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The European Commission has launched a stakeholder consultation to expand the list of the so-called advanced or second-generation biofuels of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), EURACTIV.com has learnt.

Coronavirus has hastened the demise of the Airbus A380 - the world’s largest airliner - as the aviation industry scrambles to adapt to lower demand for air travel, which has essentially made the double-decker super-jumbo a plane out of time.

Germany's highest court ruled on Monday (25 May) that Volkswagen must pay damages to plaintiffs in the diesel emissions scandal, who can now demand a refund of the purchase price. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Europe's climate plans have electrification at their core but in order to unlock its potential, batteries have to be managed and regulated in the right way, explain the Cross-Industry Initiative for better regulation in chemicals management (CII).

A draft statement from the Czech government calls on the EU economic recovery plan and long-term budget to fall in line with the European Green Deal, marking a U-turn from Prague's earlier positions.

IPA Europe publishes it’s manifesto: “Priorities and recommendations for a holistic approach on probiotics in Europe, for informed consumers and a sustainable food industry

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain planning to open its doors to tourists for July, Czech MPs wanting to oblige Czech stores to sell more Czech produce, and so much more.

A fake news story is shared 927 times on average in Serbia, using different pages and profiles, Alexander Dardeli, the executive vice president for strategy and development at the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) – an international non-profit organisation...

Dragan Vasiljkovic, better known as Captain Dragan, announced on Saturday (23 May) that he would be competing for a seat in the Serbian parliament in the next national election, running his own list of candidates “Dragan Vasiljkovic – Captain Dragan.”...

The prime minister of Moldova, Ion Chicu, posted “disparaging” and “unacceptable” statements in social media, according to Romania’s Foreign Ministry, which on Friday (22 May) summoned the ambassador of the Republic of Moldova, after Chicu’s Facebook post. Chicu said he was...

A European tax on financial transactions and corporate profits could bring an annual €120 billion to the EU budget and finance a green recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, without asking a penny more from national governments, says Pierre Larrouturou.

Well-known Croatian conservative columnist and pundit Nino Raspudić has announced that he will be one of the Bridge party independent candidates in parliamentary elections scheduled for 5 July. His wife Marija Selak Raspudić, also a conservative pundit, has signalled that...

Journalist Georgi Alexandrov was found dead in the sea near Varna, Bulgaria’s largest city on the Black Sea. His body was found near a damaged sewer pipe, which polluted a significant part of the Varna Bay for nearly nine months...

Greece’s tourist season officially starts on 15 June prioritising countries with similar epidemiological situation (Germany, Cyprus, Israel, China, Japan, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic). In the...

Sports centres, gyms and swimming pools will start reopening today (25 May). Each sports centre must carry out an assessment of its risk profile and the sports operators are obliged to respect the national health rules, including staying away from...

Enforcement of EU data privacy rules is being stifled by a lack of resources across national authorities, according to a new study published today (25 May), on the second anniversary of the EU's landmark general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Social media platform Twitter could be the first global tech giant to face a penalty from Ireland’s data protection authority (DPA), after the country’s data protection commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision on a data breach by Twitter to other...

At the government’s daily press conference on Sunday (24 May), Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted that his chief advisor Dominic Cummings had acted “responsibly, legally and with integrity” but failed to head off a damaging row that risks torpedoing public...

While Norway is a NATO member and Sweden and Finland are military non-aligned, the three are set to deepen their defence cooperation after defence ministers of the three countries held talks on Wednesday (18 May). Representatives of the three countries discussed...

An international coalition of 208 parliamentarians and policymakers has come out in support of the pro-democracy front in Hong Kong, as activists hit back at Beijing's most recent bid to stifle liberal freedoms in the region.