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The energy crisis persists – what measures are governments taking now?

Sunday, Apr 12, 2026

Der Standard

EU nations react to high energy prices with tax cuts and subsidies; gas production is increasing in Romania.

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European countries are implementing measures such as tax cuts, subsidies, and coal postponements in response to persistently high oil and gas prices, as detailed in an article about the energy crisis. Additionally, the Neptune Deep project aims to double natural gas production at the Transocean Barents drilling platform in Romania. Experts predict that energy prices will likely remain high, depending on the course of the conflict in Iran, even after a two-week ceasefire was announced.

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At the heart of PULSE are 10 leading national news outlets (Delfi – Lithuania, Deník Referendum – Czechia, Der Standard – Austria, EfSyn – Greece, El Confidencial – Spain, Gazeta Wyborcza – Poland, HotNews – Romania, HVG – Hungary, Il Sole 24 Ore – Italy, Mediapool – Bulgaria) and three transnational organisations, including OBCT , n-ost and Voxeurop .

PULSE’s offering also includes the distribution of free content to third-party outlets and the animation of four thematic networks open to any European journalist interested in crucial issues such as EU enlargement, Europe and other global powers, the green transition, or media and information society.

PULSE is driven by a sort of virtual transnational newsroom made up of journalists from all the publications involved, which produces new journalistic content on European issues in a collaborative way on a daily basis, coming in many languages. A further layer of associated partners and journalists enriches PULSE’s editorial output, which amounts to over a thousand publications per year.