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Smartphone factory inaugurated in Kenya

Kenya's President William Ruto inaugurated his country's first smartphone factory last week. The joint venture with a Chinese company is intended to create jobs and make digital access easier for Kenyans.

By Arne Schütte

Düsseldorf 17.08.2023 Stau Autostau Verkehrsstau Innenstadt City Verkehr Umwelthilfe Bussgeld Tempobegrenzung Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung CO2 Stickoxide Stickoxid Feinstaub Emission Luftreinhaltung Luftreinhalteplan Fahrverbote Verkehrskollaps Klimawandel Baustelle Benzinpreis Spritpreis Autos Parkhaus Parken Parkraum Feierabendverkehr Tempo 30 Verkehrswende Mobilitätswende Innenstadtverkehr Benzinpreise Spritpreise Deutschlandticket Autopendler Fahrradfahrerin Fahrradfahrer Radfahrer Automaut Citymaut Düsseldorf Nordrhein-Westfalen Deutschland *** Düsseldorf 17 08 2023 traffic jam traffic jam downtown city traffic environmental aid fine speed limit speed limit CO2 nitrogen oxides nitrogen oxide particulate matter emission air cleanline

Clean Air Directive: Poorer member states want postponement

With regard to the Clean Air Directive, member states whose economic performance is below the EU average want the new limit values to come into force up to ten years later. This is one of the demands of the common position of the Member States agreed by the EU ambassadors. The trilogue begins next week.

By Markus Grabitz

Auspuff mit Abgasen eines Verbrennungsmotors, Dieselmotor, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland *** Exhaust with exhaust gases of a combustion engine Diesel engine Stuttgart Baden Württemberg Germany

Clean Air Directive: Germany abstains

The German government intends to abstain from the vote in the circle of EU ambassadors (Coreper I) on the Clean Air Directive. Nevertheless, it is expected that the Spanish Council Presidency's proposal for a compromise will receive a qualified majority today.

By Markus Grabitz

Copenhagen, Denmark /08 November 2023/. Foodora delivery biker and scooter male in danish capital. Photo.Francis Joseph Dean/Dean Pictures

Employers demand less state involvement in the economy

The employers' association Business Europe is calling for the Commission to exercise restraint when proposing new legislation for the economy in the next mandate. It should also get serious about cutting red tape.

By Redaktion Table

Symbolfoto, Ökologische Wildblumenwiese, Blumenwiese, *** Symbol photo, ecological wildflower meadow, flower meadow,

Renaturation: tension before final trilogue

The final trilogue on the proposal for a law to restore nature starts today, Thursday, at 2 p.m. – a law that is politically explosive. The Commission will present a compromise proposal.

By Claire Stam