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In a bid to promote reading skills, the Danish government has announced it will abolish VAT on books - which at 25 percent is currently the highest in Europe. Danish media are delighted and hope that lower prices will boost reading among the population. In Finland, on the other hand, VAT on books was raised from 10 to 14 percent at the start of the year - a step which has drawn much criticism.

In 1980, the country voted to phase out nuclear power but today a political majority supports expanding it as part of efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels

Le Premier ministre Edi Rama a lancé une vaste opération visant à dégager les espaces publics des installations illégales. Cette « Renaissance urbaine 2.0 » ressemble surtout à une mise en scène au service d'un pouvoir de plus en plus autoritaire.

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If there is an inner voice that makes you want to work while on holiday, you might be a workaholic

As the EU prepares to discuss its 2040 emissions reduction target and Spain's anti-blackout decree is voted down by the country's Congress, wildfires in Europe show again why climate policy must go beyond party lines

Russia's foreign minister said foreign troops in Ukraine "would be absolutely unacceptable" in a meeting with his Indian counterpart

However, the battle may not be over as neither Brussels nor the member states seem willing to abandon these key industries

"It's not the end – it's the beginning," Šefčovič said

Any meeting with the Russian leader should be held in a "neutral" European country, he added, ruling out any summit in Moscow

Italian police arrested a man identified as Serhii K, marking the first known arrest in the case

"It is unquestionable that this would endanger the sense of security of many Jews, especially at this site," the court said

It is one of many small steps meant to help Germany's decades-old energy transition

"Despite headwinds like US tariffs and general uncertainty, businesses across the eurozone seem to be coping reasonably well," the chief economist of the Hamburg Commercial bank said

The Bundestag presidency was built for restraint, yet Klöckner is turning it into a stage

Up to 27 million tonnes of nanoplastics pollute the North Atlantic, with the highest concentrations found at the heart of the bloc's mussel farming grounds, a study has shown

Far-right Israeli ministers have in recent months openly called for Israel's annexation of the territory