BRUSSELS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said on Wednesday that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion in 2018 significantly decreased by 2.5 percent in the European Union (EU), compared with the previous year.

According to Eurostat estimates, CO2 emissions fell in 2018 in a majority of EU Member States, with the highest decrease being recorded in Portugal (-9.0 percent), followed by Bulgaria (-8.1 percent), Ireland (-6.8 percent) and Germany (-5.4 percent).

Increases were registered in eight Member States: Latvia (8.5 percent), ahead of Malta (6.7 percent), Estonia (4.5 percent), Luxembourg (3.7 percent), Poland (3.5 percent), Slovakia (2.4 percent), Finland(1.9 percent) and Lithuania (0.6 percent). Enditem

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