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EU relaxes subsidy rules to prevent green tech companies from relocating to the United States
The European Commission has made good on its promise to further relax the EU’s long-standing rules on national subsidies to prevent green tech companies from relocating to the United States and retain the bloc’s ability to…
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European consumer NGO calls for ban on ‘greenwashing’ of food and drink products
Food and drink producers are greenwashing their products by classifying them as CO2 neutral and must be banned, according to one of Europe’s leading consumer NGOs. In a report published on Thursday, the European Consumer…
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‘Job for a girl’: Meet Asia’s first certified mountain guide who’s scaling more than mountains
When Dawa Yangzum Sherpa first set her sights on being a mountain guide, she was told it was no job for a girl. 15 years later, she’s become Nepal’s first woman to earn a prestigious…
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Dream travel: How Europe’s sleeper train network is set to expand
As travel aspires to be more eco-friendly, sleeper trains could be on track to be one of the most popular ways to get around Europe. The past couple of years has seen the launch of…
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Is it safe to travel to Mexico? Two Americans murdered on medical tourism trip
This week, sombre news came of the deaths of two Americans who had travelled with two other companions to Mexico in search of health care. The four were headed to Matamoros, once a popular spring…
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German cities struggling with winter influx of migrants from the Western Balkans
This winter, cities in Germany faced yet another influx of refugees but this time it was not Ukrainians fleeing war but people from Western Balkan countries seeking to escape their countries’ harsh winters and poor…
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Clean tech subsidies and Ukraine to be main topics as von der Leyen meets Biden
Ursula von der Leyen and Joe Biden will meet on Friday at the White House with their respective plans to boost homegrown clean technology high on the agenda. Both the EU and US have unveiled…
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Protesters plead for EU intervention over Israel’s judicial reforms ‘before it is too late’
“It’s actually very, very scary.” That’s how Amnon, a 33-year-old architect born in Tel Aviv and based in Brussels, feels about the current state of his home country. “We are in a crucial moment of…
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Where are Europe’s best airports? Passenger survey reveals some surprising results
Tallinn, Belgrade, Budapest and Athens are home to some of Europe’s best airports, a new survey reveals. Since 2006, Airports Council International has been surveying passengers on their experiences at almost 400 airports in 95…
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Becoming a mother doesn’t have to stop you travelling: Follow my tips to keep adventure alive
It was the middle of the night in Cairo, Egypt. I was fast asleep when the door swung open and two people walked in. One of them was a woman my age and the other…