European travel buyers’ network BT4Europe has urged the European Commission to ensure that upcoming new laws make travel “efficient and competitive” for firms.
The EU is currently reviewing several new initiatives that will impact…
Category: 3. Europe
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Portuguese leaders postpone election debate due to power cut – POLITICO
Monday’s monster outage saw the entire Iberian Peninsula lose power. In Lisbon, the metro was shut down, ATMs and traffic lights stopped working, and phone and internet traffic was disrupted.
The cause of the blackout was a “very strong oscillation in the electrical network,”…
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Travel mayhem in Spain and Portugal as power outage grounds flights and paralyses train networks
Airport are urging passengers to monitor local travel advice and flight trackers for updates.
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What’s Putin trying to achieve by calling a three-day ceasefire?
When is a ceasefire a genuine attempt to secure peace? And when is it simply PR?
It’s a question that’s been asked a lot lately.
Mostly in relation to Russia’s president.
Short ceasefires are becoming quite the Kremlin thing.
First, Vladimir Putin declared a 30-hour cessation of hostilities over…
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Spain tops workplace productivity in Europe while unemployment rises
Although Spain’s unemployment rate rose to its highest level in a year in the first quarter of the year, workplace productivity and economic growth remains robust.
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Germany Slams Idea of Splitting Europe’s Power Market Into Zones
Germany remains committed to a single power market in its area and doesn’t like the recommendation from a new report to split the market into five separate bidding zones.
Entso-e, the association of EU transmission system operators,…
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EU needs 'reality check' on flawed microchip strategy: report
The European Court of Auditors tells the European Commission to take stock and rethink Chips Act.
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Sauna diplomacy pauses as top Finnish spot in Brussels closes for now – POLITICO
A spokesperson for the Finnish perm rep confirmed that the sauna is closed for renovations, but they did not have an exact timeline for when it will reopen.
Diplomats who make regular use of the facilities told POLITICO they expect it will be closed for around a year.
“The Finnish…
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Trump: Putin will be ‘fine’ in peace negotiations
President Donald Trump told The Atlantic magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is going to be fine” in the peace negotiations between the Kremlin and Ukraine — even as Trump’s rhetoric toward Putin have grown increasingly hostile as the U.S. president pushes for an end to the…
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Landmark ruling should encourage more cities to ban fossil fuel ads, campaigners urge
A ban on fossil fuel adverts in The Hague has been upheld by a Dutch court, in an “historic ruling” that campaigners hope will embolden other cities to take action.
In a decision last September, The Hague became the first city in the world to write into law a ban on ads that…
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