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Energy minister Stephen Gethins is urging the UK Government to take action and lower household bills for families feeling the pinch with high costs.

UHI Institute for Northern Studies welcomed Scottish Government Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Energy Stephen Gethins MSP to Orkney on Thursday 13 August. During the visit, the minister heard about the institute’s internationally significant research and teaching across areas including sustainable development, Scottish heritage and island studies. Professor Donna Heddle, Director of UHI Institute for Northern Studies, welcomed the minister alongside Dr Beth Mouat, UHI Dean of Research and Innovation; Professor Alex Sanmark and Professor Andrew Jennings from the institute; Ali Hepburn from UHI Orkney; and Inga Burton from Orkney Islands Council.

Several lewd comments were made on a post Mr Gethins shared of a visit to Baitul Mahmood Mosque.

THE Scottish Government has announced that it will support the development of Shetland's clean fuels hub which will be operating by 2030. Energy Minister Stephen Gethins has announced that Veri Energy, who are in charge of developing the hub at Sullum Voe Terminal, will received almost £760,000. The hub will produce hydrogen and e-methanol, with the latter to be produced for a proposed sustainable aviation fuel plant in…

Letter from External Affairs Minister to the Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the occasion of the start of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The grants will look to establish a regional offshore wind skills hub for the Highlands and Islands in Scotland.

Without a legal basis and a plan for a peaceful transition of power in Iran, it is as foolish today as it was ten years ago to endorse military action, writes Stephen Gethins

Politicians need to focus less on political drama and more on substantive policy issues

"It is no surprise that those who shouted the loudest about the benefits of leaving the EU a decade ago are the quietest on its effects now"

Nearly a decade after the 2016 referendum, the effects of Brexit are no longer theoretical. They are visible in the economy, in pressures on public finances, and in the UK’s changing role…