Ambitious EU seeks to improve Middle Corridor trade route, secure position in Central Asia [Advocacy Lab Content] on 08/05/24
Despite growing interest in the European Union for the advancement of the Middle Corridor, the bloc has much more to do in developing this trade route and securing its position in Central Asia. Aviation’s contrails travails on 07/05/24
Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest on the transport sector in Europe. This week, a successful time for cycling policy, but challenges remain for implementation. Europe’s auto suppliers – and their workers – feel the pressure on 06/05/24
Production of car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. Air France, Lufthansa Group airlines part of EU greenwashing probe on 03/05/24
Air France, its Dutch arm KLM, Norwegian and several Lufthansa Group airlines are among 20 carriers being investigated by the European Union for potential greenwashing, the companies said on Thursday (2 May). European rail alliance focuses on skills, people shortages on 03/05/24
An industry project launched by the rail industry sector's skills alliance (STAFFER) and sponsored by the European Commission is reaching an end after almost four years. Euractiv spoke to project participants, who will present concrete policy recommendations for the next Commission in October. Contrails – Plane to see on 02/05/24
Contrails, as these stripes are called, are caused by jet engine exhaust. They are worse for the climate than aviation’s CO2 emissions. Cutting contrails is the quickest, cheapest path for the airline industry to reduce its climate impact. European bridges secure against ship collisions, port authorities say on 30/04/24
European bridges over maritime harbours are not likely to collapse should they be hit by seagoing vessels, according to several large European port authorities who Euractiv contacted following the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US city of Baltimore. Finnair pauses some Estonia flights due to GPS interference on 30/04/24
Finnair said on Monday (29 April) it is pausing flights to Tartu in eastern Estonia for one month due to GPS disturbances in the area, which Tallinn blamed on neighbouring Russia. EU cycling policy takes off its training wheels on 30/04/24
Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest on the transport sector in Europe. This week, a successful time for cycling policy, but challenges remain for implementation. EU liberals’ lead candidate slams von der Leyen’s ‘extremely poor’ performance on 29/04/24
Ursula von der Leyen's performance as European Commission President was “extremely poor”, the lead candidate for the German and European liberals, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann said on Saturday (27 April), citing prescriptive climate policy and bad approval ratings among businesses.
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