Meloniโs law-and-order crackdown pushes Italyโs prisons to the brink
Rome’s sweeping new security decree looks set to put more people behind bars, but overcrowded prisons can’t cope.
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Sauna diplomacy pauses as top Finnish spot in Brussels closes for now
Finland’s diplomats will โbe making use of alternative saunasโ this year, as perm rep can’t give a timeline for when famed sweat lodge will reopen.
EU aims โsimplificationโ sledgehammer at green energy laws
The EU is weighing reopening rules on renewables, energy efficiency and green renovations โ despite warnings that it could be opening Pandora’s box.
Massive crowds flood Belgrade as months of protests reach boiling point
After sweeping the country, ever-growing anti-government demonstrations have circled back to the Serbian capital.
Visitors flock to Parisโs Pompidou Centre before it closes for renovations
Art lovers catch last glimpse of prestigious art collection before gallery shuts for five years for major revampTourists and French visitors alike filled Parisโs landmark Pompidou Centre at the weekend to catch a last glimpse of its prestigious art col…
Serbiaโs PM resigns after student protests linked to government corruption โ Europe live
Miloลก Vuฤeviฤ steps down following wave of demonstrations sparked by the deaths of 15 people who were killed when a railway station roof collapsedSpeaking at a press conference in Belgrade, Vuฤeviฤ defended his governmentโs record, but admitted that Se…
Serbia charges 13 in railway station tragedy, critics allege cover-up
Belgrade government is trying to “throw dust in the eyes of the people,” former Novi Sad Mayor Boris Novakoviฤ says.
The great switcheroo: How France overtook Italy as the EUโs No. 1 budgetary basket caseย
As Paris blows its long-earned fiscal credibility, Rome has started to look respectable in the eyes of the EU’s fiscal cops.
Climbing Europeโs Energy Demand Peak [Promoted content]
There is a summit Europe must climb on the journey towards climate-neutrality: a summit known as โpeak demandโ. A new study considers how building renovations can make this ascent achievable and affordable for everyone by 2050.
The EU is helping Turkey forcibly deport migrants to Syria and Afghanistan
European taxpayers finance ill-treatment and forced expulsion, an investigation found.
UK braces for damning report into 2017 Grenfell Tower blaze
Keir Starmer will address parliament as report on 2017 blaze that killed 72 โ and exposed deep divisions in the U.K. capital โ is published.
Italyโs budget mess leaves earthquake-stricken towns in limbo
The subsidy program that Rome can’t afford is a crucial part of efforts to piece shattered lives and towns back together.
Timeline: Assassinations of American presidents and presidential candidates
Assassination plots have been a part of American political life since the 19th century.
Buildings decarbonisation can make or break the Green Deal
Buildings and transport are the two most crucial sectors to decarbonise to meet EUโs 2030 climate targets. However, they are also have the most directly affect on EU citizens in their daily lives, as the choice to undertake energy renovations…
How French financial chaos could end Meloniโs market honeymoonย
Meloniโs careful stewardship of the Italian economy has been rewarded by Europeโs famously fickle financial markets. But chaos across the Alps could draw unwanted attention to Italyโs huge debt pile.ย
Letโs get to grips with the housing crisis โ the young demand it
Incumbent leaders have largely failed to tackle key socioeconomic issues like the rising cost of housing.
โIn the US they think weโre communists!โ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living
The Basque Countryโs Mondragรณn Corporation is the globeโs largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits โ and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more backWhen Marisa Fernรกnd…
Occupy Brussels! Viktor Orbรกnโs plan for Europe
In the Hungarian leader, the EU faces a new type of Euroskeptic, one who doesnโt want to leave the bloc but shape it.
Five people detained after 29 die in daytime fire at Istanbul nightclub
Venue was closed for renovations when fire broke out, with victims believed to have been working in the buildingA daytime fire at a central Istanbul nightclub that was closed for renovations has killed at least 29 people, as five people, including mana…
Dozens killed in fire at Istanbul nightclub closed for renovations
A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning.
Anger as France slashes green transition budget by โฌ1.4 billion
Environmental groups were quick to criticise French government plans to cut the green transition budget by โฌ1.4 billion, including for energy-efficient home renovations, while others called the move “pragmatic”.
Luxury ski chalet with helipad and view of Matterhorn on sale for โฌ24m
Most expensive listing in Italian Alps has cinema and gym as well as atrium with Swarovski chandelierA luxury ski chalet in the Italian Alps โ featuring a helipad, indoor pool and outdoor whirlpool bath with a view of the Matterhorn โ has gone on sale …
Brusselsโ big makeover: Green buildings, wider sidewalks and fewer parking spots
With its Good Living plan, the city wants to overhaul its gray image.
EUโs contested green buildings law limps towards the finishing line
Negotiations on the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) are expected to conclude on Thursday evening (7 December), with EU countries set to dilute a proposed mandate to make renovations mandatory.
How innovation is shaping the future of building renovations
Efficient buildings save energy, money and climate-wrecking emissions. As EU negotiators prepare to hammer out an agreement on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), it is important to highlight that significant innovation is underway in…
Hey, Greece! You want your marbles back? Steal โem
Coming soon to a movie theater near you, The Great Elgin Marbles Caper.
European Parliament wants fair, flexible approach to efficient buildings law
Building renovations, like those encouraged under the draft Energy Performance of Buildings directive, are key to improving people’s well-being and reducing emissions, but they must be flexible and rolled out with social safeguards, writes Ciarรกn Cuffe.
Observatory built to represent Einsteinโs theory of relativity reopens in Germany
Einstein Tower has undergone extensive renovations to preserve it for future generationsA solar observatory built to substantiate Albert Einsteinโs theory of relativity has been reopened near the German capital after a renovation project to preserve it…
โWhy are 500,000 people watching paint dry?โ The man behind YouTubeโs DIY sensation
Martijn Doolaard has released 83 videos documenting his restoration of an Alpine cabin. They are slow, quiet, uneventful โ and hugely successful. He explains his secretOn 5 October 2021, Martijn Doolaard came home. Not to a flat in Amsterdam, where the…
EU Buildings Directive: Germany signals readiness to stop tighter standards
German ministers have stepped up their criticism of proposed EU building regulations, as Housing Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD/S&D) made clear her opposition to mandatory renovations after Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP/Renew) made similar c…
Germanyโs Lindner blasts EU over โenormously dangerousโ green plans
The finance minister warned that a Brussels push to make buildings across the bloc more energy efficient would threaten ‘social peace.’
Buildings directive: German NGOs pressure Berlin to back obligatory renovations
German civil society has asked Berlin to back a controversial European Commission proposal to make renovating worst-performing buildings obligatory before buildings directive negotiations continue after the summer.