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Austria has adopted a new national construction standard for green roofs and related outdoor building surfaces, giving climate-adaptive building greening a firmer place in the country’s building framework. Austrian Standards published ÖNORM B 1131 with an issue date of April

EuroWire, LUXEMBOURG: The number of prisoners in the European Union rose 2.0% in 2024 to 508,746, while the imprisonment rate edged up to 113 people per 100,000 inhabitants from 111 a year earlier, data released by Eurostat showed. The increase

EuroWire, BRISTOL: Two people were killed and three others, including a child, suffered minor injuries after an explosion tore through a home in the Frenchay area of Bristol on Sunday, prompting Avon and Somerset Police to declare a major incident

EuroWire, VIENNA: Austria has set out the main pillars of a national Africa strategy and stepped up diplomatic and economic engagement across the continent, as Vienna moves to build a longer term framework for relations with African partners. Official statements

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: Belgium said its spending on defence, security and resilience now equals 3.44% of gross domestic product under updated government calculations that fold broader national security costs into the total. The new measure includes direct military outlays as well

EuroWire, LONDON: The British government will introduce restrictions on social media access for children under 16, ministers said as the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill moved through its final parliamentary stages after weeks of debate over whether a direct ban

EuroWire, NICOSIA: European Union leaders said Friday that freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is non-negotiable, sharpening the bloc’s position on one of the world’s most important energy and trade corridors as they met in Cyprus for an

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Union is moving ahead with a broad set of measures to strengthen defence readiness, combining new funding, looser fiscal rules and industrial support as the bloc responds to a more demanding security environment. The effort has

EuroWire, ROME: Extreme heat is pushing global agrifood systems toward a breaking point, threatening the health and livelihoods of more than 1 billion people and cutting an estimated half a trillion work hours each year, according to a report released

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: More than 60 countries gathered in Brussels on Monday for talks aimed at reviving the two-state solution, as the European Union and Arab partners sought to keep diplomatic focus on Gaza and the occupied West Bank amid deepening