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Nikolaus J. Kurmayer

@nkurmayer.bsky.social

Journalist - energy, climate, buildings and occasionally politics @Euractiv Tell me what I got wrong: nikolaus.kurmayer@euractiv.com

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Rudi Bachmann@bachmannrudi.bsky.social · 5h ago

Ich freue mich: Unser Aufsatz „Monopsony Makes Firms Not Only Small but Also Unproductive: Why East Germany Has Not Converged“ mit @christian-bayer.bsky.social, Heiko Stüber und Felix Wellschmied ist in der Review of Economic Studies erschienen. doi.org/10.1093/rest...

Monopsony Makes Firms Not Only Small but Also Unproductive: Why East Germany has Not Converged

Abstract. When employers face a trade-off between being large and paying low wages—and in this sense have monopsony power—some productive employers decide

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Nikolaus J. Kurmayer@nkurmayer.bsky.social · 2d ago

More on the Irish mafia: “We’re the land of storytellers, and there’s a great value that we might quite intrinsically have in translating complex policy into clear relatable stories,” said Andrea Pappin, who was Ireland’s spokeswoman during its last EU presidency, in 2013.

Eddy Wax@eddywax.bsky.social · 2d ago

What makes Irish speechwriters and spokespeople so ubiquitous in the EU institutions? Is it their networking skills, their English language prowess, their love of storytelling? I set out to find out by speaking to some wordsmiths with Brussels experience www.euractiv.com/news/eus-voi...

Nikolaus J. Kurmayer@nkurmayer.bsky.social · 4d ago

As first reported by Euractiv, Ukraine is racing to aid France in its battle against the Bordeaux fires Our flagship newsletter by @eddywax.bsky.social and @nicolettaionta.bsky.social gives you the news you need to know before they happen! www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

Meloni exploits Spain’s migration crisis | Euractiv

Also, in Thursday’s edition: Irish speechwriters, Ukrainian firefighters, Russian sanctions

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Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 4d ago

For the first time ever, Ukraine is joining the 🇪🇺 Civil Protection Mechanism as a provider of assistance. A 70-member Ukrainian firefighting team is on its way to France to help battle the wildfires.

Nikolaus J. Kurmayer@nkurmayer.bsky.social · 2w ago

!! Not a drill, the ECB new Euro banknote design survey is out If you like the bird design, click on the link: surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/neweuro If you are team 'Beethoven', please unfollow me Should you have no idea what im talking about, my colleague Martina Monti wrote about whats at stake:

Euro identity crisis: Beethoven or birds? | Euractiv

Europe has been soul-searching for years. Now it has to settle on an answer, and print it

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Georg Zachmann@gzachmann.bsky.social · 3w ago

We have something new for you! Today we launched the Bruegel ETS Tracker. Based on the great work by Jan Abrell you can now easily access: - emissions by sector, location, installation, time - allocation - auction revenues - carbon prices ets.bruegel.org [feedback more than welcome]

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Georg Zachmann@gzachmann.bsky.social · last mo.

This is @keliauskaite.bsky.social last gas-tracker update. So time for a big THANK YOU for the very productive and fun cooperation at Bruegel during the last three years! [We will reduce update frequency during summer and return to regular updates in September].

Ugne Keliauskaite@keliauskaite.bsky.social · last mo.

Updated @bruegel.org European gas import data for week 26, June LNG and Q2 2026 gas imports by source: 📊 download data: www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

Nikolaus J. Kurmayer@nkurmayer.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to the Irish presidency. Maybe you, like me, have started noticing the many Irishmen and women in energy. Where is this 'clean energy mafia', as key player Eamon Ryan put it, coming from? Spoiler: its a byproduct of being an island nation, some argue. www.euractiv.com/news/how-the...

How the ‘Irish clean energy mafia’ is taking over Brussels | Euractiv

There were forty shades of green in Europe's energy transition even before Dublin assumed the Council presidency today

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Ben McWilliams@bmcwilliams.bsky.social · last mo.

European natural gas storages are relatively low for this time of year, but still on track to reach 80 percent by 1 November. Storages are 48 percent full on June 27. Extrapolating the recent 30 days trend meets the needed 0.25 %pts/day to reach 80 percent.

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