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It could be a sunnier summer for the Eurozone after the European Central Bank (ECB) hinted it might finally cut high interest rates that have enriched banks but…
A new “green” European Union tax might have some ugly, unintended consequences.
The Dutch Porthos project that aims to capture and store CO2 from industry in empty gasfields beneath the North Sea is proving much more expensive than initially…
In his farewell address George Washington urged his compatriots and their descendants to restrict America’s involvement in the world and avoid entangling alliances.
Former US president Donald Trump's “nationalism” poses a danger to his own country, Germany's Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck claimed.
Sławomir Mentzen MP, a leader of the Polish right-wing Confederation party who was at a farmers’ protest outside the Polish Parliament, accused the police of…
Poland’s Government crowed that it persuaded the European Commission to revise a deal on road transport between the European Union and Ukraine, which had prompted…
Many thousands of Germans were left facing delays as train drivers, airport-security workers and Lufthansa ground-staff walked off the job, spelling further headaches…
"It is Ursula von der Leyen's legacy that we have chosen regulation instead of innovation," Lindner told German newspaper Handelsblatt on March 6.
Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt said he would abolish a so-called "non-dom" status that let residents, including those in European Union countries, avoid…
The Dutch Parliament passed a move to build four new nuclear-power plants, doubling the planned two major installations originally envisaged.
There are two key kinds of diversity in Western liberal democracies. One visible. and one invisible.
The European Commission presented its first industrial defence strategy on March 5, along with a €1.
EU manufacturers of solar panels are swiftly going out of business, as cheaper Chinese imports outcompete them.
Hard-left environmentalists set fire to a high-voltage transformer in Tesla's Berlin-Brandenburg factory, resulting in a major power outage and a forced halt in…
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost, millions of people have been displaced, Western economies…
Brno, Czechia In the heart of South Moravia, the city of Brno stands as a vibrant hub of culture, education, and innovation.
The EU has decided to ban importing goods made using forced labour, in a move that also limits access to Chinese-made solar panels.
The EU has given payment providers just nine months to get ready to accept instant euro payments, a move that the bloc hopes will help European payment providers…
A proposed European Union crackdown on goods made with forced labour could cut the number of Chinese solar panels imported into the bloc, the European Commission…
In the world’s second-biggest ESG debt market, corporate clients are starting to walk away.
Belgian authorities have intercepted hundreds of tonnes of Russian wood despite EU sanctions that have been in effect since early 2022.
Hungary managed to unblock about €2 billion in European Union funds as Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government made further progress in the recovery of crucial…
The European Commission will hold back part of a payment of €82 million for the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) - but increase overall aid…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met protesting farmers in Warsaw and called for reform of both the European Union’s Green Deal and the EU free-trade agreement…
Travellers were left waiting in Germany as buses, trams and underground trains stood idle across most of the country at the culmination of a week of staggered public…
Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) hit a record high last year, driven partly by increased fossil fuel use in countries where droughts hampered…
Germany and Italy torpedoed a European Union law at the last minute that would have made companies liable for human-rights abuses in their supply chains - such as…
Two Swedish economists have issued a warning that the country’s wind-power industry is on the brink of a wave of bankruptcies.
MEPs have backed the implementation of further protections for so-called "quality" agricultural produce in the wake of the farmers' protests across Europe.
