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The EU Parliament has formally approved a law which effectively bans the registration in Europe of new cars and vans that produce greenhouse gases from 2035. There were 340 votes in favour and 279 against the move. Europe's press sees advantages and disadvantages.

In recent days, thousands of Israelis have again demonstrated and gone on strike to protest against the government's planned reform of the judiciary under which, among other things, new laws could be passed even if they are ruled unconstitutional by the courts. Parliament has been rocked by violent riots over the reform. Commentators are alarmed.

Armenian disaster relief workers are helping out in the areas hit by the earthquake in Turkey. In addition, the Armenian foreign minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, visited his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu just a few days after the border between the two states, which had been blocked for decades, was opened for an aid convoy. Commentators see a chance to overcome the hostilities between the two countries.

According to the latest polls, the right-wing populist party Chega is gaining ground in Portugal, with up to 13 percent of the population saying they would vote for André Ventura's party. The national press debates whether the main opposition party, the liberal-conservative PSD, should clearly distance itself from the far right by establishing a "cordon sanitaire".

Mikaela Shiffrin will keine Fragen zur am Mittwoch verkündeten Trainer-Entlassung beantworten. Für die Journalisten vor Ort gibts darum eine knallharte Drohung.

Les parents du jeune homme arrêté mardi à Berne ont confié qu’il souffrait «d’une maladie psychique». Il a été placé dans une institution appropriée, indique jeudi le Ministère public.

Bei den ersten Gehversuchen nach seinem Schien- und Wadenbeinbruch wird Bayern-Goalie Manuel Neuer von einem Hightech-Gerät namens «AlterG» unterstützt.

Die digitale Dimension der EU-Außenpolitik müsse gestärkt werden - darin schienen sich bei einem Arbeitsgruppentreffen am Mittwoch (15. Februar) die europäischen Regierungen einig. Wie dies allerdings geschehen soll, bleibt offen.

Would industries remain inactive if tomorrow they were deprived of energy? No. Yet, European industries risk drowning themselves in this situation due to another vital economic resource: water. The revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive is the once-in-a-generation opportunity to turn water risks into industrial opportunity.