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This year's COP28 climate summit in Dubai for the first time addressed the use of artificial intelligence in the fight against global warming. The goal must be to place AI at the service of all humanity rather than letting it become a new generator of inequality, writes Dr Stephen Minas.

Allowing workers to engage with their company’s management and make a meaningful impact at the plant level has a multiplier effect that boosts democracy and Europe’s green and digital transitions according to the Hans-Böckler Foundation, which focuses on codetermination. The...

Wine and spirits should be exempt from future EU repackaging rules, EU environment ministers decided on Monday (18 December), angering beer producers who will have to comply with the new rules which include a new deposit system.

Following years of advocacy efforts, Belgium is mobilising a specialised team as part of a national action plan to combat sepsis, after a recent broadcast on Belgian TV on this life-threatening condition created waves in parliament, helping to push the national sepsis plan into action.

A European Commission report on the implementation of the interim regulation on online child sexual abuse material called for improved standardisation and reporting of data submitted by member states on their actions under the temporary rules.

All EU countries except Hungary have signed a joint declaration to protect Europe's wind industry from “unfair trade practices” coming from Chinese manufacturers.

In theory, political convention requires the leaders of the EU27 to decide on whether to open a new convention on EU treaty reform after the European Parliament formally demanded one.  In practice, however, treaty reform was not on the agenda...

By refusing to table a target for 2030, France is failing to implement the EU's renewable energy directive, the European Commission said on Monday (18 December) as part of its "recommendations" on the country's draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP).

With the last negotiating session approaching next month, the private sector and civil society are increasingly questioning the compatibility of the UN Cybercrime Convention draft text with EU values and human rights standards.

France could soon build several nuclear reactors in Sweden, according to a letter of intent signed by the two countries' energy ministers on the sidelines of the EU's Energy Council on Tuesday (19 December).

Europe’s ambitious targets to replace increasing quantities of fossil kerosene with green aviation fuels will be extremely challenging to meet - though with a broad and evolving mix of fuel sources, as well as sustained political and industry support, it is within grasp.

EU ministers are ready to fund walls, fences, and barbed wire in third countries to prevent migrants' departures, and boost surveillance at EU borders as part of a migration ‘solidarity’ mechanism, according to closed-doors negotiations among EU lawmakers on Monday and Tuesday (18-19 December).

The plethora of EU legislation proposed in 2021 to cut emissions was largely finalised in 2023, with new rules passed that will significantly alter the environmental impact of transport in Europe.

The Verhofstadt report is centralism on steroids. It may reflect the dreams and ambitions of Europe’s so-called pro-European elite, but not those of its peoples – or the ECR Group.

European countries are miles away from comprehensive post-stroke care plans that look beyond healthcare and are failing to collect basic data on the lives of stroke patients, health stakeholders have warned.

Turin's famed gianduiotto, a small, creamy chocolate that melts on the tongue, is at the centre of a battle for European recognition pitting Italian artisans against Swiss giant Lindt.

A volcano erupted late on Monday (18 December) in southwest Iceland, spewing lava and smoke across a wide area after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country's Meteorological Office said, threatening a nearby town.

The Council of EU member states voted on Monday (18 December) in favour of more exemptions for carboard and wine bottles from reuse targets in a bid to shore up support for the EU’s packaging waste regulation ahead of decisive talks with the European Parliament to finalise the law next year.

Frontline Ukrainian troops face shortages of artillery shells and have scaled back some military operations because of a shortfall of foreign assistance, a senior army general told Reuters.

Several countries have agreed to jointly carry out patrols in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to try to safeguard commercial shipping against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, who say they are supporting Palestinians under siege by Israel in the Gaza Strip.