Estonia

Estonia has no direct obligation to build four-lane highways

April 25, 2025

Estonia has committed to upgrading its main highways to meet EU standards by 2030. However, EU requirements do not explicitly mandate four-lane highways, meaning the Tallinn-Tartu and Tallinn-Pärnu-Ikla highways may [..]

Europe

European Commission issues proposed list of safe countries of origin

April 18, 2025

The European Commission has proposed the creation of an EU-wide list of safe countries of origin to accelerate asylum procedures across the European Union. On Wednesday, the commission announced that [..]

Europe

Germany’s Volkswagen hit by US tariffs, EU rules in first quarter

April 10, 2025

By Frank Johannsen, dpa and Stefan Heider, dpa-AFX. Volkswagen reported a drop in preliminary first-quarter profit on Wednesday, with operating earnings falling to €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion) from €4.6 billion [..]

Europe

Cumulative effects of EU sustainability legislation on Finnish companies

February 5, 2025

Uncertainty about the practical application of the EU’s sustainability regulations may lead companies to wait for further clarification. This is problematic because companies then fail to allocate resources where required [..]

Lithuania

Passengers will be required to remove liquids at Vilnius Airport terminal due to EU rules

September 24, 2024

Equipment installed at Vilnius Airport’s new passenger departure terminal, due to open in February, would allow passengers not to remove liquids during screening, but new EU regulations do not allow [..]

Europe

Stopping greenwashing: how the EU regulates green claims

January 22, 2024

The EU aims to put an end to greenwashing, when companies claim to be greener than they are, and provide more information to consumers on the durability of products they [..]

Lithuania

Migration body finds Lithuanian citizens with family ties to EU-sanctioned persons

January 3, 2024

The Migration Department has said that its ongoing probe has found a number of Lithuanian citizens with family ties to individuals subject to EU sanctions. Evelina Gudzinskaite, the department’s director, [..]

Europe

EU will ban on third country entities from sponsoring political advertising in the three-month period before an election or referendum

November 7, 2023

EU co-legislators reached a provisional deal on new rules to make election and referenda campaigns more transparent and resistant to interference. The new rules will regulate political advertisements, notably online [..]

Europe

Packaging: new EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle

October 24, 2023

The Environment Committee adopted its proposals to make packaging easier to reuse and recycle, to reduce unnecessary packaging and waste, and to promote the use of recycled content. On Tuesday, [..]