Sunday
17th Oct 2021
Fatih Birol said high gas prices will end up hurting the industry, but warned climate negotiators and lawmakers they need to up their climate investments by 300 percent if they want to meet climate targets.
Neo-fascist groups are planning new protests in Rome after last weekend's riots, in a heady climate in which the pandemic and immigration have fuelled extremist feeling.
Andre Ricard is the man behind many of the most iconic European designs of the 20th century - from ashtrays to perfume bottles, municipal litter bins to the Olympic torch.
African countries are seeking EU help on waiving vaccine patents to combat the pandemic at an upcoming meeting in Rwanda.
The Arctic is warming up to three times as fast as the rest of the planet, putting increasing pressure on Greenland's ice sheet and livelihood in this region, scientists have warned
MEPs at committee level are seeking greater protection against lawsuits aimed at silencing and intimidating journalists and civil society in Europe.
MEPs in the legal-affairs committee have urged the EU Parliament president to sue the EU Commission for failing to use its new rule-of-law powers.
Europe's new Arctic strategy called for increased "geopolitical" engagement and a ban on drilling, but without an army, the EU is relying on "sustainable diplomacy" to project influence.
The EU Commission is investigating possible "manipulative abuses" by Europe's gas suppliers, as part of new measures to help businesses and vulnerable consumers cope with rocketing prices.
MEPs' financial declarations have brought to light an array of side-jobs, while posing questions on conflicts of interest and sloppy record keeping.
Tweaks aside, the EU said the Northern Ireland protocol, which took three and half years to agree, cannot be renegotiated however.
Polish women are on the front line of a battle for human rights and rule of law. They need urgent EU protection, amid death threats and government abuse.
Signify calls for tough action from EU states to meet emission reduction targets by making the switch to smart LED lighting.
The EU has promised that Russia's 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipeline will be bound by anti-monopoly laws, making it harder to cut off Ukraine.
Files show how farming-lobby Copa-Cogeca waged a "massive disinformation" campaign against an EU strategy on sustainable food.
Europe's top court is unlikely to rule this year if EU can cut Hungary and Poland's funding over misbehaviour on rule-of-law.
The EU now has some 20 reports of alleged violations against migrants in Lithuania, the head of Europe's border-control agency, Frontex, has said.
French-owned nuclear firm Orano has already shipped 1,000 tonnes of uranium to a Siberian dump where it is likely to stay for ever.
If the democratic right in EU politics gets too weak, then the left and everybody loses, because extremists start setting the agenda.
Conference on the Future of Europe must address shortcomings in the EU model of 'dual democracy' and prevent backsliding in member states.
Last month at a summit in Budapest, Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán told Czech PM Andrej Babiš referring to the election: "Please, win! We need you!"
The International Monetary Fund has voiced full confidence in its chief, Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian former EU commissioner, following a row on China.
Two dozen countries have joined the US-and EU-led initiative to reduce global methane emissions, as momentum builds ahead of the UN climate change conference in Glasgow. Delivering on this pledge could reduce global warming by 0.2 degrees by 2050.
In 2020, the German presidency of the EU rejected the idea of accepting corporate sponsors. On this point, France seems unwilling to follow Germany.
Some 50 scholars working on antisemitism and related fields issue a stark warning against the political instrumentalisation of the fight against antisemitism.
Emotions ran high at pro-EU rallies in Poland on Sunday in the wake of a landmark, anti-EU court verdict.
The EU Commission is to deliver three new 'P150' patrol boats to the Libyan coast guard, despite a recent UN report citing possible crimes against humanity at Libyan detention centres.
Rule-of-law conflict in Europe is getting worse, but top EU officials also go to Kyiv for a summit, while MEPs hold talks on spiralling energy prices.
Environmental lawyers have warned the EU Commission that labelling some types of natural gas facilities as "green" would clash with EU laws and international commitments.
The former bad boy of Italian politics, Matteo Salvini, risks splitting his own party in an attempt to make the far-right League into a national force.
Hungary and Poland have vetoed an EU strategy paper on children's rights in their latest blow against the welfare of sexual minorities.
Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that parts of EU treaties were incompatible with the Polish constitution, in a major escalation of the rule-of-law dispute between Warsaw and Brussels.
Interior ministers from 12 member states are demanding the EU finance border-wall projects to stop migrants entering through Belarus, in a further push towards a fortress Europe.
