The economy of the 19-country eurozone shrank by a devastating 12.1% percent during the second quarter from the quarter before as coronavirus lockdowns froze business and consumer activity. It was Continue Reading
England topped Europe’s grim league table for highest levels of excess deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new analysis published Thursday by Britain’s Office for National Statistics. The analysis Continue Reading
Seven percent – that’s the portion of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids as a percentage of total sales as of the first quarter of this year. There were some 110,000 Continue Reading
The energy system of the future took clearer form this month when the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch based in Brussels, adopted two closely related strategies. Its new Hydrogen Continue Reading
The auto industry, long a driver of economic growth in central Europe, is likely to be one of the main drags on the region’s efforts this year to recover from Continue Reading
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German economy shrank 10.1% in second quarter from previous quarter amid coronavirus shutdowns. View full article at apnews.com
Russia’s ongoing efforts to stretch Crimea’s dwindling water supplies will only slightly delay the need to permanently fix the region’s insufficient water resources by either funding expensive infrastructure overhauls, or Continue Reading
Poland’s government started discussions with utilities and powerful mining unions about speeding up the country’s green transformation, only to hit the first hurdle within hours. Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin’s Continue Reading
The smell of diesel was so overpowering that it made Vasily Ryabinin dizzy. That meant he was getting close. As an inspector from Russia’s environmental agency, Ryabinin went on his own Continue Reading
Meanwhile, Spanish lender Banco Santander SA reported a €12.6 billion charge in the second quarter after it re-evaluated goodwill associated with past acquisitions due to the deterioration in the economic Continue Reading
