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EU Proposes Common Digital Identity Wallet

Reading Time: < 1 minute The European Commission believes introducing a digital identity wallet in the EU would result in…

4 years ago

Czech Auto Sector: Targeting Lithium

Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the world’s leading car producers, the Czech Republic, has a lot at stake in…

4 years ago

Bill Gates & the EU Pledge $1 Billion for Green Technologies

Reading Time: < 1 minute @bill gates' @Breakthrough Energy Ventures joins the @European Commission to push decarbonisation of sectors like…

4 years ago

EU Tax Transparency Rules Agreed

Reading Time: < 1 minute New EU Tax Transparency rules will force huge multinationals in the EU to declare their…

4 years ago

AI & Blockchain: European Investment Bank warns of EUR 10bn funding gap

Reading Time: < 1 minute EIB warns Europe will be left behind in AI and blockchain technologies if it doesn't…

4 years ago

EU Battery Regulation: Finding the Missing Element

The EU has big plans to scale up battery production in Europe to make the major switch from fossil fuels…

4 years ago

Czech Police Suggest Indicting PM Babis

Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš should be indicted over charges of fraud involving European Union subsidies, according to a recommendation…

4 years ago

Covid Passes & Prospects for Summer

Reading Time: 3 minutes More than 43% of the EU population has already been vaccinated at least once, and the…

4 years ago

Hungarian Electricity Company Aims Further Regional Expansion

Reading Time: < 1 minute Regional ambitions of Hungary's MVM electricity group seems to bear fruits: since 2016 its net…

4 years ago

Hungary Hosts Region’s Largest Solar Plant

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Chinese-financed solar energy plant inaugurated in Hungary is part of the Asian giant's regional…

4 years ago

The Ryanair Incident: An Overt Challenge to the EU

The EU was unusually unified and prompt in condemning Belarus for “hijacking” the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair plane. The European…

4 years ago

Digital Marketing Act Too Weak, say Member States

Lawmakers in some of the most influential EU member states say the Union's Digital Marketing Act (DMA), set to regulate…

4 years ago

Russia Bans Flights from the EU

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia shows its clear alignment in the EU-Belarus air crisis

4 years ago

Slovenia’s PM Facing Increased EU Scrutiny

Slovenia's prime minister, Janez Janša, is facing increasing pressure from the European Union as his country is poised to take…

4 years ago

Several EU Countries Call to Strengthen Common Biofuel Oversight

In a joint statement sent to the European Commission, five member states have issued a call to establish stricter supervision…

4 years ago

Hungary Reduces Tax Rate on Cryptocurrencies

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Hungarian government hopes taxing cryptocurrencies could lead to more transparency.

4 years ago

Plastics Study Singles Out 20 Polluters

Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the…

4 years ago

How a Slovak “brAIn” is Revolutionizing Renewable Energy Consumption

Known as the “Airbnb of clean energy” and “brAIn,” the Slovak startup Fuergy is a Central European success story in…

4 years ago

EU Summit: New Sanctions Against Belarus Agreed

After what is being called the hijacking of a Ryanair flight from Athens-Vilnius on Sunday, heads of state and governments…

4 years ago

Drone Driven Agro-Machine Learning Helps Farmers

A Ukrainian start-up, Horos.ai promises to help farmers maximize yield, and minimize herbicide and water use with drone technology-driven machine…

4 years ago