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The European Union said on Thursday (18 August) it had launched an investigation into whether biodiesel from Indonesia was circumventing EU duties by going through China and Britain.

European air navigation service providers can play an outsized role in tackling the climate impacts of flying by developing, implementing and perfecting contrail avoidance protocols, writes Denis Bilyarski.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended internal border checks, even though they disrupt border-free travel inside the EU's Schengen zone, as Austria and Germany call for more Tunisia-style deals to curb irregular migration.

The European Commission announced on Friday (18 August) that Europe's gas storage levels were uncharacteristically high, with targets set for November 1 achieved months ahead of schedule, although markets remained skittish ahead of the coming winter. 

A forthcoming ruling by the EU top court should clarify the use of names linked with foodstuffs of animal origin for plant-based food products, according to meat alternatives campaigners.

The Global Peace Summit should become a founding event of joined international efforts to put an end to Russia's war in Ukraine on the terms of justice, writes Andriy Yermak.

Turkish Cypriot forces assaulted UN peacekeepers Friday (18 August) as they attempted to block the construction of a controversial road in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus, the UN mission on the island said.

The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a US official said on Thursday (17 August).

Ukraine's defence ministry urged military-age citizens to update their data at army enlistment offices and "overcome their fear" in a campaign launched on Thursday (17 August) as a summer counter-offensive grinds through its third month.

Firefighters on 17 August struggled to contain a wildfire that broke out in a mountainous national park on the Spanish island of Tenerife amid hot and dry weather, that prompted authorities to evacuate more 3,000 people during the day.

Russia detained Grigory Melkonyants, the co-chair of prominent independent vote-monitoring group Golos (Voice), the organisation said on its website on Thursday night (17 August).

Polish lawmakers passed a resolution on 17 August to hold a referendum on migration and three other issues on the same day as parliamentary elections on 15 October, in what analysts say is a government bid to mobilise its base.

Slovak police charged the country's spy master and other high-ranking officials in the security community with forming a criminal group and conspiring to abuse power, in a case that has emerged just weeks ahead of an early election.

German civil society has asked Berlin to back a controversial European Commission proposal to make renovating worst-performing buildings obligatory before buildings directive negotiations continue after the summer.

Ukraine and Russia should find a compromise to end the war, and internationally ratified referenda should be organised on whether currently-occupied territories remain under Moscow's control, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday (16 August).

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has sought to defuse recent tensions between Tirana and Athens while also condemning a protest led by Greek politicians in Himare, southern Albania, over the arrest of a Greek minority mayor for alleged vote buying.

Once a trendy outpost for Roman actors looking for a weekend of skiing and nightclubbing, the town of Pietracamela in central Italy’s Apennine range is now largely depopulated and confronted with a risk of social meltdown.

Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh say it is getting harder to access food, medicines and other essential supplies as an Azerbaijani blockade of the breakaway region drags into its ninth month.

Former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said on Wednesday (16 August) that he will be a candidate in Finland's presidential election due in January of 2024.

Germany's cabinet passed a contentious bill on Wednesday (16 August) to legalize recreational marijuana use and cultivation, one of the most liberal cannabis laws in Europe that could potentially provide further momentum for a similar worldwide trend.