Droughts are a serious consequence of climate change, devastating ecosystems, along with the organisms and communities who inhabit them. Understanding the impact of this upon agricultural productivity is vital to ensure sustainable food supplies and local economies.
As per phys.org, reports indicate that changing climatic conditions may require adjustments in crop selection and farming practices. While regions could benefit from improved conditions for grape cultivation, staple crops such as wheat and sugar beet are expected to suffer. Livestock grazing may also be impacted due to grassland degradation.
The Czech National Bank (CNB) has limited room to ease monetary policy this year, with domestic inflation threats warranting caution, and there will be debate whether to keep or cut rates at next week's policy meeting,
The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate on Thursday to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers burned by inflation warily eye price tags and businesses try to navigate political turmoil in leading economies France and Germany.
From the smallest village to the national capital, memorials celebrating Soviet “liberation” were once a key feature of the Central European urban landscape. But since the end of the Cold...
The synchronization of data from two natural climate archives -- a speleothem from the Herbstlabyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) and ice cores from Greenland -- offers new insights into the chronology of abrupt climate changes in Central Europe.
The agreement signed at COP29 is the important first step in linking Central Asian renewables with European markets – enabling the transfer of surplus green electricity from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan, creating a direct pathway for exports to Europe.
All of democratic Europe’s efforts to replace Gazprom... German officials announced on Sunday that Berlin had entered into a “long-term energy partnership” with Qatar. Germany’s ...
How right he is—but his analysis applies only to Western Europeans. Central Europe is successful in most categories he mentions. Poland, for example, has the most dynamic economy in Europe.
Political science in the 21st century has increasingly focused on the study of populism, a phenomenon manifesting across diverse global contexts often
As Magyar Nemzet reported, Hungary blocked the extension of sanctions against Russia, putting significant pressure on European Union decision-makers. Prime Minister Viktor Orban made it clear that Hungary's support is conditional on the resumption of natural gas and oil transit through Ukraine, which has been halted in recently.
The European Union's sanctions on vessels transporting Russian grain, along with Turkey's wheat import ban, impacted Russian grain exports at the end of 2024, the country's central bank said on Thursday.