The production of non-alcoholic beer in Germany almost doubled over the last decade, according to new data published on the occasion of this week’s world beer day, while alcoholic beer consumption has seen a slight downward trend.
Threats to Sweden have increased after recent Koran burnings, the country’s government said on Tuesday (1 August), adding that it would strengthen border and internal controls and give police wider authority to stop and search people as a result.
Greek government ministers have been under spyware surveillance, including when communicating with their European peers, according to the latest findings. But EU institutions insist on considering the matter a national affair.
As quantum-powered cyber-attack threats become more real by the day, liberal democracies and autocratic regimes are racing to develop quantum-safe encryption. But Europe risks being a spectator.
Germany wants to ramp up export credits for climate-friendly technologies while cutting back support for polluting ones, but without phasing out public funding for fossil fuels entirely, prompting criticism by environmentalists.
Germany’s plans to legalise cannabis are partially incompatible with EU law, despite significant changes Berlin made to avoid legal problems, according to a study from the parliamentary research service.
The EU must match its climate ambitions with corresponding financial resources or otherwise risks missing its objectives, Jean Pisani-Ferry, a senior advisor to the French government, told EURACTIV France in an interview.
Under the EU’s new digital rulebook, online platforms must let auditors look under the hood and grade their algorithms. But several questions remain around this unprecedented task.
The energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine is taking its toll on EU citizens, with 9.3% of the population unable to keep their homes adequately warm in 2022, a jump from 6.9% the year before, according to Eurostat.
Negotiations on an EU law to crack down on planet-warming fluorinated gases have hit a snag, amid pressure from some EU countries and parts of industry to secure carve-outs for heat pumps.
