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The European Commission has proposed wide-ranging legislation aimed at cutting emissions from road transport across the EU. But the various taxes embedded in the proposals run the risk of exacerbating inequality if not implemented properly, warns MEP Petar Vitanov.

Both US and NATO on Wednesday (26 January) said they had set out a diplomatic path to address sweeping Russian demands in Eastern Europe, as Russia intensified its military build-up near Ukraine with new drills.

As the role of gas in the energy system evolves, the approach to meeting winter peak demand must also keep up, writes Nikos Tsafos. More fundamentally, someone needs to be responsible for supply security, he argues.

China’s ambitious low-carbon goals will not be realised easily and should not come at the expense of energy and food security or the “normal life” of ordinary people, its president, Xi Jinping, has said, signalling a more cautious approach to the climate emergency as the economy slows.

Deni Xhepa, Albania’s sole participant in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, has been handed the national flag, which will be taken to the event due to start on 4 February. Xhepa was handed the flag by the Minister of Education, Sports, and...

Electoral reform is crucial for strengthening BiH’s institutional framework, US special envoy Matthew Palmer and European External Action Service (EEAS) director Angelina Eichhorst said after meeting with members of both houses of the BiH parliament. Palmer explained that the goals...

The two main partners of the ruling coalition in Serbia, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), led by President Aleksandar Vučić, and the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) led by parliament speaker Ivica Dačić, have decided to run separately in the...

Croatia and the US have agreed on the procurement of Bradley fighting vehicles, for which Croatia will pay $145.3 million, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday. “Agreement has been reached with the US side regarding the army fighting vehicles...

Romania will continue its actions towards increasing NATO and US troops on its territory, President Klaus Iohannis said Wednesday, adding that this will help improve national security. Romania’s Supreme Defence Council (CSAT) discussed and approved a plan of action to...

Households of Czech seniors are highly vulnerable to current electricity and heating prices spikes. Up to 60% of them are at risk, and around 40% already suffer from energy poverty. However, the current situation related to high gas prices is...

Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday evening at the Constitutional Tribunal and the headquarters of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to protest against the Tribunal’s 2020 anti-abortion ruling after another woman died due to the doctors’ refusal to...

Researchers at Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC) have discovered that the genetics of gut bacteria can be altered by a diet low in fibre and make the intestine more permeable to infection and inflammation, it was revealed Wednesday. The discovery,...

Ministers from Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger cancelled joint talks with the EU at the last minute on Wednesday, in favour of bilateral meetings with the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell.

Italian lawmakers and regional delegates failed to reach a consensus on a candidate for the presidential elections on Wednesday. For the third consecutive day, a majority of ballots were left blank, a calculated move to allow leaders more time to...

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said he was pleased following a three-day meeting in Norway, but will not confirm that concrete promises have been made to improve women’s rights in Afghanistan. “It was a good meeting”, said the Taliban’s...

Two financial groups are predicting the Finnish economy will enjoy strong growth this year, with one of them predicting 2022-23 will experience the strongest boom since the 1980s. Economists of the OP Financial Group are predicting Finland will have a...

The Irish government has established an expert group to identify lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Health Reform Expert Advisory Group will review Ireland’s experience of and response to the pandemic to strengthen the country’s public health system...

Austria’s tourism sector, a crucial part of the country’s economy, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, dropping below the levels seen in the 1970s , the Austrian statistics institute found. In 1970, visitors to Austria stayed overnight a...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave the green light on Tuesday for bars, restaurants, and museums to reopen on Wednesday after the country had them closed for over a month. The decision came after Rutte cited “great tensions and cries...

Left-wing presidential candidate Christiane Taubira said she was in favour of “the creation of a European asylum agency” as she met the volunteers at migrant shelters in Briançon, a town bordering Italy in the Alps. The welcome of migrants is...