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Slovenia to receive 50 Syrian, Afghan refugees from Turkey

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:16
Fifty refugees from Afghanistan and Syria will be moving from Turkey to Slovenia as part of a resettlement plan that will be finalised at the end of January, the government announced Thursday. The 50 individuals are registered as refugees in...
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Montengero questions transparency, strategy of Open Balkan initiative

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:14
Montenegro’s European Affairs Ministry has levied criticism at the Open Balkan regional initiative, stating it relies on the good relations of charismatic leaders and is not transparent. Open Balkan comprises Serbia, Albania, and North Macedonia, but Kosovo and Bosnia and...
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Dodik says Bosnia and Herzegovina will never recognise Kosovo

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:12
The President of Republika Srpska, the Serb entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, declared that he would never allow the country to recognise the independence of Kosovo. Dodik is known for his controversial and separatist views, and he is...
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No electricity price increase in 2023 for Slovak households

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:05
While heat and gas prices will increase by approximately 15%, electricity prices will not change, the Slovakian government announced Thursday (1 December).
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Italian prosecutors are after Czech football legend

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:03
A motion to indict former Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli and ten other board members, including vice-chairman and former Czech footballer Pavel Nedvěd, for falsifying the club’s accounts was filed by Turin’s prosecutor’s office. A date for a preliminary hearing to...
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Opposition blasts defense minister’s u-turn on German patriots for Poland

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:02
Opposition representatives have accused the Defence Ministry for acting against the Polish raison d’état after Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told Germany it should send its Patriot anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine instead. After a rocket fell on a village on...
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Ukraine-related letter bombs posted in Spain

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:01
Six envelopes containing explosives, one of which was sent to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez – have been intercepted and deactivated by Spanish security forces since 24 November and are believed to have been posted from within the country. The envelopes...
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CPK’s project giants [Promoted content]

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 07:00
The company Centralny Port Komunikacyjny is selecting and signing contracts with key suppliers, from the point of view of the new CPK airport construction. These will provide design documentation for the passenger terminal, railway station and public transport interchange, runways and taxiways, air traffic control tower, cargo terminals, hotels, office buildings and multi-story parking lots.
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Italy overestimated recovery and resilience fund, struggles to meet targets

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:59
Italy risks spending less than planned in the Recovery and Resilience Plan and is missing key deadlines for the disbursement of the third tranche of the Recovery fund. European Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto (Fratelli d’Italia/Ecr) first raised the alarm, telling...
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NGOs accuse Maltese PM, ex-PM of crimes against humanity at International Criminal Court

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:59
Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and ex-Prime Minister Joseph Muscat have been accused of crimes against humanity over migrant pushbacks in a complaint filed by human rights NGOs at the International Criminal Court. The European Centre for Constitutional and Human...
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Narrow majority of Finns ready to join NATO without waiting for Sweden

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:56
Finns are growing impatient while waiting for the ratification from Hungary and Turkey for Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership, according to a poll published by research company Taloustutkimus on Thursday. In a survey carried out by Taloustutkimus, 52% of respondents...
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No hard border in Ireland, von der Leyen tells Irish lawmakers

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:55
A solution to the Northern Ireland protocol issue is possible, but there can be no hard border on the island of Ireland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Irish Parliament on Thursday. Speaking to the Oireachtas, von...
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Ukraine war shows Europe ‘not strong enough’: Finnish PM

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:54
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Friday (2 December) offered a "brutally honest" assessment of Europe's capabilities in the wake of Russia's war on Ukraine, stating bluntly that "we're not strong enough" to stand up to Moscow alone.
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Hague moves ahead with military AI summit

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:54
Registration for the Responsible AI in the Military Domain summit – REAIM 2023 – is now open, the Dutch government announced Thursday. In September, Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra announced that the Netherlands would host an international summit on the...
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New EU supply chain law makes waves in Austria

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:53
The EU’s due diligence law is causing discontent among Austrian industry associations and conservative politicians, prompting Vienna to abstain from voting on Thursday (1 December), provoking strong reactions from social and green activists.
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Sanofi employees renew strike after failed pay rise talks

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:52
Sanofi’s employees decided to renew industrial action on Thursday after negotiations with management for higher wages in the context of inflation failed. The strike, called by the four main French unions (CGT, CFTC, FO, CFDT), started on 14 November and...
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Serbia boycotts EU summit, calls Kosovo PM ‘terrorist scum’

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:50
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced a boycott of the EU-Western Balkan Summit set to take place in Tirana on 6 December and called Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti terrorist scum. Kurti appointed Rasic, a little-known ethnic Serb and member of...
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Biden, Macron vow unity on Ukraine and move to end subsidy tensions

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:49
Joe Biden on Thursday (1 December) used the first state visit of his presidency to demonstrate unity with France's Emmanuel Macron on Ukraine, show willingness to speak to Russia's Vladimir Putin and assuage European anger over US subsidies.
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Finnish authorities to ditch Twitter

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:40
Finnish authorities are looking for an alternative information channel following Twitter’s recent takeover by Elon Musk and the ensuing ambiguity around the company’s future. On Wednesday, Twitter announced that none of its policies had changed. However, “what has changed is...
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German parliament ratifies CETA, urges other countries to follow suit

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:36
The Bundestag has officially ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which has been under provisional application since 2017.
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