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Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 07:00
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Slovenian inflation returns to double-digit territory

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:52
The annual inflation rate rose to 10% in November after having briefly dropped below double digits for the first time in months. Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which were up by 19%, were the single biggest contributors, accounting for...
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry staff demand higher wages in hour-long strike

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:51
Dozens of Bulgarian Foreign Ministry employees went on a one-hour effective strike on Wednesday to demand higher salaries. The employees tossed yellow pennies at the ministry’s headquarters to express their disapproval of their low wages. Employees at the ministry are...
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EU agrees new law to impose Brexit sanctions

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:51
EU lawmakers on Wednesday (30 November) finalised a law that will allow the bloc to take retaliatory measures including sanctions against the UK if it refuses to implement the terms of the Brexit agreement.  
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Call to phase out ‘forever chemicals’ gains investor momentum

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:50
Investors managing $8 trillion in assets have written to the world's biggest chemicals companies urging them to phase out the use of so-called forever chemicals that can accumulate in the environment and remain hazardous for generations.
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Polish opposition calls government increase of TV station budget ‘election money’

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:50
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party voted to raise Poland’s public broadcaster TVP to over PLN 2 billion (€428 million) in the parliamentary public finance committee, which opposition representatives see as hidden financing of the election campaign. PiS wants...
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Portugal freezes €18 million in assets in compliance with EU’s Russia sanctions

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:48
Portugal has frozen about €18 million in assets of people on the EU’s Russian sanctions list, Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Wednesday. “We in Portugal have assets seized, frozen, assets of people who are on the...
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Italian government tries to remedy hydrogeological instability following tragedy

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:47
After eight people lost their lives in a landslide that destroyed a village on the island of Ischia, the government is announcing major measures to remedy hydrogeological instability.
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Dutch confident about reaching 2023 gas storage targets

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:45
The Netherlands is confident that it can reach national gas storage targets set by the European Commission to ensure the security of supply next winter.
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​​French MEP left Renew over Swedish Liberals’ far-right compromise

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:44
French MEP Pascal Durand left the Parliament’s Renew Europe group over strong personal disagreements, he said on Wednesday, adding that he stands opposed to the Swedish Liberals’ presence in the group despite their agreement with the far-right at a national...
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EU academia accepts Chinese money in return for know-how

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:42
China provides EU scientists with money in return for the outcomes of their research, experts focusing on Chinese influence in Europe warn, highlighting the risks associated with handing over dual civil-military technologies that could be used to modernise Beijing’s military...
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Slovakia reopens kidnapping case following new trial in Germany

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:40
The trial of a Vietnamese man who was allegedly abducted in 2017 was reopened by the Slovak National Criminal Agency, which launched an investigation into corruption connected to the abduction after a second suspect went on trial in Germany. Vietnamese...
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Minister insists migrants did not die on Spanish soil

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:39
No lives were lost on Spanish soil, said Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who rejected accusations against the country’s security forces that insist they failed to prevent dozens of migrant deaths including one on Spanish soil during the Melilla tragedy....
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German FM warns Turkey against Syria ground offensive

Euractiv.com - Thu, 12/01/2022 - 06:38
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Cavusoglu not to take any measures towards further escalation after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened to launch a ground offensive in Northern Syria. Baerbock said she had called on Turkey...
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Press release - Media advisory: feedback event of the Conference on the Future of Europe

European Parliament - Wed, 11/30/2022 - 22:18
Media are invited to Parliament’s premises in Brussels, where citizens will discuss recent and upcoming initiatives with high-level representatives of the EU institutions.

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP
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Press release - Media advisory: feedback event of the Conference on the Future of Europe

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 11/30/2022 - 22:18
Media are invited to Parliament’s premises in Brussels, where citizens will discuss recent and upcoming initiatives with high-level representatives of the EU institutions.

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP
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Press release - Council must reach a common position on GSP, says EP Rapporteur Hautala

European Parliament - Wed, 11/30/2022 - 22:17
Rapporteur on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) issued the following statement on Wednesday after Council’s failure to agree on its negotiating position.
Committee on International Trade

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP
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Press release - Council must reach a common position on GSP, says EP Rapporteur Hautala

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 11/30/2022 - 22:17
Rapporteur on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) issued the following statement on Wednesday after Council’s failure to agree on its negotiating position.
Committee on International Trade

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP
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EU settles rules for accessing electronic evidence across borders

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/30/2022 - 19:57
The EU Council, Parliament and Commission reached a political agreement on new legislation enabling law enforcement agencies to obtain electronic evidence stored in another member state on Tuesday evening (29 November).
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EU packaging law proposal branded ‘unworkable’ by food industry

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/30/2022 - 19:08
A new EU packaging law proposal has sparked major concerns among the EU food industry, who warn it is unworkable for food business operators - but NGOs slammed heavy industry lobbying for watering down the proposal.
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