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Heat pumps, considered crucial to climate-neutral heating, are another industrial sector in which nations compete over leadership. The EU learnt a harsh lesson from the loss of its solar industry, can it avoid a repeat of history?

The increasing need for critical raw materials essential to the energy transition and phasing out Russian fossil fuels requires more domestic EU production and a different mentality to mining on EU soil, the largest consortium in the sector warned last week.

The timely deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure across the EU, and smart taxation and charges, which encourage operators to decarbonise, are paramount for successfully decarbonising road transport. Raluca Marian is the Director EU Advocacy and General Delegate of IRU’s Permanent...

Deforestation is happening at a rapid pace and threatening food security everywhere. With the G7 Summit Meeting in June approaching, leaders are responsible for tackling deforestation as a major driver of climate change, writes Ani Dasgupta.  

Russia is ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine, in return for the lifting of some sanctions, the Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as saying on Wednesday (25 May).

Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s environment committee voted on a major overhaul of the EU’s carbon market last week, but it’s a long and possibly bumpy road to EU legislators shaking hands on the final deal.

Austria became the latest government to enter the green bond market with a €4-billion debt sale on Tuesday (24 May).

North Korea fired three missiles, including one thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on 25 May, after US President Joe Biden left Asia following a trip in which he agreed to new measures to deter the nuclear-armed state.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovenia confirming its first case of monkeypox, Denmark sending Harpoon launchers and missiles to Ukraine, and so much more.

Ukraine is gathering the bodies of dead Russian soldiers strewn among the rubble of formerly occupied towns and using everything from DNA to tattoos to verify their identities in the hope of exchanging them for prisoners of war.

Uncertainty around the NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden currently blocked by Turkey has prompted international investors to practise caution when considering investments in both countries. As Ankara has started an “oriental bazaar”, tensions with Greece have also escalated,...

Russia's parliament on 24 May passed a bill giving prosecutors powers to shut foreign media bureaus in Moscow if a Western country has been "unfriendly" to Russian media, following the closure of some Russian state news outlets in the West.

Prime Minister Edi Rama brought in the army to clean up the coast ahead of what he said will be a bumper tourism season, adding that people need to clean up after themselves. However, problems remain with waste disposal as...

Access to oncology care in Europe is often accompanied by inequalities which can be tackled by better data collection and usage, Czech experts say. EURACTIV.cz reports.

A cannabis cultivation lab with over 10,000 plants ready for market, located in the Serb-majority north of the country, was seized by Kosovo police on Tuesday. The operation was successful despite police being shot at with firearms during the seizure....

Activists spraypainted blue and yellow Ukrainian flags over Putin’s ‘Z’ symbols on several columns in the Bezistan passage in downtown Belgrade in protest at the war in Ukraine. The same passage also contained graffiti celebrating former Republika Srpska army commander...

Slovenia registered its first monkeypox case after a man who came back from the Canary Islands tested positive for the disease but did not have to be hospitalised. The man is infected with the milder West African variant, health authorities confirmed...

Romania’s air force resumed operations with the MiG-21 LanceR fighter jets, which were grounded almost six weeks ago following multiple incidents involving this aircraft. Flights with the MiG-21 LanceR resumed Monday (23 May) and will continue for almost one year,...

EU lawmakers have a chance to mitigate the dangers posed by extractives. Oil, gas, and mining operations present major risks and need stricter controls, write Elisa Peter and Robert Pitman.

Leading digestive cancer experts, policymakers and the MEP Digestive Health Group (MEP DHG), discuss challenges and policy opportunities for digestive cancer prevention across Europe, prompting action to reduce the burden of digestive diseases.