Crucial vote next week for EU decarbonisation
MEPs on the environment committee of the European Parliament (ENVI) will vote on a tranche of environmental proposals early next week....
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There are no winners in war, but it does matter who loses: history turns on it – CET
The war in Ukraine is a further nail in the coffin of the Pax Americana. Donald Trump began the dismantling of...
Discount flyers want fairer fuel deal
A group of four European budget airlines have allied to lobby against them shouldering the bulk of the cost of the...
EU formulates three-point battery strategy
EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic laid out the bloc’s plans how to build capacity in critical raw materials for batteries along...
EU to prolong Covid e-certificate scheme
The European Commission (EC) on Thursday announced its intension to extend the validity of EU Digital COVID Certificates by another year,...
Will hydrogen save Europe during the energy transition?
One well-known energy resource has great potential as an increasingly cost-effective source of clean energy: namely, hydrogen. It can play an...
Estonia among least corrupt countries – TI
Estonia and Austria have the cleanest economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) according to the latest annual report by the...
Slovakia most resilient on consumption
Household consumption expenditure decreased by an unprecedented 8% in the EU year-on-year in 2020, according to a new survey by the...
CEE baseload electricity prices off the scale
Wholesale electricity prices reached all-time highs in Europe in the third quarter of 2021, spiking by 211% year-on-year, the European Commission...
EU hails digital act as global model
MEPs voted through the Digital Services Act (DSA) in a plenary vote at the European Parliament on Thursday afternoon. The DSA...
Rule of law in Western Balkans not improving despite EUR 700m in EU funds
EUR 700 million spent on developing the rule of law in the Western Balkans has failed to deliver tangible results, according...
Austria delays mandatory vaccine scheme
Austria will delay its controversial mandatory vaccination programme by two months until April for technical reasons, electronic health record office ELGA...
EU to help Moldova pay bills with EUR 150m aid
Aspirant EU-member Moldova could receive EUR 150 million from the bloc after the European Commission approved funding on Tuesday. The EU...
EU mulls controversial move to deem nuclear, gas as ‘green investments’
The European Commission (EC) is considering classifying investments in nuclear and natural gas as sustainable under its new “green taxonomy” regulations...
Wizz Air makes massive reduction of routes
Central and Eastern Europe's premier budget air carrier appears to have initiated a significant pull-back in terms of where it flies....
EU approves fifth anti-COVID vaccine
The European Commission (EC) granted conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for the Nuvaxovid jab on Monday after it was greenlit by the...
Montenegro ponders how to pay off massive infrastructure debt to China
Construction of the Mateševo-Smokovac section of Montenegro's 41-kilometre long Bar-Boljare highway is set to be finished in January 2022. Now, how...
EU to phase out carbon energy funding by 2030
The EU is rewriting its energy infrastructure investment rules to fully align them with its Green Deal programme. The three main...
MEPs approve bill targeting US tech giants
EU lawmakers overwhelmingly adopted a position in favour of the Digital Markets Act on Wednesday, which would put constraints on "gatekeeper"...
Moldova makes no secret of EU ambition
Moldovan President Maia Sandu said in no uncertain terms that her country will pursue EU accession ahead of today's Eastern Partnership...