Lobbying in ‘forever chemicals’ industry is rife across Europe – the inside story of our investigation: Forever chemical or PFAS contamination is widespread, but so too are lobbying efforts. Melnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock A team of academic researchers, lawyers and journalists from 16 European countries has exposed a huge lobbying campaign aimed at gutting a proposed EU-wide …
Ukraine closure of Gazprom pipeline to Europe hurts Russia’s war effort but leaves Transnistrians in the cold: Kyiv has finally turned off Russia’s gas supply to Europe, ending a source of income that helped pay for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The decades-old deal, which allowed the transit of natural gas produced by Russian energy giant …
Ukraine: after 1,000 days of war, Europe must prepare for a Trump-brokered peace deal by asserting its own interests: Drop of Light / Shutterstock Since Donald Trump was reelected on November 5, speculation about what his presidency will mean for the war in Ukraine, which has now entered its 1,000th day, has become frenzied. It …
How long did Neanderthals and modern humans co-exist in Europe? Evidence is growing it may have been at least 10,000 years: A human bone fragment from the new excavations at Ranis in Germany. Tim Schüler TLDA. , CC BY-ND The idea that two different human species, Homo sapiens (us) and Neanderthals, co-existed in western Eurasia …
Wolves return to Europe: what to do about them is a people problem – podcast: Wolves are making a comeback across Europe. As their populations grow, 65,000 livestock are killed each year by wolves. Now, moves are underway to change the protection status of the wolf in the European Union. In this episode of The …
Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution: Ondrej Prosicky / Shutterstock Europe’s “wolf problem” is fast becoming a source of social and political tension. Relative conservation success across the continent has led to calls for action from worried politicians and farming and hunting groups. And the European Commission has …
Serbian election: another win for the Serbian Progressive Party will threaten peace in Europe: The outcome of Serbia’s parliamentary elections on December 17 will have profound implications for peace in Europe. Though somewhat obscured by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and more recently the crisis in Gaza, tensions in the Balkans have risen sharply in …
Inflation has affected the UK, US and Europe differently – here’s what this means for interest rates: The Bank of England’s governor has repeatedly warned that it will not cut UK interest rates any time soon, even with a recent sharp fall in consumer price inflation. Like central banks in the US and eurozone, the …
Czes?aw Mi?osz: what the Polish poet tells us about the ‘westsplaining’ of eastern and central Europe: Czes?aw Mi?osz (third row, fourth from the left) at the Stefan Batory University of Vilna in 1930. Wikimedia In 1931, when the Polish poet Czes?aw Mi?osz was 20 years old, he spent a summer travelling across Europe with friends. …
People in Europe ate seaweed for thousands of years before it largely disappeared from their diets – new research: Yarlander / Shutterstock Seaweed isn’t something that generally features today in European recipe books, even though it is widely eaten in Asia. But our team has discovered molecular evidence that shows this wasn’t always the case. …
Climate change may make Bordeaux red wines stronger and tastier, but the outlook is mixed elsewhere in Europe: Labellepatine / shutterstock It’s harvest time again for most of Europe’s wine growing regions and grapes are being picked from the UK in the north to Sicily in the south. The grapes are then sorted and pressed …
Wolf protection in Europe has become deeply political – Spain’s experience tells us why: Wolves are making a comeback throughout Europe – but not everyone's happy. Ramon Carretero/Shutterstock Wolves are staging a comeback in many areas of Europe after centuries of persecution. Over the past decade alone, they have expanded their range on the continent …
The UK re-joining the Horizon research funding scheme benefits Europe too – the data backs it up: Amorn Suriyan / Shutterstock The UK has just rejoined the EU’s flagship research funding programmes, Horizon Europe and Copernicus. This is great news for science, the EU and the UK. The reasons are simple: science progresses through the …
Albania: how one of the most corrupt countries in Europe is tackling crime at the highest level: Albania may be struggling with high levels of corruption at all levels of society, but the country is taking a new approach to tackling this crime with the introduction of a special anti-corruption body, known as Spak. Spak …
How weather ‘blocks’ have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe: On several occasions this summer, Europe’s weather seemed to get itself stuck, leading to prolonged heatwaves and floods. In the UK, a long hot and dry spell throughout May and June gave way to a similarly persistent cool and wet period. In September, …
The dire state of British prisons – and what they could learn from Europe to get better: Reading prison was closed in 2013. photocritical/Shutterstock Prisoners and prison officers have long been familiar with the dire state of the UK’s prisons. The escape of Daniel Khalife from HMP Wandsworth in London now has many people wondering …
A winter energy crunch in Europe looks a distinct possibility: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine imposed a sudden energy shock on Europe 18 months ago. Faced with the prospect of much less Russian gas, there were fears that Europe’s energy infrastructure would not cope with winter 2022-23, causing economies to crumble. Yet a mild winter and …
Spain is the egg donation capital of Europe – here’s what it’s like to be a donor: Spain performs more than half of all egg donation treatments across Europe. The country is the largest provider of donor eggs across the continent. And every year, thousands of international fertility patients travel to Spain to access treatments. …