Buses
Empowering the EU’s road transport industry
The EU’s road transport sector faces critical challenges. The IRU’s roadmap urges policymakers to enact supportive legislation to ensure the EU’s economic and environmental goals are met.
What the last of the anti-war Chicago Seven wants today’s protesters to know
Militant farmers vent fury in Brussels on eve of EU election
There’s another Chinese electric vehicle threat: Buses
Serbia to Xi Jinping: No one reveres you like we do
Paris’ Olympics headache is a wake-up call for Los Angeles mayor
Belgian PM faces high-wire act in China as EU, Taiwan fears intrude
Polish farmers resume blockade of border crossing with Ukraine
They are rejoining hauliers who have been protesting for months; both groups fear the impact of opening markets to Ukraine.
A football star, caviar and a water show: Inside Saudi Arabia’s campaign to host the 2030 Expo
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has turned the bid into a campaign to showcase the OPEC kingpin’s attempt to rebrand.
Varadkar vows to punish racists behind Dublin riots amid fear of more attacks
Irish prime minister says new legislation on hate speech and facial recognition tech will be used after anti-immigrant rioters attack police, torch vehicles and ransack shops.
Paris bedbugs: We’re worried too, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
Khan says he’s speaking to ‘our friends in Paris’ for advice on keeping bedbugs at bay.
New Nagorno-Karabakh crisis as fuel depot blast kills at least 68
Doctors in the breakaway region are warning they can’t cope with yet more gravely injured people.
‘We know we aren’t going back’: Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians face up to a life in exile
Fearing ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan’s army, some refugees fear they may never return.
Arrive at Gare du Midi, then run! How to navigate Brussels
From confusing and dangerous train stations to scooters dumped in a pile, Brussels has all your transport needs covered.
Critics slam Belgian Green chief’s taxi ride on car-free Sunday
Belgian Green party’s co-chair said it would have been too ‘complicated’ to ride a bike to an interview.
Six moments that define Spain’s chaos election
This campaign has had everything, from record-breaking heat to crazy billboards, a defunct terrorist group to drug traffickers.
31-year-old Boris Johnson aide gets plum place in the House of Lords
Johnson’s spokesperson is now Baron Kempsell of Letchworth.
LGBT+ Pride event in Georgia evacuated as far-right protesters storm site
Organizers say police refused to protect them.
Dover to cap coach numbers crossing Channel to avoid post-Brexit border delays
Bookings will be spread out across Easter weekend to prevent repeat of travel chaos.
Istanbul lays bare Turkey’s electoral fault lines
Last month’s calamitous earthquake is turning up the heat on President Erdoğan, but backing among his core supporters remains robust.
German transport minister supports pan-Europe transport ticket
Volker Wissing said he can imagine mutual recognition of national transport tickets across Europe.
German government backs €49 public transport ticket
The ticket is to be introduced on May 1, but the Bundestag and Bundesrat still have to approve the plan.
EU takes aim at China with new clean bus plan
Chinese companies control about a third of the EU’s electric bus market, and Brussels wants European manufacturers to up their game.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: why T&E is wrong on Euro 7 proposals
For better air quality in cities, the priority for cars is that Euro 7 is affordable to support faster fleet turnover.
Where Britain went wrong
How Britain became the sick man of Europe — again.
Will the real Emmanuel Macron please stand up!
Beset by populists at home and darkening economic clouds abroad, the French president is learning to embrace his country’s protectionist tradition.
Disgruntled leaders reject VIP buses for queen’s funeral and demand the Biden treatment
Britain faces backlash over ‘two tier’ travel arrangements to Westminster Abbey for foreign heads of state.
The politics of the French riots
This is largely an insurrection without aims: a scream of fury, an anarchic rejection of government; an act of gang-warfare writ large; a competition in performative destruction.