UK equipment maker JCB has secured the European Union’s approval to sell its hydrogen engines in primary or third-party non-road mobile machinery across the EU and in other markets that…

UK machinery maker JCB has welcomed this month’s UK-India Free Trade Agreement after the formal conclusion of talks between the two countries on 6 May. The deal still needs to…

Kyrgyzstan has started building its third international airport in Jalal-Abad, its third biggest city. As reported by The Times of Central Asia, the 380ha airport will have a two-storey, 10,000-sq-m…

The European Commission, the main executive body of the EU, has imposed extra “anti-subsidy” duties on Chinese mobile access equipment such as forklifts, scissor lifts and boom lifts. Ranging from…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €2bn for recovery and reconstruction projects in Ukraine, including energy, transport, housing, water and heating. The work is intended to sustain essential…

Montenegro is to cancel the pre-qualification tender for a 22km motorway project following a request from the EU and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which are financing…

Poland’s largest utility has arranged funding for its Baltica 2 offshore wind farm. Together with Baltica 3, it will be able to generate as much as 1.5GW, making them the…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the government of Lithuania have approved a €100m loan to fund housing renovation in the country. The initiative aims to unlock €625m in total…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €100m tranche of funding for the Laakso hospital complex in Helsinki, bringing the total amount loaned to €480m. The scope of work…

The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has signed two agreements worth €1.4bn in an effort to speed up completion of the Rail Baltica project. Of this amount, €1.2bn will be…

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have asked the EU to help them pay for new fortifications along their borders with Russia and its ally, Belarus. The defence ministers of the…

In response to thousands of homes crumbling in Ireland because of defective concrete blocks, the European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against the Irish government for allowing the sale…

A Dutch government plan to subsidise new green hydrogen plants with €1bn in grants will go ahead after passing EU scrutiny on competition and state-aid. Tenders will now go out…

Construction has begun on a 22km-long bypass of the southern Serbian city of Nis. The project is being carried out by a consortium made up of Serbia’s Extra Auto Transport…

The European Commission has approved German plans to invest €3bn in a national hydrogen distribution system. The Hydrogen Core Network (HCN) will supply Germany and connect with a European market.…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed a €1.2bn loan for a major offshore wind farm in Denmark. The 1.1GW Thor scheme being built by German utility RWE will consist…

Albania has been awarded loans worth €325m to fund the modernisation of a 120km rail link between Vorë in the centre of the country to Hani i Hotit in its…

Armenia is to be loaned €236m by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a 24km section of road linking the towns of Kajaran and Sisian in the southeast…