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What is the future of AI? Google and the EU have very different ideas

12 May 2023

While Google and other tech giants are rolling out new AI products at speed, the European Union is working on a law to restrict them

UK minister says EU is ‘weaponising science’ in Brexit deal row

24 June 2022

The UK is making plans to launch its own science funding programme in September, science minister George Freeman tells New Scientist, if the EU refuses access to the Horizon scheme

Sentinel-3, one of the satellites used by the Copernicus programme

UK may go it alone in orbit after Brexit shutout from EU space plans

14 June 2022

The UK may invest in its own space plans if Brexit-related issues continue to prevent full involvement in the European Union’s programmes

Mandatory Credit: Photo by EyePress News/Shutterstock (12818720l) File image of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction. Germany is halting the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of Russia's incursion into Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022. The undersea pipeline, meant to ferry natural gas directly from Russia to northern Germany, is owned by a subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Gazprom. Berlin has previously been reluctant to impose sanctions that would affect Nord Stream 2. But at a press conference Tuesday, Scholz said that the situation today is fundamentally different and therefore, in light of recent events, we must also reassess this situation ... also with regard to Nord Stream 2. Shortly after, the economy ministry announced it was halting the certification process Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - 22 Feb 2022

Europe rethinks its energy strategy after Russia's attack on Ukraine

28 February 2022

About 40 per cent of Europe’s gas comes from Russia, but the European Union is expected to release a new energy strategy to reduce its reliance on Russian imports

EU votes to restrict AI use in law enforcement while UK rolls it out

6 October 2021

Legislation working its way through the European Parliament could see a complete ban on the use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement

EU's carbon border tax will test appetite for global climate action

14 July 2021

A controversial carbon tax will be applied to goods imported to the European Union from 2026, as part of a plan to meet the bloc's climate targets by reshaping its economy