Carbon

Italy Pushes to Weaken Green Rules in the EU Budget

Italy's push to weaken green safeguards in the next EU budget shows how climate policy is increasingly being recast as a competitiveness problem rather than a moral one.

Sweden and Finland Champion Bioenergy: New Measures Amid Climate Pressures

Sweden and Finland boost bioenergy with €3B CO₂ capture, biofuel targets and forest safeguards despite strict EU climate rules.

Putting Out the Fires in Europe: Climate’s North-South Gap

Fires engulf forests from Greece to Spain with a important signal for Europe splitting along climate lines.

Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century, EU Climate Policy

EU’s carbon border tax sparks backlash in Africa, with critics calling it climate colonialism that threatens $25B in exports by 2030.

Forecast: Tech Trends in 2025

Explore 2025's top tech trends: Agent AI, post-quantum security, biometrics, and zero-carbon innovation reshaping industries and society.

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Hollywood Takes Homer and Greece Pushes Back

Christopher Nolan had every right to reinvent Homer, but Greek frustration reveals what is lost when a living cultural inheritance becomes Hollywood spectacle.

Iran and Ukraine’s Wars Are Converging

Caspian strike on Iranian ship and warnings to Europe suggest two wars merge into one conflagration.

The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf

The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming the region's new measure of power.

Greece Keeps Betting on Golden Visa Capital

Greece is preserving its golden visa programme because foreign capital remains valuable to its recovery, even as property investment worsens pressure on housing.

Andy Burnham Plans to Retax British Homes

Burnham weighs a property tax overhaul that could redirect who pays for Britain's homes.