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EU funds for Musk: MEP demands information

How much EU funding has flowed to Elon Musk's companies in recent years? Green MEP Daniel Freund wants to know and has submitted a written question to the Commission.

By Corinna Visser

Reforestation: Egypt partners with Beijing-based company

Egypt plans a partnership with a Beijing-based company. It will focus on reforestation projects and the ecological restoration of wetlands. The environment minister of the North African state recently met with Sinoway representatives.

By Amelie Richter

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White paper: US fentanyl accusations bounce off the Great Wall

Beijing reacts to the US's additional tariffs with an authoritative white paper detailing its achievements in the fight against drug trafficking.

By Manuel Changming Liu

Billion-dollar investment: TSMC builds more chip plants in the US

Taiwan's chip giant TSMC will invest USD 100 billion in new US chip plants. At the same time, the Taiwanese want to ensure that all cutting-edge manufacturing technology remains in the country.

By Fabian Peltsch

Pollution-free environment: where the EU stands on its targets

A monitoring report shows which targets of the European Commission's action plan "Zero Pollution of Air, Water and Soil" are unlikely to be achieved. This could affect more than half of the EU targets for these areas by 2030. To remedy the situation, EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall wants to take greater account of the targets in legislation.

By Nicolas Heronymus

'Group of Five' reaffirms support

Following Donald Trump's criticism of the Ukrainian president, the defense ministers of five major NATO countries have emphasized their solidarity with Ukraine. They plan to meet again on March 12 to discuss strengthening European security.

By Redaktion Table

Special summit: How von der Leyen plans to support the armament of the member states

Just in time for the special summit, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presents options on how the armaments efforts of the member states could be supported. An instrument based on the model of the SURE program is to play an important role in this.

By Stephan Israel

USA: How the agricultural lobby tries to cope with Trump's climate policy

Trump's administration is shutting down portals with information on the effects of climate change on American agriculture. Resistance is now forming.

By julian heissler

Steel dialog: Industry pushes for guidelines on 'local content'

At the Strategic Dialog on the steel industry, trade unions and industry want concrete statements on how the EU Commission intends to help the sector out of the crisis. The Commission's concept paper only touches on key topics.

By Alex Veit