Carbon dioxide emissions across the EU are 24% lower than in 1990, showed a report released on Monday. The document notes that the volume of CO2 emissions in 2019 decreased by 3.7% compared to 2018, while GDP grew by 1.5% over this period. "The European Union is proving that it is possible to...

EU will finalise the free permits’ benchmark for the period of “2021-2025” in February. The European Commission had plans of finishing the regulations on “free carbon permits” in the coming five year, while last ween it informed that the ruled for the industries to calculate the same will be...

Opposition and doctors have urged for “stricter measure” to contain the second infection wave sweeping across the country. Turkey experienced record number of deaths due to COVID-19 for a seventh day in a row on Sunday, November 29, 2020, even as the President Tayyip Erdogan attempted to “contain a...

U.K. minister assures of an independent regulator assessing the doubts raised against COVID-19 vaccine. Robert Jenrick, the Housing Minister of Britain assured that data on “Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine” should not be a reason for anyone to worry as the “independent regulator” would assess the...

Regulators are best placed to decide the efficacy of the vaccine with data which aren’t available in public domain. Patrick Vallance, the “Chief Scientific Adviser” of the government of Britain has said that AstraZeneca’s vaccine proved the main point as it has worked against COVID-19 in reply to...

According to a report published by the news agency Reuters, four more Chinese companies are set to be designated by the United States as being supported by the Chinese military. The report quoting sources claimed that Washington was set to cut down the access of those companies to US investors....

New lockdowns in Europe can be avoided if 95% of people wear masks, said the WHO European Head of Office. The vaccine, he said, would not be the solution, as it would be limited in the early stages. New lockdowns due to coronavirus in Europe can also be avoided by wearing masks. This was stated by...

It could be as early as next month that drug makers Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could be given emergency US and European authorization to usage of the their Covid-19 vaccine after the companies declared completion of their final phase of trials which had shown a 95 per cent efficacy rate with no...

Joe Biden, the possible US President and candidate of the Democrat Party, will order doubling of the minimum wage in the country upon taking office. He wrote about this on Twitter. In his opinion, the increase in wages from $7.25 per hour to $15 will take place against the backdrop of the...