Spain has ended its state of alarm but is it enough to save the tourism industry from another disastrous summer?

FEHM is urging the UK to make special dispensation for regions and islands with low infection rates such as Mallorca.

Are you planning a summer holiday this year or will you stay at...

🇪🇺 The EU launched a digital platform to hear from its 450 million citizens, but only half of them have an interest in the project and just 7,000 people took part last week.

Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-11/EU-to-give-public-greater-say-on-future-policies-but-is-it-all-talk--...

As the world looks to alternative sources of energy, companies known until now as oil and gas giants are being forced to rethink their operations. Shell, for example, says it wants to be a net zero emissions energy business by 2050 or possibly sooner, and needs to meet increasing customer demand ...

According to a recent report by International Energy Forum, demand for gasoline is unlikely to ever return to pre-pandemic levels. So has Covid-19 provided an opportunity for the world to finally turn its back on dirty fossil fuels?

Joseph McMonigle is the fifth Secretary General of the Internat...

Of course, the hope is that one day the world will be able to be powered by entirely renewable, clean and green energy sources, but how likely is that to happen? And perhaps more importantly, when?

Here, Stephen Cole speaks to the director general of the International Renewable Energy Agency, Fr...

The EU and India announced that they will relaunch trade talks that were originally suspended back in 2013, with potential benefits for both sides.

A 2020 study estimated the benefits of a trade deal between Brussels and New Delhi could be worth $10.2 billion.

The timing of the announcement a...

🇭🇺 Hungary has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the European Union, and that’s largely because it was the first EU country to use both the Russian and Chinese vaccines.

😷 Now the Hungarian prime minister is going to ask other EU leaders to push through the approval of all vacci...

Brazil's government is under pressure. Not from its own people, nor a foreign power, but from a group of European retailers.

Companies including Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Metro and Ahold Delhaize are threatening to stop buying agricultural products from the country unless a law they say threatens the c...

🔴 Food insecurity is getting worse amid COVID-19, conflict and extreme weather. In numbers that means in 2020, 20m more people suffered from food insecurity than in 2019.

And 133,000 of those people were at a "catastrophic" phase of food insecurity.

CGTN Europe spoke to Luca Russo from the Fo...

🇪🇺 💉 Europe is "ready to discuss" a proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, marking what could be a major shift in the bloc's stance on the issue and the push for global vaccination.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-06/EU-ready-to-discuss-...

Poland's legal case has been set back in an ongoing dispute with the European Union over sweeping reforms of the country's judicial system. A non-binding opinion presented in the EU Court of Justice is the latest development in a clash between Poland's ruling party and the bloc, over powers the r...

Germany is at odds over a controversial new law that would exempt fully vaccinated people from strict restrictions put in place to fight Covid-19.

Less than 10 percent of the population is considered fully vaccinated and a majority of people not yet been eligible to make an appointment.

The law...

The Foreign Minister’s of the G7 nations have now held their first face-to-face meeting for more than two years – restricted, as most of the rest of us to virtual meetings by the COVID-19 pandemic.

So what exactly was discussed at the meeting? And, perhaps more importantly, what does it suggest ...

So it seems that Isabel Ayuso's big gamble has paid off. Her right-wing Popular Party (PP) was the big winner in Madrid's regional election on Tuesday, doubling its vote but falling short of an overall majority.

It means the PP will probably do a deal with the hard-right Vox Party to form a new ...

🐟 🇫🇷 France’s maritime minister, Annick Girardin has threatened to cut electricity to the tiny Channel Island of Jersey in response to restrictions being paced on French fishing vessels in the Channel.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-05/Jersey-slams-France-s-threat-to-cut-off-ele...

U.S. foreign policy hasn't changed significantly under President Joe Biden, according to Portugal's former finance minister.

Jorge Braga de Macedo, who ran Portugal's finance department in the early 1990s, told CGTN Europe as the G7 met in London that "one should not overestimate the difference...

Despite the pandemic, Carbon Dioxide levels continue to rise.
At the same time, aquaculture production has more than doubled every year since the year 2000, requiring 87 million metric tons from already over-fished stocks to be blended with grain in order to meet the feeding needs of fish farms....

♻️ Ryan Mario Yasin came up with a solution to prevent waste in the clothes industry. Inspired by aerospace engineering, Petit Pli’s has designed wearable technology that grows with your child.

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♻️ Gas pipes, a kitchen sink and a shopping trolley are just some of the discarded items that Weapons of Sound have repurposed to create music since 1993.

Started as a youth club activity they soon found themselves taking their environmental message to audiences as diverse as European football ...

The UK government will consider a debate in the House of Commons over a petition to force all professional soccer clubs to be majority-owned by their supporters.

Branded the "50+1 rule," campaigners are asking the government to ensure decisions made about the clubs "prioritize fans and the good ...

Laboratory-made diamonds are forever. 💍

Popular jewelry brand Pandora has announced that it will be polishing away mined diamonds from its collections and will be incorporating ethical and affordable lab-diamonds in its accessories.

Why? Read more 👉 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-05/Lab...

Mass vaccination programs for COVID-19 are being carried out around the world but not every country can afford vaccines and governments are following different strategies to contain the virus. So what will the future look like? Emma Keeling speaks to an epidemiologist in New Zealand to find out w...

🛣️ When European nations added speed limits in the 1970s to tackle rising traffic deaths, Germany surprised the world by not following the trend.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-04/Row-over-speed-limits-on-German-motorways-takes-environmental-twist-ZTCeODxfdS/index.html

Bullfighting has officially returned to Madrid, with thousands hitting the ring for the first time in 19 months. 🇪🇸

But with COVID-19 crippling the billion-dollar industry, will the comeback be enough to save the controversial sport - and those who rely on it for their income? 🧐

Read more 👉 h...