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The prohibition of abuse of a dominant position laid down by the Treaties permits an ex post control, at national level, of a concentration of undertakings with a non-Community dimension

The European Commission is promising more support for Libya, after some 30 people drowned in Mediterranean Sea — in a response that mirrors Brussels' reaction after 76 died off the Italian coast two weeks ago.

The episode may have escaped the attention of Brussels circles, but a Chinese-brokered deal to restore ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, respectively, the two leading Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim powers in the Middle East, is a diplomatic stunt that provides food for thought.

The EU’s Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF), which allows member states to subsidise sustainable technologies, is welcomed by advocates for green industrial policy - but some NGOs fear it will be counterproductive for the environment and SMEs.

Evaluation by the European Commission of Ukraine's progress in fulfilling the recommendation for EU accession will be presented in May and by then, Kyiv will complete the implementation of most of them, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Olha Stefanishyna, told European Pravda.

Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili is set to meet EU chief Charles Michel in Brussels Monday (13 March) after Tbilisi dropped its controversial 'foreign agent' law in the face of major pro-European protests.

The longer the war drags on, the clearer it becomes to the world: Russia can no longer win, writes Alexander Temerko. Alexander Temerko is a Ukrainian-British businessman, and former junior minister of defence of the Russian Federation in the Yeltsin...

Leaders of the US, Australia and Britain are set to unveil plans to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines on Monday (13 March), in a major push against China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific.

It is crucial for Ukraine’s allies to counter Russian efforts to claim ownership of the peace narrative by redefining the concept of peace, writes Patrik Szicherle. Patrik Szicherle is a research fellow at GLOBSEC. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and...

The European Commission has rejected calls from the soft drinks industry to reserve recovered PET bottles in priority for recycling into new food-grade plastics, saying this risked causing distortions on the market for secondary materials.

Dindic fought for pro-democratic reforms and Serbia's integration in the EU. He was a symbol of hope for a better future for Serbia as a key factor of stability in the Western Balkans.

Chinese President Xi Jinping could wade deeper than before into Ukraine diplomacy as soon as next week, staging both his first trip to Russia and his first talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Moscow's invasion.

Monday, 13 March

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

Monday, 13 March

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

Representatives from arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran announced at a meeting in China their intention of resuming diplomatic ties and normalising their relations, which have been fraught for decades. Europe's press comments on the fact that it was Beijing that brokered this breakthrough, which has taken the West completely by surprise.