European Union

Wednesday, 18 October

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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (17 October) praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and invited global investment in the Northern Sea route which he said could deepen trade between east and west.

A strike on a Gaza hospital killed hundreds of Palestinians, deepening tensions and raising the stakes for US President Joe Biden as he flies to Israel on 18 October to signal support for its war against Hamas.

In today's edition of the Capitals, Germany doubles its diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation in the Middle East, Slovakia's nominee for environment minister does not believe in climate change, and so much more.

EU countries managed to break a months-long deadlock to agree their position on reforming Europe's electricity market on Tuesday (17 October), readying them for talks with the European Parliament to finalise the law in the coming months.

As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was leaving Israel following a visit in which he expressed solidarity with the country following the 7 October terrorist attack by Hamas, rocket fire from Gaza forced him to take cover.

Humanitarian corridors need to be set up in Gaza, and refugees need to be provided with the necessary aid, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu told his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that Israel has the right to defend itself against...

January 2025 is practical for Bulgaria to join the Eurozone after the original plan of joining in 2024 was postponed due to inflation and a lack of political will to adopt the necessary legislation, according to the Bulgarian government. The...

The German government is currently preparing specific actions to tackle alarming rates of antimicrobial resistance which if implemented, could save up €462 million as well as prevent €462 million infections annually.

Whoever bombed a hospital in Gaza broke the laws of war, a top EU official has said, while warning that Middle East violence had raised the terrorism threat in Europe.

A Greek, German and British consortium has won the 2023 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for investigating the Adriana shipwreck, which left over 600 migrants dead off Pylos in Greece.

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A Greek, German and British consortium has won the 2023 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for investigating the Adriana shipwreck, which left over 600 migrants dead off Pylos in Greece.

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The EU Commission has backtracked on its pledges regarding chemicals, animal welfare, and food systems — none of the much-awaited proposals featured in its 2024 work programme, unveiled on Tuesday.

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The EU is working on a ban on products made with forced labour. MEPs gave a first green light to the legislation— but progress in the Council is still lagging far behind to start the inter-institutional negotiations.

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A widening political dispute is emerging over the EU's foreign diplomacy powers, as a handful of MEPs call for the resignation of Hungary's EU commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, amid a confused Brussels' response on Israel.

The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan addressed MEPs in the European Parliament’s hemicycle in Strasbourg on Tuesday.

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The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan addressed MEPs in the European Parliament’s hemicycle in Strasbourg on Tuesday.

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In a new report, the International Energy Agency urges governments to start planning now, because by 2040, the world needs 80m km of power grid to meet climate targets. "Plan early and do it right," said IEA director Fatih Birol.