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Equinor safely stores CO2 in the Norwegian North Sea. The Northern Lights project will start storing CO2 in 2024, and the new Smeaheia license has the potential to store 20 MT of CO2 annually, transported from Belgium through a new pipeline.

ANALYSIS Almost 20 names in running for EU top jobs

With four months until the European Parliament elections, there are already some 20 names in the hat for the ensuing reshuffle of EU top jobs. Read on »

EU vows to help African 'health sovereignty' after Covid

The EU will step up its support of Africa's healthcare and vaccine production to ensure that the continent can respond to future health emergencies, the bloc's health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday. Read on »

OPINION Why a Chinese car battery plant in Hungary is not a good idea

Like many other Chinese-owned companies, electric car company Build Your Dreams is subject to the PRC's National Intelligence Law, which mandates that companies provide information to Chinese intelligence agencies, writes Megan Khoo of London-based NGO Hong Kon Watch. Read on »

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Germany announces €16bn gas expansion

German ministers approved a €16bn plan to subsidise four gas-fired power plants, which can supply up to 10 gigawatts of electricity. The EU Commission, which previously raised concerns over Germany's gas expansion plans, must still approve the subsidies. Read on »

INTERVIEW Lead Green MEP: 'The economic system is failing farmers'

EUobserver sat down with one of the two newly-elected Green Spitzenkandidates, Bas Eickhout MEP, vice-chair of the environment committee, to discuss the farmers' protests, as well as the challenges facing the Green Deal and the group's priorities for June's elections. Read on »

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