The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Biden's effort to isolate Russia has a big problem: India

India is buying Russia's oil and joining military exercises.

Axios · Sep 1, 2022

Germany to start Omicron-adapted COVID vaccinations next week - minister

Germany can next week start using COVID-19 vaccines which have been adapted for the Omicron variant and got approval for use in the European Union on Thursday, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

EU: US electric vehicle tax credit reduces buyers' choices

The European Union trade chief says a new U.S. tax credit aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles could eventually backfire and limit choices for American consumers

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Speed limiters: What are they and what is the new law concerning them?

Revised rules on mobile phones, Low Emission Zones and goods transportation also coming into play

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Energy price inflation: how the UK and EU could fight it

What can be done about rising prices – and would nationalising gas and electricity firms help?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

EU, responding to UN report, condemns rights violations in China

The European Commission, responding to a U.N. report that China may have committed crimes against humanity in its Xinjiang region, said on Thursday that it strongly condemns human rights violations in the country.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Tariff shields and turning off lights: how Europe is tackling the energy crisis

The scale of the crisis in several European countries, and what governments are doing about it

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Wholesale gas prices fall as Europe’s plan to avert winter energy crisis takes shape

Price of gas for delivery on Friday drops 21% from Wednesday night’s price of 405p per therm to 320p

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Kremlin: EU visa restrictions on Russians are 'ridiculous'

The Kremlin said on Thursday that a European Union decision to scrap a simplified visa regime for Russian tourists was "ridiculous" and bad news for Russian citizens.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

EU urges Kosovo to give 'sufficient time' for car licensing rule

The European Union said on Thursday that Pristina should give sufficient time for the implementation of a rule under which ethnic Serbs living in northern Kosovo to switch over their car license plates to local ones within two months.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022