The global apparel and fashion industry is moving in the wrong direction on climate emissions, with greenhouse gas emissions rising 6.3% in 2024 compared to the previous year, despite a growing number of companies investing in renewable energy, cleaner materials and coal phase-outs, according to the Apparel Impact Institute’s latest…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 16:07 GMT+2 The UK recorded its hottest summer on record in 2026, the country’s national weather service announced on Tuesday, marking its second record-breaking summer in a row. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “An average mean temperature of 16.5°C puts this summer as provisionally the warmest on record, as…

10 years after Brexit, European leaders once again stayed silent through a landmark referendum on EU membership, showing how little Brussels has learned from its own mistakes. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Sunday, EU officials absorbed the news that Icelanders had voted against resuming EU membership negotiations, in a knife-edge referendum that…

MCC Brussels, a right-wing, eurosceptic think tank and lobbying organisation founded by Viktor Orbán’s government, is shutting down after its Hungarian state-related funding dried up, director Frank Furedi told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Furedi stepped down as director on Monday in protest after the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, MCC Brussels’ parent institution…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 12:56 GMT+2 Germany is looking for gas deals with Algeria to diversify its supply, Berlin’s foreign minister said in Algiers on Tuesday, where he joined a business delegation visiting the North African country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We need to diversify…We need long-term gas contracts,” Johann Wadephul told…

It’s well-known that smoking is harmful to your health, and the use of cigarettes in Europe is seeing a slow yet steady decline. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In 2025, one in six people aged 16 or older in the EU used tobacco and related products, such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches, every…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 10:49 GMT+2 Sweden’s armed forces have carried out a full-scale exercise in the logistics of burying fallen soldiers, part of a broader shift by the once-neutral Nordic country toward “total defence” planning since joining NATO in 2024. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The mortuary drill formed part of Aurora…

A group of 11 European Union countries has joined forces to demand an end to the “obstructive” vetoes that have paralysed the bloc’s external action in recent years, arguing that the principle of sincere cooperation must take precedence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The Union’s culture of consensus is an important source of…

Montenegro is the frontrunner to join the European Union. But officials, diplomats and experts fear Belgrade will do everything it can to prevent that from happening, leaving Brussels in a difficult position between the two candidate countries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While Montenegro closes in on the finish line, Serbia’s accession bid…

On Saturday, Icelanders were called to the polls to vote on whether the country should resume negotiations to join the European Union. 52.8 per cent voted “No” and the government has no official mandate to go back to the negotiation table. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Unlike other candidate countries, where membership depends…