The European Commission has proposed major adjustments to the EU’s influential Emission Trading System (ETS).
The ETS is the main scheme underpinning Europe’s carbon market.
The proposal aims to ensure that the revenues from carbon costs provide tangible results for Europe’s decarbonising industry.
The revision introduces a conditional allowance scheme that ties part of the free allocation to in

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Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, two of the twentieth century’s greatest physicists, were once close friends working together to unlock the secrets of the atom.
Then the world went to war and they found themselves on opposite sides.
It’s 1941. Heisenberg, now a leading figure in Germany’s atomic research programme, is visiting Nazi-occupied Copenhagen to meet his former mentor, Bohr, and wife, M

Labour MPs are pushing for a cap on political donations to counteract Nigel Farage’s significant financial supporters. However, Andy Burnham is unlikely to fulfill their wishes. According to two officials familiar with government strategy, the elections bill, returning on Sept. 2, will not feature a universal domestic cap on political donations. While foreign interference and cryptocurrency donati

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is on summer break while reviewing a controversial draft Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention on human rights and biomedicine, focused on involuntary measures in psychiatry. This draft has faced significant opposition from several member states, the UN CRPD Committee, civil society groups, and national human rights institutions, who arg

The EU is stepping up aid to help tackle crises on two continents, in Africa and South America.
Aid will go towards the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and towards assistance for Colombia following the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
On Tuesday, the European Commission said it was procuring diagnostic tests to help respond to the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in

War veteran Dmytro Koziatysnkyi, a protest movement leader, expressed concerns about holding elections during wartime, fearing societal disunity might affect the war’s progress. Economist Timothy Ash criticized ex-minister Fedorov’s push for an election, calling it a political misstep that could haunt his future presidential ambitions. Political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko observed that

The study on the UN CRPD and the compatibility of the Additional protocol to it. Photo credit: THIX Photo
The debate over the potential adoption of a new Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention is shaped by a confidential study. This study on the UN CRPD and its compatibility with the Additional Protocol is a legal opinion developed in secrecy, not shared with the relevant UN bodies or stak

Eupen, Belgium, 19 August (Eurotoday) The Eupen street arts festival will bring performances into the Belgian city after a major wildfire in the High Fens disrupted plans in the surrounding region, as firefighters continue operations near the Belgian-German border.
The change means visitors will be directed towards Eupen rather than areas affected by the fire, keeping cultural activities away fr