Energy price brakes: How does the money from the relief get to consumers?

Price brakes are launched How does the money get to the consumer? 03/02/2023, 11:06 am (updated) The government has introduced various measures to relieve consumers financially. A one-time payment already existed for many. The capped prices for energy come into effect today. Energy price brakes have been in effect in Germany since March 1st. By […]

Fix, don’t destroy. Brussels embarked on reforming the energy market

Although the temporary peak of energy prices in Europe is behind us, the coming months and years will not be easy either. Fluctuations in energy prices before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have shown clear flaws in the current system – and the European Union now intends to confront these problems, Bloomberg reports. The […]

Electricity and gas: basic suppliers are almost always the cheapest option

The gas and electricity market remains very tight and volatile. A change from the basic service to a special contract is rarely worthwhile in the cases examined. This is the result of a study by the Energy Market Observatory of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations (vzbv). According to this, in November 2022, the basic […]

Children and young people must not suffer from savings!

In a joint appeal, the mayors call for children’s rights to be guaranteed at all times, despite inflation and the energy crisis. The undersigned represent communities that have set themselves the goal of emphasizing children’s rights at all levels. They point out that the specific interests of children and young people were already given little […]

Scientists have moved the clock of the last judgment. There isn’t much time left

Rewrite this content After a long time, the hands moved again due to the nuclear threat. The scientists explicitly mentioned Russian aggression and increasing the risk of resorting to the desperate step of using nuclear weapons. Due to the conflict in Ukraine, the scientists issued statements in English, Ukrainian and Russian. However, the risk of […]

Electricity and gas: basic suppliers are almost always the cheapest option

Rewrite this content The gas and electricity market remains very tight and volatile. A change from the basic service to a special contract is rarely worthwhile in the cases examined. This is the result of a study by the Energy Market Observatory of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations (vzbv). According to this, in November […]

Nuclear power is now experiencing a major renaissance in Europe

Rewrite this content While only a few years ago the Czech Republic was one of the few countries that considered the further development of the core in Europe, now other developed countries of Western Europe are joining the group. And that either by extending the life of the existing blocks, which they originally wanted to […]