The EU Council has formally adopted a directive updating the list of pollutants affecting surface water and groundwater, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals and PFAS.
The ceremony, dubbed Europe’s ‘technology and innovation Oscars’, saw Artur Fischer, Germany’s ‘inventor king’ with a staggering 1,100 applications for patents and utility models, honoured with the lifetime achievement award.…
The project, which began in September 2012, is now in its final few months and the SIPE-RTD Web Portal is available in its first version for testing. The portal contains…
Insufficient human resources, research funding, and facilities, as well as an inadequate regulatory regime are the main obstacles to improving the situation. The region is still recovering from the mass…
(BRUSSELS) – The Standard and Poor’s ratings agency downgraded the European Union’s credit-worthiness by one notch on Friday, blaming threats to cohesion including Britain’s role in curtailing budgets and holding…
Photo © Vince Gayman – Fotolia The deal, negotiated over six years, aims to ensure that all Indonesian timber entering the EU is produced legally, and makes Indonesia the first…
ASEM logo (VIENTIANE) – European leaders flew to impoverished Laos Monday on a mission to reassure Asia they are finally getting a grip on the eurozone debt crisis during a…
