Spain arrests seven for large-scale migrant smuggling operation
Spanish police have arrested seven individuals on suspicion of running a large-scale migrant smuggling operation. The individuals arrested were part of an organised crime group...
Report assesses commercial viability of autonomous vehicle ride-sharing
A new report has investigated the commercial viability, potential challenges and business models for autonomous vehicle ride-sharing. Companies such as Uber and Tesla have made...
TISPOL launches Europe-wide speed enforcement operation
A speed enforcement operation will take place across Europe this week in a bid to highlight the dangers of speeding and improve road safety. The...
UK to launch Security Sector and Gender training course in Kenya
The UK will open a new Security Sector and Gender training course in Nairobi, Kenya, to increase its Women, Peace and Security efforts in...
Integrated farm management: transforming sustainability in agriculture
Martijn Buijsse from the European Initiative for Sustainable Development in Agriculture talks about European sustainable agriculture and how ‘integrated farm management’ could help to...
How viable is carbon capture, utilisation and storage for climate mitigation?
Carbon dioxide emissions need to be curbed if countries are to meet their Paris Climate Agreement commitments. Christoph Beuttler from Climeworks talks to Government...
UK to relax Green Belt boundaries and release land for housing
A new report from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) warns that the UK Government’s plans to relax Green Belt boundaries would be...
EU’s Baltic member states to synchronise energy grids by 2025
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have reached a political agreement with Poland to synchronise their energy grids with the continental European network by 2025. The three...
EU launches countermeasures to US-imposed sanctions on Iran
The EU has introduced an updated Blocking Statute which seeks to protect European companies from the impact of US-imposed sanctions on Iran. Earlier this year,...
EU mobilises 360 volunteers to fight forest fires in Sweden
The European Commission has mobilised more than 360 fire-fighters through its European Civil Protection Mechanism, to fight forest fires in Sweden. Through the European Civil...
