With days growing hotter, air conditioning is playing an ever-growing role in how people cope with the heat. In EU households, energy consumption for cooling has steadily increased, reaching 80.4 thousand terajoules (TJ) in 2024.
Image Pixabay (LUXEMBOURG) – The European Investment Bank and the EU Commission have joined forces in an ‘SME Access to Finance’ initiative to support economic growth, innovation and employment in…
Trucks (BRUSSELS) – A European Parliament committee approved a deal Tuesday to reform the road transport sector with revised rules for posting of drivers, drivers’ rest times and better enforcement…
The free trade and investment protection agreements between the EU and Vietnam, approved by an EU Parliament committee Tuesday, will remove virtually all tariffs between…
PVC (BRUSSELS) – MEPs on the European Parliament’s Environment Committee objected Tuesday to a Commission proposal allowing lead in recycled PVC, citing the need to protect human health and the…
Environment (STRASBOURG) – The European Parliament called Thursday on the upcoming 2020 UN biodiversity conference COP 15 to agree on legally binding targets, as was the case for the Paris…
Student travel (BRUSSELS) – Around 20,000 18-year-olds are set to receive a travel pass under the fourth and latest round of DiscoverEU, the opportunity to explore Europe which attracted some…
