Russia and the EU are continuing to trade blame in a clash on air passenger data, as airlines count down days to deadline. If nothing changes in the next 20 days, EU airlines will from 1 July be forced to hand over ...

The European Commission has proposed breaking up national railway monopolies to save passengers money and to stop industry "stagnation." The draft law, put out on Wednesday (30 January) in Brussels by transport ...

Cars using alternative sources of clean energy are not finding a market due to a lack of fuelling stations and high price tags. EU transport commissioner Siim Kallas told reporters in Brussels on Thursday (24 January) ...

The European Commission is proposing to suspend the enforcement of its controversial aviation tax for one year in a bid to allow dissenting non-EU countries to formulate an alternative global solution. "If this exercise ...

The European Commission has started banging the drum for new €50bn pot of money that it says will reinvigorate Europe's economy amid fears that penny-counting member states will give it the chop. With just weeks to go ...

The US congress is preparing to vote in a new law that would make it illegal for US carriers to pay into the EU's carbon aviation tax scheme. A senate committee gave the measure, already approved by the House of ...

Moldova is hoping to become the next Czech Republic or Latvia in terms of low-cost tourism after signing an aviation pact with the EU. Its foreign minister, Iurie Leanca, told EUobserver in Brussels on Wednesday (27 ...

China might impound European aircraft if Chinese airlines are punished for missing Friday's (15 June) deadline on CO2 data, a top executive has said. Wei Zhenzhong, the head of the China Air Transport Association, a ...

Welsh biker Darren Sharp drove to Brussels on Tuesday (22 November) to join a biker protest outside the European Parliament. The EU is currently reviewing the so-called 'Type Approval' for two- and three-wheel vehicles, ...

The US is heading towards a trade war with the EU over greenhouse gas charges for airlines flying into Europe, after the House of Representatives rejected the obligation for American carriers to comply with EU law. On ...

The EU commission on Wednesday (19 October) proposed that "project bonds" worth €230 million be kicked off next year instead of in 2014, so as to help investments in transport, energy and broadband connections as ...

The German interior ministry has decided to postpone a plan to roll out body scanners at airports for security reasons, after a trial phase showed that the devices are incapable of distinguishing armpit sweat from ...