Journalist - energy, climate, buildings and occasionally politics @Euractiv Tell me what I got wrong: nikolaus.kurmayer@euractiv.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mwirisdpcs2bIncidentally, this speaks to some of the issues in the Brussels media ecosystem We see an EU-subsidised outlet claim a breaking news to its artifical audience a story first reported elsewhere without giving due credit to Reuters (like we, for example, did because we have ethics) [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwirisdpcs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mwirbv6udc2bEuro-breaking-news as first reported by... Reuters on Friday night, Euractiv on Saturday morning, Bloomberg on Saturday afternoon Classy ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwirbv6udc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mwdlar4au22kMan denkt: Geil, Söder will Steuerlast umschichten (stromsteuer anyone?) Söder: CO2-Preis muss weg [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdlar4au22khttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mw456a7m2c2cWorthwhile victory lap [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw456a7m2c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mvvfjcmvvs25GaLiGrü aus MV19 Sep 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvfjcmvvs25https://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mvkcxhvpqc2iBanger ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkcxhvpqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3muua6zfhfk2jLeg mich fest: AfD unter 40% in Sachsen-Anhalt06 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muua6zfhfk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3murufulm5s22So we can all agree that liking olives is correlated with aging, dampened tastebuds, right05 Sep 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3murufulm5s22https://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mujiczm5y22jTaking all bets as to whether this is Theranos 2.0 [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujiczm5y22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mugvwncabc2iWhy nobody in the wind industry feels like celebrating what will likely become a record year https://www.euractiv.com/news/wind-industry-downbeat-despite-being-on-track-for-record-deployment-this-year/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugvwncabc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mucluaod2c2sIceland said no. Read this prescient piece by my collague @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social reporting from Grundarfjörður to find out why! https://www.euractiv.com/news/referendum-enlargement-this-icelander-smells-something-fishy-in-brussels/30 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucluaod2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtt6l5is5c2uAlle wollen schreiben, keiner will mehr lesen24 Aug 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6l5is5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtlxsyz5e22kÖsterreich und die Obsession mit der Bodenversiegelung21 Aug 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlxsyz5e22khttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtlus76fr223Why 2026 Europe shouldn't be compared to 2021/2022 Europe https://www.euractiv.com/news/historic-low-storage-levels-are-not-a-gas-supply-crisis/21 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlus76fr223https://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtjbr6xa3s2qI'm in my thirties and excited for the upcoming Linkin Park Unshatter movie -- are there self-help groups for this20 Aug 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjbr6xa3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtjaylrayk2qhttps://www.euractiv.com/opinion/europe-should-read-taiwans-little-orange-book/20 Aug 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjaylrayk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtb5r6o5cs2wI'm as much anti-farmer as the next guy... But its extremely dangerous and worrying to see this kind of rhetoric from an influential Brusselite alleging that democratically elected MEPs are engaging in corruption by voting down green rules they'd be most affected by (&hence most informed on) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb5r6o5cs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msiatcc2622nQuick reality check: in Kosovo, amost 90% of energy still comes from burning stuff, the country is currently weighing the odds whether to gasify its lignite, and how to make use of US support https://kosovotwopointzero.com/en/coal-burns-while-plans-for-gas-remain-in-the-air07 Aug 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiatcc2622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msi3hn6rnc2gUS with a 15% tariff on poly from 4 December https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/adjusting-imports-of-polysilicon-and-its-derivatives-into-the-united-states/07 Aug 2026 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi3hn6rnc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msfl5kfkfs2jBig news coming out of Germany, via @emmapirnay.bsky.social Now where can I get some https://www.euractiv.com/news/novo-nordisk-announces-first-eu-country-for-wegovy-pill-launch/ https://www.euractiv.com/news/novo-nordisk-announces-first-eu-country-for-wegovy-pill-launch/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=euractiv.com06 Aug 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfl5kfkfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msazyvuedk2xHungarian PM now giving a livestream press conference in front of the empty cooling water pool at the Paks nuclear plant [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msazyvuedk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3ms6tg6x5vc2zEither demand reduction worked really well in Hungary or the country has not yet been able to secure the usual level of electricity imports from neighbours for tomorrow (24 hours from now) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6tg6x5vc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3ms67knjmfs2wThis post made me read the book, I'm a third in and its fantastic, would recommend to the younger EU mainland crowd (treating it as partially fictitious) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms67knjmfs2w