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An updated version of the European Commission’s draft hydrogen strategy confirms the EU’s “priority focus” on clean hydrogen produced from renewable electricity, but also recognises the role played by “fossil-based hydrogen” in the transition.

Calculations by experts now show that the EU's planned economic rescue package, worth €750 billion, is nowhere near enough to achieve the bloc's climate targets. Even in the best-case scenario, only one-third of the costs would be covered. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Paris has refused to comply with a letter of formal notice sent by the European Commission in July last year, which calls on French authorities to stop illegal hunting methods.

Halting biodiversity loss and restoring nature are essential to Europe’s economic recovery, writes Michel Derdevet. The EU’s aspiration for global leadership on this depends on its ability to lead by example and intensify its actions on the ground, he argues.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis' reaction to the European Parliament's resolution deploring his conflict of interest, riots in the German city of Stuttgart and so much more.

Only the country’s Progressives, Socialists and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance will make it into the Serbian parliament following elections on Sunday (21 June), according to the preliminary projections of the Ipsos market and public opinion research firm and the CeSID...

Croatia is currently experiencing a phase of so-called ‘re-epidemics’, as the number of newly infected patients in a 24 hour-span has increased and is currently around 18. Even though all of the COVID-19 confirmed patients are experiencing milder symptoms, the...

On Friday (19 June), the European Parliament approved a resolution attacking Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš continued involvement in implementing the EU budget while still controlling his agrochemical holding Agrofert with 510 votes in favour, 53 against and 101 abstentions....

A series of meetings convened by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte last week to find common ground to help the country recover from the COVID-19 crisis together with trade union, industry representatives and experts from various sectors ended on Sunday...

After Paavo Arhinmäki, the Chair of the Left Alliance parliamentary group told left-leaning broadsheet Kansan Uutiset on Saturday (20 June) that “the States never actually pay back their debts. They just replace them with new ones,” a Twitter storm erupted....

A group of around 500 people, predominantly men, roamed the streets of Stuttgart in small groups on Saturday night (20 June), breaking windows, plundering shops, and throwing cobblestones and bottles at the police. 19 officers were injured, and 24 people...

The Greek government has put forward a new bill which speeds up the electrification of transport through a number of incentives, Greek media reported. “In its recent announcements about the Recovery Fund, the European Commission embraces electromobility and provides funding...

The Netherlands agreed on Friday (19 June) to pay Denmark €100 million as part of an arrangement that will allow the Dutch government to declare at least 8 TWh of Danish surplus renewable power on its books, in an effort to meet its EU target.

Spain’s state of alarm, the emergency mechanism propping up the nationwide lockdown enforced to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, expired at midnight on Saturday (20 June), three months and one week after it first came into effect.

History of agriculture and food has always been the result of constant attempts and innovation, as the impact of beetroot on sugar production and price has shown in the past, three researchers write.

Europe's railways are due a resurgence thanks to a combination of increased climate and health awareness. But the rules governing train travel need serious review in order to convince people to ride the rail instead of choosing the car or to fly, writes Ursula Pachl.

The global health pandemic has dealt a body blow to many areas of the economy but the battery industry looks set to reap significant rewards, even if it will also have to put up with a short-term slump in demand.

Europe's climate agenda and willingness to tag its virus-recovery efforts to green objectives mean that electric-battery technology is due for a great decade.

Georgia is becoming, once again, a country to be watched by those who value liberty and the expansion of freedom and prosperity, writes Krassen Stanchev.

Billionaire Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Saturday (20 June) accused the European Parliament of "interference" after it pressed for mechanisms to stop the misuse of EU subsidies.