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A rural energy economy with renewable liquid gas has big climate potential, says report [Advocacy Lab Content]

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 02:48
Ewa Abramiuk-Lété, general manager of Liquid Gas Europe, says new data shows that with the right policy framework, Europe could produce up to 350 TWh of renewable liquid gas by 2050 by working with rural areas.
Categories: European Union

The moment of truth. Italian newspaper lets AI write and publish entire edition

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 02:25
Il Foglio's AI experiment highlights the direction of newsroom efficiency. AI in journalism could free journalists for more in-depth reporting, or it could further aggregate low-cost content.
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria’s free heart disease drug scheme significantly reduces hospitalisations

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 01:55
The added longevity resulting from the medication scheme and its improved level of treatment adherence, amounts to 5.25 years per patient, claims the Bulgarian health insurance agency, NHIF.
Categories: European Union

Commission long-term plan on medical countermeasures expected in June

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 19:42
The planned medical countermeasures strategy will also likely be discussed in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – ‘Je suis Marine Le Pen’

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 18:32
Attacks on France's judicial independence have already begun – and they started long before today’s ruling.
Categories: European Union

Belgium bans display of tobacco in shops amid wave of anti-smoking laws

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 18:27
In January, the country also became the first in the EU to ban disposable vapes, citing environmental and health concerns.
Categories: European Union

UK fishers warn government against concessions to ‘bullying’ EU politicians 

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 17:43
Swedish EU Affairs Minister Jessica Rosencrantz, like other EU ministers, said she would like to see fisheries linked to an EU-UK security pact.  
Categories: European Union

France targets pesticide pollution in new water strategy

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 17:22
The timing of the French roadmap is no coincidence, as the European Commission announced its intention to present an EU Water Resilience Strategy in the second quarter of 2025.
Categories: European Union

Japan’s version of Digital Markets Act designates its gatekeepers

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 16:09
In Japan, 40 million people in a country of 120 million have to be using a platform in order for it to be designated a dominant player.
Categories: European Union

EU-Thailand trade talks resume as Spain worries about tuna sector

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 15:46
Alfonso Rueda, president of the government of Galicia, said he would fight to prevent the liberalisation of tuna imports as part of the free trade agreement.
Categories: European Union

European companies lead fleet electrification efforts

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 15:41
To speed up the transition, the companies are hoping for an extra push from Brussels.
Categories: European Union

Can ageing Germany scrounge up enough workers to pull off the green transition?

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 14:32
The country currently lacks more than 200,000 skilled workers in STEM fields for the renewable sector – a shortage likely to get worse in the future.
Categories: European Union

Apple receives antitrust fine in France for “ask app not to track” framework

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 14:02
After preliminary findings in Germany, France went a step further in finding that Apple broke the law.
Categories: European Union

Commission opens public consultation on ‘European Democracy Shield’

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 12:35
"Now is the moment  to step up our actions to better protect and promote democracy in the EU and to reinforce public trust," Commissioner Micheal McGrath said of the European Democracy Shield proposal.
Categories: European Union

Le Pen faces immediate five-year ban from public office

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 12:26
She was sentenced to four years‘ imprisonment, two of which were suspended, and two years’ imprisonment to be served at her home with an electronic tag. She was also fined €100,000.
Categories: European Union

Empowering Europe: Unleashing cobalt’s potential to ensure economic security and green prosperity [Promoted content]

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 12:00
Cobalt is essential for the European Union and its citizens. It has been designated both as a critical and strategic raw material, and when it is used it is typically essential. From defence to electronics, batteries (for example in electric vehicles) to semiconductors, we need cobalt to keep secure, green, and modern societies functioning.
Categories: European Union

EU governments want more gas storage flexibility, document shows

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 11:28
The European Commission should be allowed to further cut the filling goal “in case of persistent unfavourable market conditions,” a new draft compromise shows.
Categories: European Union

Marine Le Pen to hear verdict in Paris courtroom

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 07:23
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about the far-right candidate brewing trouble in Poland’s presidential race, Meloni trying to save Albania migration centres again, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Meloni tries to save Albania migration centres, again

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 07:10
The new decree will now allow the transfer of migrants with a return decision already in Italy to the Albania centres.
Categories: European Union

Europe Is Losing Valuable Aluminium: Why We Must Keep Scrap Here [Promoted content]

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 07:00
Europe is bleeding strategic raw materials. In 2023 alone, over 1.2 million tonnes of aluminium scrap left the EU—critical resources we urgently need for our green transition and industrial resilience.
Categories: European Union

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