Storm Ciarán causes mayhem across Europe
The autumn holiday was marked by Storm Ciarán that ripped across parts of Europe on November 2 with wind speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour.
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UK bank NatWest urges clients to become vegetarian and drive electric cars
British bank NatWest is advising clients to use electric vehicles and give up meat consumption.
Advantage UK if Germany bails on fighter-jet project with France, says British ex-minister
Any decision by Germany to jettison its €100 billion fighter-jet project with France and remove its veto on a UK-Saudi aircraft deal would be "advantageous" to…
UK academics want cigarette-style warnings on meat
Researchers at Durham University in the UK have suggested using graphic health warnings on meat, similar to those on tobacco products, in a bid to help reduce consumption…
Siemens Energy needs billions of state support as wind division tanks
The German industrial multinational Siemens is in dire need of cash as a result of bad investments in sustainable energy.
EC defends ‘incomprehensible’ €18m-plus EU PR campaign
The European Commission has defended a PR campaign promoting the European Union after it was slammed as "incomprehensible" by an MEP.
Poland: Tusk heads to Brussels as justice minister challenges EU ban on fossil fuel cars
Donald Tusk, who has been nominated by his party as candidate for Prime Minister, is due to travel to Brussels on October 25 or 26 to talk with European Union leaders…
Slovakian President decries nomination of ‘climate-change sceptic’ as environment minister
Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová is postponing the installation of her new government as she is against the nomination of Rudolf Huliak, whom she said was a…
FOCUS-Ryanair fights off European squeeze on its ticket prices
Ryanair is facing challenges at both ends of its price range, with Europe's largest airline taking aim at proposed minimum fares in France after fending off a cap…
Irish Government’s anti-meat tweet deleted amid farmers’ outrage
A tweet encouraging the public in Ireland not to eat meat was axed by a state agency of the Irish Government after a backlash from farming organisations in the country.
France prevails as EU strikes agreement on landmark electricity market reform
The European Council has reached agreement on a proposal to amend the European Union's electricity landscape that includes French nuclear power, despite the industry…
Orbán meets Putin in Beijing, highlighting mutual ‘good relations’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has become the first European Union leader to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin since an international arrest warrant…
Venice mayor suspends electric bus service after two accidents
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced a ban on La Linea's electric buses following two accidents involving its vehicles, one of which resulted in the deaths of 21…
EU countries fail to agree on extending glyphosate approval
European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient…
Monarchy is outdated, says Belgium’s Prince Laurent
Prince Laurent of Belgium, brother of current King Philippe, said in an interview that the monarchy is a "medieval institution".
EC’s Bulgarian gas-company loan a ‘massive cock-up’
The European Commission approved a €400 million loan to Bulgargaz, the Bulgarian state-owned gas company that is accused of creating "a backdoor for Russian gas"…
Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged via ‘mechanical’ means, minister claims
A major pipeline located in the Baltic Sea was damaged via "mechanical" means, Estonia's defence minister has claimed.
ECR ‘green’ energy conference-speakers blow holes in wind-power industry
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group held a conference titled Wind energy - at what cost?
Former EC ‘green’ tsar Timmermans attacks Right for criticising green agenda
Frans Timmermans, the European Commission's former “green” tsar, has lashed out at the political Right for daring to criticise his green agenda.
Europe’s green bond market has a new big buyer in the EIB
There is a new buyer in Europe’s ESG corporate bond market as the European Investment Bank starts taking a bumper share of new green bond sales.
ANALYSIS: Strained France-Germany ties slow EU decision making
The sight of French President Emmanuel Macron and his cabinet drinking beers on a boat with their German counterparts in Hamburg this week will project an image…
Oil jumps, stocks drop on Middle East conflict: markets wrap
Oil surged more than five per cent and investors sought safety in gold, bonds and the dollar after Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel sparked fears of a wider…
Most EU Member States not on target to reach Paris Agreement goals, says WWF
Seventeen European Union Member States are not putting enough wind farms in place to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, nature conservation organisation World…
Germany to fire up ‘brown coal’ power plants over energy shortage fears
Germany will reactivate a number of its "brown coal" power plants in the hopes of staving off winter energy shortages, media in the country is reporting.
Pope Francis’s Laudate Deum is a political exhortation, not a religious treatise
Eight years after the encyclical Laudato Si, Pope Francis published another document, called an apostolic exhortation, to say what has been done - and what has not…
Mr U-turn: Climate Commissioner hopeful Hoekstra becomes a born-again environmentalist
The Dutch Candidate for EU Climate Commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, performed a series of U-turns on October 2 as he auditioned for the job in front of Euro MPs.
Incoming EU carbon tax will raise cost of a car by €580
A new European Union carbon border tax starting its trial period in the week beginning October 1 and will raise the price of an average car by almost €600, said…
Less is not always more – especially if driven by EU policy
“Less is more,” goes the old adage.
Macron bypasses parliament vote on budget with maligned tool
French President Emmanuel Macron is bypassing parliament votes to push ahead with his plans to cut debt, boost green and defence spending, and secure access to billions…
Meloni has a plan which may both develop Africa and supply Europe with abundant clean energy
Agreements between national oil companies rarely change the world.