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Households with smart meters could be paid for turning off high-energy appliances such as washing machines during peak times to reduce the risk of blackouts this winter.more

Households struggling with the rising cost of living in the UK will receive some help this winter, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said. more

Saturday is the second day of the UK railroad's nationwide strike this week. Just like on Thursday, only approx. 20 percent trains are in service, but in reduced hours.more

Cineworld shares have plummeted after reports the cinema chain is preparing to file for bankruptcy “within weeks”. Shares dived by two-thirds within minutes of reports by the Wall Street Journal that the world’s second biggest cinema business has hired lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis and consultants from AlixPartners to advise the bankruptcy process.more

Families are looking ahead to a grim winter as experts predict the cap on energy bills will hit close to £3,600 per year from October - before rising again in April next year.more

More and more Germans have started to save money due to rising prices, according to a survey conducted by ARD. Most, 70 per cent, are trying to save electricity.more

A rather unusual problem with millenials and generation Z has the authorities in the Land of the Cherry Blossom. It has emerged that young Japanese consume significantly less alcoholic beverages than their parents. Companies producing spirits are losing out, as is the state budget. Therefore, the Japanese government decided to organise a campaign to promote drinking.more

Calls for immediate government intervention are becoming urgent, as more and more UK businesses are having to shut down over the cost of living crisis. more

The EU economy continues to grow, the number of surplus deaths is declining, but the economic sentiment has worsened significantly, according to the August statistical data package released on Thursday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), which focuses on economic indicators showing the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.more

Poland is not threatened by the risk of a blackout, but it is not impossible to increase the supply levels, experts from the Polish Economic Institute. They pointed out that our country was a net exporter of electricity until mid-year.more

The average spending on utility bills rose 43.9 per cent year-on-year in Julymore

GMB London, which represents some water workers, called on Thames Water and the Government to implement Victorian-era plans to move water from Welsh lakes to London and the south east to help combat drought.more

The UK could become a leading producer of red wine due to rising temperatures from climate change, a new study claims. more

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for 15 million customers across the south of England. more

The UK's annual inflation rate rose to 10.1 per cent in July. - reported the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday. This is another month when it is at its highest level in 40 years, but the first time since February 1982 that it has reached double digits.more

The German government plans to postpone the closure of the country's last three operating nuclear power plants, currently planned for the end of the current year, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing three officials in Olaf Scholz's government. This information was denied by the economy ministry in Berlin.more

Supermarket bills in Great Britain will soar by £533, or more than £10 a week, as grocery price inflation hits its highest level since at least 2008.more

Unemployment in Wales continues to be low but it has become the only UK area where the number of people employed fell in the three months to June. more

The UK's largest gas storage facility, which has not been used for this purpose since 2017, has been re-approved for use by security inspectors, which will allow it to begin stockpiling for the winter, the Daily Telegraph reported.more

Pay has fallen further behind the rising cost of living, according the latest official data.more

Poland is as strong as never before, and the war in Ukraine has made it a central player in European politics. This, in turn, is a challenge for Brussels, assesses the German daily Die Welt.more

Growing numbers of Britons are parting with their pets – from cats and dogs to snakes and lizards – as the cost-of-living crunch keeps biting.more

Regulated train fares in England will rise below the rate of inflation next year to help people with the cost of living crisis, the government has said. more

Water samples from the Oder River will be tested for 300 potential substances, stated Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa. Yesterday, a meeting of the Environment and Water Management Ministers of Poland and Germany on the pollution of the river was held in Szczecin.more

Vladimir Putin's tyranny and his war in Ukraine have awoken Europe's 'sleeping giant', Germany, which must now change its energy, foreign and defence policies. For Berlin, this is an opportunity; for the Russian president, it could become a nightmare, writes the Economist.more