise (65 per cent) or a bonus (34 per cent). One in five respondents also point to fuel subsidies and one in eight to free meals at work, according to a survey by Personnel Service.more

Hundreds of Dutch people are forced to live in their cars and their numbers are increasing, reports the RTL Nieuws portal. This new form of homelessness is a consequence of poverty and lack of housing, the portal assesses.more

One of the UK’s biggest chicken producers has warned food security could be under threat and shoppers exposed to a "price shock" after a more than threefold surge in the price of carbon dioxide (CO2).more

Clemens Fuest, head of the Munich-based economic research institute (Ifo), in an interview with the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, predicts a sharp economic slowdown.more

Charles Michel, President of the European Council, stated that the European Commission should not wait until Ursula von der Leyen's speech scheduled for September 14 on solving the energy crisis and reducing the price of Russian gas, writes Politico.more

According to a study by UCE RESEARCH and the BLIX Group, more than half of Poles fear that stores may soon be out of stock. The reason for this thinking is rising inflation and the war in Ukraine. It is usually talked about by the elderly, as well as by those with the lowest education and those from small towns.more

Households are going to be hit with a “winter like never before” this year, with the cost-of-living crisis and rising energy costs, the boss of the UK’s third-biggest energy company warned on Thursday. more

London Fire Brigade on Thursday welcomed two brand-new “state of the art” fire and rescue river boats into its fleet as part of a £40 million investment from City Hall.more

British oil giant Shell has informed Russia that it will not participate in the new Sakhalin 2 energy project.more

Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the government will invest £ 700 million in the construction of the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant. British energy needs.more

Using an electric car in the Netherlands is currently more expensive than driving a gasoline car, reports the daily De Telegraaf. The newspaper's calculations show that driving 100 kilometers with a gasoline car costs about 15 euros, while with an "electric car" - one euro more.more

Households across Britain will be hit by a “winter like never before” with people going hungry and cold unless the Government acts swiftly, an energy chief warned on Thursday.more

Worries over the prospects for the UK economy led the pound to slide by about 5% against the US dollar in August.more

Workers at nine train operating companies and at railways operator Network Rail will strike for 24 hours from midday on September 26, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) has said.more