In 2017, the Polish government authorized the cutting of between 160,000 and 180,000 trees in the Białowieza Primeval Forest. A measure which the European Court of Justice considers an infringement of the EU’s Habitat Directive, requiring member states to take appropriate conservation measures for special areas.
If all trees felled in the Białowieza Forest in 2017 were loaded onto lined up lorries, it would create a convoy of vehicles stretching from London to Cambridge. A video by BiQData.
Romanian New Wave keeps receiving international accolades at film festivals across Europe, yet it attracts relatively little public in its home country. A data-driven analysis
Using bicycles as a regular form of transport is growing as bike sharing infrastructure is put in place and cycle lanes are built.
A survey of companies in Europe is published every four years by Eurofound, mapping business practices and enabling comparisons across Europe.
The Euro-Peristat report presents data on perinatal health in 26 EU members plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.
The number and variety of bird species have dropped significantly over the last twenty years. The cause is a reduction of their food source due to the intensive use of pesticides in farming.
Starting in 2012, when it first entered the EU’s transparency register, Facebook has been steadily intensifying its lobbying efforts within European institutions.
Each year since 2012, the Council of Europe publishes a report from the Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Traffickers in Human Beings (GRETA) on trafficking for labour exploitation in Europe.
The BEPS project ensures that governments acquire national and international instruments to combat tax evasion.
