Avainsana: Europe
Relief in sight as Western Europe swelters under heatwave
After parts of Spain set record temperatures during a heatwave and people in Britain sweltered and flocked to beaches Friday on the country’s hottest day…
EU sanctions Russian intelligence, North Korean, Chinese firms over alleged cyberattacks
The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and on firms from North Korea and…
Heatwave adds to health alert as Europe masks up to prevent COVID
A heatwave hit Europe on Thursday just as Madrid made wearing masks compulsory to prevent a surge in coronavirus infections, and Julian Martinez said his…
EU recovery plan deals a blow to popular Erasmus exchange programme
Europe’s popular exchange programme Erasmus, deprived of part of its anticipated funding in the upcoming EU budget, will not be able to send as many…
Europe steams towards coal exit – research
Europe’s long goodbye to coal is speeding up, in a transition smoothed by the rise of wind and solar power and energy policy that has…
Brussels opens its first cycling ’motorway’ in bid to start post-lockdown bike revolution
Brussels has opened its first-ever cycling ”motorway”. A new track is running alongside one of Belgium’s busiest roads, which connects Brussels with the area to…
Climate change made Siberian heatwave 600 times more likely – study
The record-breaking heatwave in the Siberian Arctic was made at least 600 times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a study. Between January…
Germany home to 19% of Europe’s fastest-growing companies: study
Germany has the most fast-growing companies in Europe, with a total of 191 companies, followed by Italy (190) and the UK (173), a study of…
Europe’s Roma people ’left behind’ during coronavirus pandemic
Roma people are Europe’s largest ethnic minority but many of them are subjected to discrimination and social exclusion. There are 12 million in Europe and…
Europe maps out green hydrogen vision on path to net-zero
The European Commission on Wednesday mapped out its vision to promote renewable hydrogen, a sector expected to lure up to 470 billion euros ($530.72 billion)…
Europe’s recession may be milder than feared, ECB’s Schnabel says
Some economic indicators suggest that Europe’s pandemic-induced recession may be milder than earlier feared, European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel told Dutch newspaper NRC…
Tourists flock to European holiday destinations amid ongoing pandemic
Tourists have been on the move across Europe in the first big holiday weekend of the summer, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite an upturn…
How COVID-19 is complicating Europe’s migrant problem
COVID-19 forced Europe to shut its borders but, since the start of the year, more than 13,000 migrants have attempted to cross the central Mediterranean,…
56,000 persons surrendered on European arrest warrant since 2005
Since 2005, 185,575 European Arrest Warrants were issued and 56,298 executed, according to a report Thursday assessing the transposition of the European arrest warrant in…
Police in Europe arrest over 800 users of encrypted phone system used to plot crime
The NCA and European partners shared data from the encrypted communication system EncroChat with the Met Police, which led them to make over 170 arrests…
Study Finds That Plastic Recycling From Europe Being Dumped In Asian Waters
New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries (EU, UK,…
EU records first rise in asylum applications since height of 2015 migrant crisis: EASO
Applications for asylum in the European Union rose for the first time since 2015 and the trend is expected to continue despite the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Doubling recycling across Europe “feasible, for certain waste streams”
Compared to current recycled amounts, this potential can double recycling for municipal and electronic waste and increase it by 30 % for construction and demolition…
Europe could face oil shortage in a decade, study warns
Europe could face a shortage of oil within the next decade, making the move to increase the use of low carbon energy even more urgent,…
European project harnesses patient data from 11 countries to help beat COVID-19
Strengthening the epidemiological and virological surveillance of COVID-19 will be key to defeating the disease. In this episode, Smart Regions takes a look at one…
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