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Belgium hopes to lead world with new hydrogen project

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 11:49
Surplus wind power could soon light and heat Belgian homes thanks to a planned hydrogen plant on the North Sea coast, set to be the world’s first commercial-scale project of its type.
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Platform regulation ‘needed’ as part of Democracy Action Plan, Jourová says

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 11:48
Regulation on the activities of online platforms is needed to foster a digital ecosystem that can "defend and promote democracy" the EU's Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová said on Thursday (30 January).
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German cabinet signs coal phase-out bill

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 10:46
The German federal cabinet signed off on the country's coal phase-out bill on Wednesday (29 January), giving its blessing to billions worth of taxpayer money to compensate for power companies' lost revenues. EURACTIV Germany reports.
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EU health chief wants more information on gene editing

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 10:11
The new EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides wants more information about gene editing and for now, she seems less enthusiastic than her predecessor Vytenis Andriukaitis.
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8/2020 : 30 January 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-307/18

European Court of Justice (News) - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 10:01
Generics (UK) and Others
Competition
The Court of Justice clarifies the criteria governing whether a settlement agreement with respect to a dispute between the holder of a pharmaceutical patent and a manufacturer of generic medicines is contrary to EU competition law

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Europe wants single data market to break US tech giants’ dominance

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 10:01
The European Union wants to create a single market in data aimed at challenging the dominance of tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Amazon, according to a European Commission proposal seen by Reuters.
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Progress slow on ‘game-changing’ imaging technologies in agri-monitoring, say EU Auditors

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 09:14
Technologies such as the EU’s Copernicus Sentinel satellites are a potential “game-changer” for managing and monitoring the common agricultural policy (CAP), but a number of obstacles to their more widespread use remain, according to a new report from the European...
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Spain’s main agri trade unions ask urgent measures to protect the sector

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 09:12
Spain’s main agricultural trade unions urged on Monday (27 January) the coalition government (socialists of PSOE and leftists of Unidas Podemos/Unitefd We Can) to take urgent measures to defend the sector, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. Trade unions, such as Spanish...
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Italy vs France on food labelling

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 09:08
Italy’s government has offered its proposal for an EU-wide nutritional food label scheme to the European Commission, in open defiance of the French Nutri-score. The scheme proposed by Italy, called NutrInform, is based on a “battery-powered” symbol which indicates to...
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Row heats up over Poland’s court reforms

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:57
A long-running controversy in Poland over the government's judicial reforms intensified Wednesday (29 January) when its two top bodies -- the Constitutional and Supreme courts -- clashed over the appointment of judges.
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Belgium’s government and judiciary divided over PKK

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:54
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out about what happened Greece's mini-political crisis on football matters, Czech company Avast selling web browser data of its customers across the globe, the biggest-ever-purchase of a Finnish company, and so much more.
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UK sets out plan to reclaim sovereignty over fishing waters post-Brexit

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:52
The British government introduced legislation Wednesday (29 January) to end the automatic right of European Union boats to fish in its waters, although they could be allowed back under a post-Brexit trade deal.
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PRIŠTINA – The US alone taking care of the dialogue

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:51
Richard Grenell, the US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, has confirmed that he alone is currently leading efforts to resume dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia.  Grenell has confirmed that in his engagement in reaching the two...
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ZAGREB – ‘Both sides have to be satisfied’

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:50
During a bilateral meeting in Zagreb, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide emphasised that both Israel and Palestinians needed to be satisfied with US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, adding that Oslo supported a ‘two-state solution’. But what...
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SOFIA – Gambling mogul indicted

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:49
Vassil Bozhkov, who happens to be one of Bulgaria’s richest business moguls active in the gambling business has been accused of seven crimes by the Prosecutor’s Office. This happened after Bozhmov accused the state of aiming to take over a...
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PRAGUE – Data sold

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:48
Czech cybersecurity software company Avast is selling web browsing data of hundreds of millions of people around the world through its subsidiary Jumpshot,  a joint investigation by Motherboard and PCMag revealed. According to the report, Jumpshot offers information about “every...
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Hungary brought back €1 billion of high-yield FX bond

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:47
Hungary brought back €1 billion of high-yield FX bonds, saving the state 42.7 billion forints (€26.4 million) in debt servicing expenditures, said Finance Minister Mihály Varga. And the unemployment rate fell to 3.3% in December, down 0.2% from the previous...
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Scotland votes to keep EU flag flying

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:46
Scottish lawmakers on Wednesday (29 January) voted to keep the European Union flag flying outside the devolved parliament in Edinburgh after Brexit.
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Arctic countries puzzled about EU’s engagement in the region

Euractiv.com - Thu, 30/01/2020 - 08:46
Three years after the EU adopted its Arctic Policy, it is preparing work on a new strategy document. But countries in the region are confused about what the bloc really wants. Last December, the Council of Ministers under Finnish leadership,...
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