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Ammonia has until now been used chiefly in the fertiliser industry as a way to return nitrogen to the soil. But it also has potential in boosting renewables – both as a replacement for hydrogen in long haul shipping and as a way of storing and transporting hydrogen.

The European Commission has expressed doubts about a planned €4.35 billion compensation scheme for German energy companies, agreed as part of the country’s plan to phase out coal by 2038, saying the sums involved are “likely to constitute state aid” under EU law.

The Commission proposal for Adequate Minimum Wages has no legal basis, weakens social partner autonomy and undermines existing successful collective bargaining systems. A proposal that causes this level of collateral damage has to be withdrawn.

Living under the reality of a global pandemic, the world has turned to digital tools to maintain a sense of normality. As Europe charts its recovery from the coronavirus, there is a renewed sense of purpose with regards to the importance of technology in our everyday lives, as well as the need to employ various technologies in order to meet wider political goals.

It is high time policymakers recognised the value of next-generation telecommunications in delivering on the EU's long-term sustainable objectives, says Luis Neves, the Global CEO of GeSI, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative. He is responsible for the establishment of the Initiative's strategic goals and for overseeing all GeSI's activities.

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Portugal's minister of economy and digital transition on told an informal meeting of European Union ministers with responsibility for tourism that, as holder of the EU Council presidency, the country would propose measures to "resume as soon as possible movement" between EU member states.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovakia receiving Russian Sputnik V vaccines, former French President Nicholas Sarkozy being sentenced to prison for corruption and influence peddling, and so much more.

Dubious intermediaries have offered governments across the European Union a total of about 1 billion non-existent COVID-19 vaccine doses worth about €14 billion, the bloc's anti-fraud agency told Reuters on Monday.

The Srebrenica Memorial Centre on Monday published a collection of documents entitled Genocide Transcripts, which prove that Bosnian Serb authorities planned to split up Bosnia and Herzegovina, that ethnic cleansing was implemented and mass war crimes were committed. The transcripts...

An inter-party dialogue mediated by the European Parliament is in the best interests of Serbia, and an important element in the country’s efforts to strengthen democracy and increase public confidence in institutions and the election process, said a joint statement...

Croatian President Zoran Milanović’s energy transition council adopted guidelines on Monday for encouraging the instalment of integrated solar power plants on private homes and commercial buildings. The guidelines were sent to the government to integrate them into the future legislation...

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev summoned the directors of the security services to discuss measures to protect the rights of Bulgarians abroad after he received a letter from the president of the “Ivan Mihailov” Cultural Centre in North Macedonia, as well...

Shop assistants, train conductors and chief guards, public transport drivers, taxi drivers, and public transport controllers aged 18 to 55 have been able to sign up for vaccination with the UK-Swedish Astrazeneca vaccine as of 27 February, the health ministry...

One in two people notified by their family doctors to get the vaccine show up, according to Béla Merkely, rector of the Semmelweis Medical University. Drawing attention to the third coronavirus wave on the radio on Monday, Merkely said “each...

The German states of Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia will send 15,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from UK-Swedish manufacturer AstraZeneca to the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has confirmed. Meanwhile, France has promised to send the Czech Republic 100,000 Pfizer/BioNTech...

“The European Commission believes that Poland violates European Union law by allowing the Disciplinary Chamber to continue adjudicating in cases that directly concern judges, especially in cases for lifting immunity,” according to a letter sent by the European Commission’s values...

While coronavirus infections are again on the rise and ‘red zones’ are being established in regions like Lombardy, Italian Prime Minister Draghi decided to replace the extraordinary commissioner for the COVID-19 emergency, Domenico Arcuri – whose work in recent months...

Estonia’s agricultural sector should soon receive €3.8 million in aid to overcome the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as the already approved government aid proposed by Rural Affairs Minister Urmas Kruuse has a high likelihood of being greenlighted by the...

Britain’s manufacturers carried the costs of supply chain disruption in February as Brexit and the third COVID-19 lockdown weighed down growth in factory production, according to the IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply survey on Monday....