Solar becomes Europe's main energy source in June: consultants
World 13:31 11/07/2025Solar power became the European Union's biggest single energy source for the first time in June, an energy think tank said Thursday.
Europe's illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs
World 17:14 10/07/2025As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.
European grid investment plans face 250 billion euro shortfall
World 16:58 10/07/2025LONDON - The European electricity transmission system operator's (TSO) investment plans to upgrade and expand power grids over the next five years face a 250 billion euro ($293 billion) shortfall, a report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said on Thursday.
June was hottest on record in western Europe: EU monitor
World 11:20 09/07/2025Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Wednesday.
Development banks to invest 3 billion euros in ocean plastics fight
World 14:01 10/06/2025LONDON - A group of development banks plans to invest at least 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) by the end of the decade in tackling plastic pollution in the sea, expanding the scope and financial firepower of what remains the world's biggest effort to fix the growing problem.
Over half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought in mid-May
World 18:35 04/06/2025More than half, or 53 percent of land in Europe and the Mediterranean basin were hit by drought in mid-May, according to an AFP analysis of data from the European Drought Observatory (EDO) from May 11-20, 2025.
Austria's JJ wins Eurovision 2025 with opera-techno fusion
World 16:30 18/05/2025Austria's JJ won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, with his operatic song "Wasted Love" triumphing at the world's biggest live music television event.
Eurovision limbers up with over-60s disco
World 09:31 04/05/2025Eurovision host city Basel laid on a mass over-60s disco on Saturday to whip up the party mood ahead of the event's grand final in two weeks' time.
Finland backs EU goal to slash emissions 90% by 2040
World 16:09 29/04/2025Finland supports a European Union target to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040, the country's state secretary for climate told Reuters, as governments prepare for tough negotiations on the EU's next climate goal.
ECB forms group to simplify banking rules, source says
World 11:24 27/04/2025The European Central Bank has launched a task force, chaired by Vice President Luis de Guindos, that will look for ways of simplifying banking rules in Europe, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.
Policymakers are achieving the art of the impossible, IMF chief says
World 11:17 25/04/2025Praising what she described as "impossible" policy shifts in Germany, Britain and Argentina, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the global economy is entering a "new era."
Europe had most widespread floods for more than a decade in 2024, scientists say
World 16:32 15/04/2025BRUSSELS -- Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent's river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as fossil fuel-driven climate change continued to prompt torrential rain and other extreme weather.
