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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in 2019, reaching 122.4

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Mobility services infrastructure company Via closes Series E round; valued at $2.25B

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Via’s emergency services and transit network optimization expertise are being utilized across the world in locations as diverse as Berlin, Ohio, and Malta, to support communities impacted by COVID-19. First launched in New York City in 2013, Via’s technology is now deployed globally, including in Europe as ViaVan.

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JRC: 76.5% of world’s population in urban areas as of 2015

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More than three-quarters (76%) of the world’s population now live in urban areas, according to the European Commission’s Joint Research Center’s (JRC’s) new Atlas of the Human Planet 2019. According to the Atlas, the most urbanized EU country is Malta, where 95% of the population live in urban areas.

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EEA: small increase in EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017, with transport emissions up for the fourth consecutive year

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According to the EEA’s Annual European Union greenhouse gas inventory 1990-2017 and inventory report 2019 , total greenhouse gas emissions (including international aviation) rose by 0.7% The largest increases in relative terms in 2017 occurred in Malta, Portugal and Estonia. Source: EEA. in 2017 compared with 2016.

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Tesla Insurance moves closer to launch in Europe with new job posting

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Tesla originally established its Insurance business in Europe by opening a branch in Malta in December 2020. This telemetrics system is unavailable in California, where Tesla launched the insurance program in 2019. Now, it appears the automaker is moving closer to launching the service in Europe.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Instead, Maltese authorities told the ship’s captain to wait for vessels from Malta to pick up the migrants. The private, Malta-based vessels picked up the survivors, steamed about 237 kilometers south, and handed over the migrants to authorities in Libya, which was and is in the midst of a civil war, rather than return to Malta, 160 km away.

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Travelling after Brexit

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Will my driving licence be valid to drive in the EU after March 2019? Which one you will need will depend on which country you will be driving in: A 1949 Convention IDP covers these EU countries: Spain, Malta and Cyprus; or. This would need to be shown in conjunction with your UK driving licence.

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