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Energy

Abendröte schmückt den Himmel am Freitag (11.10.2002) am Kohlekraftwerk Mehrum (Kr. Peine) bei einer Temperatur um drei Grad und scharfem Ostwind. In der Nähe dieser Anlage drehen sich viele Windräder auf den landwirtschaftlichen Flächen. dpa/lni
Abendröte schmückt den Himmel am Freit […]
Compromise reached for Nord Stream 2 project. Wüstneck/dpa/archive
Compromise reached for Nord Stream 2 pro […]
Pipes for the controversial energy project Nord Stream 2. Photo: Danny Gohlke/dpa.
Pipes for the controversial energy proje […]
The journey from a coal union to the energy transition

Health

A biologist working on immunotherapy for HPV+ cancers holds test tubes in the lab of Dr. Christian Hinrichs, an investigator at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, February 7, 2018. Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP
A biologist working on immunotherapy for […]
Meat on display in the butcher's section of a supermarket in Coutances, northwestern France, on August 18, 2015. Photo: Charly Triballeau / AFP
Meat on display in the butcher's section […]
Facing new risks

EU budget

Foto: dpa
Foto: dpa
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) speaks during a press conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) spea […]
A pile of annual reports 2018 of the Court of Auditors Rhineland-Palatinate lies on a table during a press conference. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa/archive
A pile of annual reports 2018 of the Cou […]
Italy's draft budget agreed on December 29 includes 32 billion euros ($28 billion) in extra spending. Photo: Philippe Huguen / AFP
Italy's draft budget agreed on December […]
A new framework for funding the future of Europe

Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street, for the House of Commons ahead of a Brexit vote.
British Prime Minister Theresa May leave […]
Britain will leave the European Union in March 2019. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP
Britain will leave the European Union in […]
The virtually unmarked Irish-UK border near the Northern Irish town of Newry, United Kingdom. Photo: Mariusz Smiejek/dpa
The virtually unmarked Irish-UK border n […]
Britain’s divorce from the EU

Trade

Photo: dpa
Photo: dpa
The Swiss flag at the embassy of the country in Berlin.
The Swiss flag at the embassy of the cou […]
Japan and the European Union launched the world's largest open trade zone Friday, covering about a third of the global economy. Photo: Jörg Sarbach/dpa +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++
Japan and the European Union launched t […]
Spain, La Roda de Andalucia: Olives roll off the assembly line in a factory in southern Spain. The US Department of Commerce has had anti-dumping and Countervailing duties on imports of olives from Spain announced. Imports of this Spanish product into the USA amounted to 57.7 million euros in 2017. Photo: Daniel Gonzalez Acuna/dpa
Spain, La Roda de Andalucia: Olives roll […]
Internal market flourishes, but protectionism looms

Digitalization

Netzwerkkabel hängen am 14.02.2013 in Jülich (Nordrhein-Westfalen) im Forschungszentrum an der Rückseite des Supercomputers Juqueen. Europas schnellster Rechner, Juqueen, geht offiziell an den Start. Mit einer maximalen Rechenleistung von 5,9 Petaflops kann der Supercomputer sechs Billiarden Rechenoperationen pro Sekunde durchführen. Foto: Oliver Berg/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
Netzwerkkabel hängen am 14.02.2013 in J […]
An employee types on a computer keyboard at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow., on October 17, 2016. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
An employee types on a computer keyboard […]
A connected continent

Eurozone

ILLUSTRATION - Griechische Euro-Münzen stehen am 07.01.2015 in Köln (Nordrhein-Westfalen) auf einer EU-Fahne. Die Bundesregierung entwickelt einem Medienbericht zufolge konkrete Strategien für einen möglichen Austritt Griechenlands aus der Eurozone. Foto: Oliver Berg/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
ILLUSTRATION - Griechische Euro-Münzen […]
Unemployment in the eurozone is falling, the latest data show. Photo: Sebastien Bozon / AFP
Unemployment in the eurozone is falling, […]
A grocery cart brimming with items for Christmas is pushed through a supermarket in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa/archive
A grocery cart brimming with items for C […]
The Euro Sculpture in Frankfurt am Main in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa/archive
The Euro Sculpture in Frankfurt am Main […]
Many states, one currency

Europe's youth

Schüler der Edith-Stein-Schule präsentieren am 06.09.2017 in Erfurt (Thüringen) die selbstgestalteten Wahlplakate für die U18-Bundestagswahl. Foto: Martin Schutt/dpa
Schüler der Edith-Stein-Schule präsent […]
Teacher Romy Budach (C) from Frankfurt Oder's Chamber of Trades oversees the two Polish apprentices Dominika (L) and Monika during their apprenticeship to become hairdressers in Frankfurt Oder, Germany, 18 May 2017. 16 Polish 2nd and 3rd year hairdressing apprentices are currently doing a three-week hairdressing and cosmetics internship at Frankfurt Oder's Chamber of Trades. This student exchange takes place within the framework of the european youth exchange program "Erasmus+". Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB
Teacher Romy Budach (C) from Frankfurt O […]
A female student reads a book about the ERASMUS programme in Berlin. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa/archive
A female student reads a book about the […]
Worker in the Vatican in Rome. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa/archive
Worker in the Vatican in Rome. Photo: Mi […]
Endless opportunities or no future?

EU enlargement

ARCHIV - Zwei Männer feiern am 01.01.2007 vor einer EU-Fahne den EU-Beitritt Rumäniens in Bukarest. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT (zu dpa Berichterstattung vor dem EU-Gipfel) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
ARCHIV - Zwei Männer feiern am 01.01.2 […]
Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev (C) waves a Macedonian flag during a 'Yes' rally ahead of a referendum on whether to change the country's name to 'The Republic of North Macedonia' in Skopje on September 16, 2018. Photo: Robert Atanasovski / AFP
Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev (C) waves a Mac […]
Migrants from the Middle East and North Africa eat lunch on a square in front of Sarajevo's railway station, on June 19, 2018. Photo: Elvis Barukcic / AFP
Migrants from the Middle East and North […]
The Union is growing

Defence and security

25.04.2018, Brandenburg, Schönefeld: Das zweistrahliges Mehrzweckkampfflugzeug Dassault Rafale aus Frankreich ist bei der Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA) ausgestellt. Bis Sonntag präsentierten 1100 Aussteller aus 41 Ländern ihre Neuheiten von Flugzeugen über Drohnen und Flugtaxis bis hin zu Raketentechnik. (zu dpa "Ein Kampfjet für Europa - Berlin und Paris gehen in Rüstungsoffensive" am 26.04.2018)
25.04.2018, Brandenburg, Schönefeld: Da […]
French soldiers on patrol during a 2012 NATO mission to Wardak province in Afghanistan. Photo: Jeff Pachoud / AFP
French soldiers on patrol during a 2012 […]
04 November 2018, France (France), Straßburg: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte pass the republican guard at a concert for peace in Europe in Strasbourg Cathedral. The occasion is the end of the First World War and the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France 100 years ago. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa
04 November 2018, France (France), Straà […]
A continent's preparations for a world of challenges

Food and agriculture

Spain, La Roda de Andalucia: Olives roll off the assembly line in a factory in southern Spain. The US Department of Commerce has had anti-dumping and Countervailing duties on imports of olives from Spain announced. Imports of this Spanish product into the USA amounted to 57.7 million euros in 2017. Photo: Daniel Gonzalez Acuna/dpa
Spain, La Roda de Andalucia: Olives roll […]
A farmer holds soybeans in his hands. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa/archive
A farmer holds soybeans in his hands. Ph […]
Feeding a continent

Terrorism and security

EU to impose sanctions on chemical weapons use.
EU to impose sanctions on chemical weapo […]
A Star of David pictured on the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 28, 2011. Photo: Joseph Eid / AFP
A Star of David pictured on the abandone […]
An employee types on a computer keyboard at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow., on October 17, 2016. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
An employee types on a computer keyboard […]
The EU's fight against terror