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Banned Russian media sites ‘still accessible’ across EU, report finds

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 18:06
More than three years on, "sanctioned outlets are largely still active and accessible" across member states, according to the report released by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue
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Trump threatens EU with 35% tariff if investment pledge falls through

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 17:25
The US president added that he "can do anything I want" with Brussels' $600 billion worth of pledged investments
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Belgium supports bid to suspend Israel from EU research programme

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 17:24
Belgium is one of around 10 countries supporting the move, but the threshold for triggering it is still out of reach
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Spanish airline probes ‘Free Palestine’ message on kosher meals

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 16:47
In a statement, Iberia confirmed that some passengers on a flight that landed early Tuesday reported "handwritten pro-Palestinian messages" on their meal packaging
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INTERVIEW: Ex Commissioner Nicolas Schmit on trade, Gaza, and von der Leyen

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 16:21
Schmit said von der Leyen's trade deal with Trump was a “submission” and a “disaster”, and that his “biggest frustration” in Brussels was the absence of political debate on Israel and Gaza
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Israel must complete defeat of Hamas to free hostages, Netanyahu says

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 15:14
Israeli media reported that the Israeli prime minister was expected to sit down in Jerusalem later on Tuesday with the chief of staff and the defence minister
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Is Germany facing a döner shortage over workers’ rights?

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 14:49
Workers have been demanding higher wages and a collective agreement for months, but there is no consensus in sight
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EU Commission rebuffs Berlin’s criticism of US trade deal

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 14:43
Lars Klingbeil, the German finance minister, said Europeans "must become stronger"
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Slovakia to subsidise energy bills for 90% of households, despite EU warnings

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 14:41
Slovakia has previously used EU cohesion funds, which are typically reserved for long-term development, to ease household energy bills
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German centre-right MP faces backlash over meeting with far-right leader in Hungary

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 12:21
The meeting with the AfD's Alice Weidel casts doubts about how firmly the Christian Democrats are holding the line against the far right
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Bulgaria’s populist parties push for medicine price caps ahead of euro adoption

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 08:42
Bulgarian authorities have launched a probe into the pharmaceutical market, which may lead to measures aimed at reducing personal healthcare spending.
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Why the EU is ‘absent’ in Gaza

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 07:30
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Europe’s Gaza paralysis from within, the EU crumbling further on trade threats, a spy trial that could spill AfD secrets, global plastic treaty talks, and ‘fake’ rice threatening a Valencian tradition.
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Brussels might scrap digital laws to appease US, warns top EU lawmaker

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 06:00
“The US has specific interests,” the chair of the European Parliament’s international trade committee, Bernd Lange, told Euractiv. “I hope that the Commission will [not] give up – but it's in the hands of Ursula.”
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Ex-Krah aide’s memos could expose German far right in China spy trial

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 06:00
The espionage trial against former Krah aide Jian G starts Tuesday, featuring sensitive memos on internal AfD coups and the private life of the party's co-leader
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Meloni bets on tax breaks to sway central Italy vote

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 05:24
Meloni expands tax-break zone to central Italy in what critics see as a pre-election push to shore up support ahead of tight regional votes.
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Europe’s humiliation is a comms strategy – and that’s the problem

Euractiv.com - Tue, 05/08/2025 - 05:20
Ostentatious humiliation may bring Europe some breathing space in the short term. But that will be worthles unless we effectively and jointly reduce dependency on the US.
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Moscow awaits ‘important’ Trump envoy visit before sanctions deadline

Euractiv.com - Mon, 04/08/2025 - 18:11
Trump confirmed that Steve Witkoff will visit Russia, likely on "Wednesday or Thursday", where he is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin
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The Brief – Geek petition risks turning Europe into the Havana of the game world

Euractiv.com - Mon, 04/08/2025 - 17:45
If the EU demands a wholesale surrender of intellectual property for the benefit of gamers, firms might instead decide to abandon or restrict their sales in the EU.
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EU to suspend US countermeasures despite lack of auto tariff relief

Euractiv.com - Mon, 04/08/2025 - 17:34
The proposed suspension comes amid deep disagreements between Washington and Brussels over the precise details of last month’s trade deal
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US accountability for attacks on ‘peaceful nuclear facilities’ part of any future talks, Iran says

Euractiv.com - Mon, 04/08/2025 - 13:32
The United States struck key Iranian nuclear facilities on 22 June, briefly joining a war launched by Israel that had derailed talks on Tehran's atomic programme
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