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[Opinion] EU's Arctic policy is not 'convenience' but necessity

Euobserver.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:09
Climate change, economic opportunities and geopolitics make European and German attention to the 'High North' a political necessity, writes the EU's special envoy for Arctic matters.
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Spain eyes EU Solidarity Fund for La Palma volcano damage

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:08
Spain will formally ask the European Commission to activate the EU Solidarity Fund to obtain extra resources to repair the damage caused by the volcanic eruption on La Palma island, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday. EURACTIV’s partner EFE...
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CoE asks Belgrade to stop glorifying war criminals

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:08
The Serbian government must take action against the glorification of crimes against humanity and instantly remove the mural of war crimes convict Ratko Mladic, according to rapporteurs from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The calls come after the mural...
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Slovenia opts for fresh round of stimulus measures

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:06
The government has proposed additional aid for businesses and the most vulnerable to shield them from rising prices as the country grapples with the worst pandemic wave so far. The self-employed and farmers will be partly compensated for income lost...
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Journalist attacked during anti-vaxxer protest in Zagreb

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:04
RTL television reporter Goran Latković was attacked during a protest against mandatory COVID-19 certificates in Zagreb on Saturday while covering the event. The Croatian Journalists Association (HND) said in a statement that, according to Latković’s account, two unidentified persons attacked...
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The review of the general pharmaceutical legislation: an opportunity that should not be missed? [Promoted content]

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:00
This year, the end of December will not only mark the Holiday rush - at least for the healthcare policy specialists. Instead of rushing to the Christmas markets, most of them will be busy finalising their contributions to the revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation.
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Romania close to having a new government

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:57
The new governing coalition is ready, all it needs is the president’s blessing and a prime minister. The centre-right parties PNL and UDMR have reached an agreement with the socialist PSD to form the new government, but the prime minister’s...
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Slovak PM Heger pushes for mandatory vaccination amid collapsing healthcare

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:53
“For me, mandatory vaccination for people over 65 or 60 would be ideal. It depends on the experts. I think that even 50+ would make sense, but let us wait what the experts say,” said Prime Minister Eduard Heger, with...
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EU urges ‘big move’ from Britain to break post-Brexit stalemate

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:52
European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič urged Britain on Sunday (21 November) to make a "big move" to break months of deadlock over post-Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland that has threatened a trade war.
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Greek PM Mitsotakis repeats call for return of Parthenon marbles

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:49
Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has asked once again for the return of the Parthenon marbles in an article published in the Daily Mail on Sunday. ​“​Only a handful of Britain’s past Prime Ministers have studied classics at university. Fewer still would...
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Finnish startup leads way in producing food without use of land, livestock

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:47
Solar Foods, a startup born in 2017 out of the research project by VTT Technical Research Centre and LUT University in Eastern Finland, has come up with a method to produce sustainable and pure single-cell protein from carbon dioxide and...
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Tractor convoy protests against CAP in Dublin

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:41
Farmers from across Ireland gathered on Sunday to protest against the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), arriving in the capital in a fleet of tractors. The CAP is nearing the end of its legislative journey at EU level, but many...
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Georgia moves hunger-striking ex-leader Saakashvili to military hospital

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:41
Georgia on Saturday (20 November) moved jailed opposition leader and ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili to a military hospital from a prison clinic after doctors warned he risked death following a 50-day hunger strike.
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Thousands in Vienna protest against mandatory vaccines

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:38
Around 40,000 people poured onto the streets of Vienna to protest against the total lockdown that is to be introduced from Monday, as well as the new measures that will make vaccines mandatory from February 2022. On Friday, the Austrian...
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Fisheries dispute: France promises to ‘continue the fight’

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:36
Maritime Minister Annick Girardin told fishermen during a trip to northern France that the executive will “not give up at all” in the dispute over fishing licences with the British government. A few days earlier, Girardin had announced “fleet exit...
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Germany mulls mandatory vaccination as pandemic hits hard

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:33
With the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and hospital beds being in increasingly short supply, multiple leading German politicians are speaking out in favour of making vaccines mandatory – something which was initially considered taboo. “I believe that in the...
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Bulgarian President Radev elected for a second term

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:25
Rumen Radev won a second presidential term in a runoff against GERB-backed candidate Anastas Gerdjikov with a very low turnout of just over 30%. According to Gallup International Balkan data from exit polls, Radev received 65.8% of the vote against 31.8% for...
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Morawiecki: Belarus and Russia could take advantage of Afghanistan

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:25
There is a possibility that migrants from Afghanistan could benefit from the next wave of the migrant crisis, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Sunday, speaking alongside Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingride Šimonyte. In a new wave of diplomatic moves,...
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Italian trade unions: COVID-19 pass controls on public transport impossible

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:25
It is currently impossible to check peoples’ COVID passes on public transport because there is not enough staff to carry out such a task, trade unions in Rome have said. They complained that the Italian government did not support new...
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Global Europe Brief, powered by FACEBOOK: Central Asia’s complicated relationship with water

Euractiv.com - Sun, 11/21/2021 - 10:15
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU from a global perspective. You can subscribe to receive our newsletter here. In this week’s edition: Central Asia’s water woes, Belarus in crisis mode, and Ukraine military build-up. Most...
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