Europe needs to acknowledge that its future is no longer with fossil fuels, said the President of the European Investment Bank as he presented the bank’s 2020 results on Wednesday (20 January). “To put it m ...
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Portuguese minister: Vaccination certificate to abolish testing at EU borders
A vaccination certificate currently under discussion in the EU should act as proof of safety and lift certain requirements at the EU’s internal borders, Portugal’s Minister of the Interior Eduardo Cabrita ha ...
Gorbachev urges Biden to mend US-Russia ties as disputes pile up
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has urged incoming US president Joe Biden to repair relations between Washington and Moscow and extend their last remaining nuclear arms control pact b ...
EU border chief refuses to quit over pushback claims
The head of the EU border agency will not step down, a Frontex spokesman said, as the force’s board met Wednesday (20 January) to air claims guards were involved in illegal migrant pushbacks. The online man ...
The EU Taxonomy: a means to an end that risks being the end of many industries
The year 2020 has been a year of massive change. While we celebrated the fifth year of the Paris Agreement, we were hit by a global pandemic with disastrous consequences for our well-being and economies. As ...
