Most of Europe’s bathing waters remain safe

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 29, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The vast majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the EU’s most stringent ‘excellent’ bathing quality standards in 2023, according to the latest annual Bathing Water report published Tuesday. The figure, which represents 85.4% of the EU’s...

EU and Australia sign partnership on sustainable critical and strategic minerals

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 29, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU and Australia signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a bilateral partnership to cooperate on sustainable critical and strategic minerals. The MoU was signed on behalf of the EU by Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis...

European Digital Identity rules enter into force

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 22, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The rules on establishing a European Digital Identity entered into force on Monday. They will pave the way for all EU citizens and residents to benefit from a personal European Digital Identity Wallet in 2026. The European Digital Identity Wallet will consist of a...

Unsustainable exports of waste from the EU to stop as new regulation enters into force

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 20, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

On Monday, the new Waste Shipments Regulation will enter into force, setting out stricter rules on the export of waste to non-EU countries. The new regulation will support the circular economy and ensure that waste exported from the European Union is treated in an...

Baltic states in ‘final phase of work’ to desynchronise electricity grids from Moscow

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 17, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Twenty years after Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania joined the EU, their electricity grids remain synchronised with Russian and Belarusian grids, which means that electricity in all the countries has the matching frequency and can readily flow across borders. The Baltic...