Europe has some of the world’s most ambitious climate goals, but in recent months it has backtracked on rules governing automobile emissions and deforestation.

As the European Union has looked to push carmakers towards electric vehicles, sales of EVs across the continent have been uneven, skewed more to northern and western countries, while nations further south and east have tended to lag.

An agreement between European Parliament and the European Council said cases would be cut if countries lack 'relevant circumstances, such as indiscriminate violence in the context of an armed conflict.

The European official said the man accused of coordinating a plot to put explosives in packages on cargo planes, for example, was recruited by Russian intelligence after involvement with smuggling guns and explosives. The man is linked to at least four other plots.

European Union countries on Thursday approved a deal to delay the anti-deforestation law by a year following pushback from industry and concerns the digital system to enforce it was not ready, the Council of the EU said,

The Council reached a position on regulations establishing an EU list of safe countries of origin and on safe third countries.

Life expectancy and years spent in retirement are rising across Europe. In response, many countries are increasing retirement ages. Denmark has already decided to raise the retirement age to 70 by 2040. Several other European countries have also passed ...

President Putin has warned Russia will seize more land in Ukraine unless Kyiv and European allies do more to engage with US peace proposals.