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.
Photo Rodrigo Senna (LUXEMBOURG) – The EU’s fight against ‘superbugs’, especially bacteria which have become resistant to antibiotics, has brought little progress to date, according to a new report from…
Fotolia (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom Thursday for breaching its EU Treaty obligations by…
Photo Angie Harms (BRUSSELS) – A new tyre labelling scheme for car and trucks, provisionally agreed Wednesday by EU institutions, aims to increase consumer awareness and fuel savings, improve safety…
Image Pixabay (LONDON) – Complacency over gender diversity could be an important factor in holding back an expected global surge in research and development activity, according to new research published…
Radar defence (BRUSSELS) – EU defence ministers gave the go-ahead Tuesday to an updated list of 13 new projects to be undertaken under the EU’s new ‘Permanent Structured Cooperation’ defence…
Image by MuratSoyluoglu (BRUSSELS) – The EU Council adopted a framework for restrictive measures Monday in response to unauthorised drilling by Turkey of hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean, enabling sanctions…
