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NGOs on Thursday urged the EU and member states to reevaluate their relationship with Egypt and to address "the human rights crisis" in the country at the meeting of foreign affairs ministers next week. "Business cannot continue as usual with Egypt as long as the Egyptian authorities maintain their brutal crackdown on human rights," reads the letter sent to EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell.

A new report from the European Court of Auditors reveals that EU aid for education in conflict areas reaches more boys, even though it is girls who are more likely to drop out of school, experience violence and marry early. It also identified that most projects are too short for the educational needs of children living in protracted crises, calling on the European Commission to foster longer-term, self-reliant solutions.

Some 33 businesses, industry associations, NGOs, and think tanks have combined to call for avoiding the use of hydrogen in building renovations, prioritising existing sustainable solutions and boosting the integration of renewables. The direct use of hydrogen for heating is seen as "problematic" because "it comes with many uncertainties linked to the scalability, costs of its production and inefficiencies," reads the letter sent to the European Commission on Thursday.

"Banknotes are still to stay," European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said at a recent conference, "but I think we will have a digital euro."

The President of Georgia Salome Zourabishvili is paying a visit to all three on European institutions Thursday and Friday (21-22 January) to cement Georgia’s bid for an EU membership in 2024. The visit of the Caucasian country’s head of state...

Member states have unanimously agreed today on a Council recommendation setting a common framework for the use of rapid antigen tests and the mutual recognition of COVID-19 test results across the EU.

Press briefings ahead of Foreign Affairs Council will take place on 22 January 2020 at 15:00.

Media advisory - Press conference of the video conference of the members of the European Council, 21 January 2021

Outgoing President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at thwarting foreign use of cloud computing products for malicious cyber operations against the United States, the White House said on Tuesday (19 January), Trump’s last full day in office....

German telecoms group Deutsche Telekom and Spanish cell phone mast operator Cellnex said on Thursday (21 January) they would combine their tower business in the Netherlands and set up a joint fund to invest in digital infrastructure. Once the deal...

Austria presented its anti-Semitism strategy on Thursday (21 January). It is ambitious, but feasible, says one expert. EURACTIV Germany reports. 

MEPs call on the Council to unequivocally recognise Juan Guaidó as the legitimate interim President of Venezuela, and welcome the recent extension of EU sanctions.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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MEPs call on the Council to unequivocally recognise Juan Guaidó as the legitimate interim President of Venezuela, and welcome the recent extension of EU sanctions.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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The ECB said on Thursday (21 January) that it would not use its €1,850 trillion pandemic bond-buying programme in full if governments and companies can be financed in favourable conditions, signalling a possible tightening of its monetary stimulus in the future.

MEPs call on the EU to recognise access to decent and affordable housing as an enforceable human right and to push for measures to eradicate homelessness.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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MEPs call on the EU to recognise access to decent and affordable housing as an enforceable human right and to push for measures to eradicate homelessness.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Parliament calls for an EU law that grants workers the right to digitally disconnect from work without facing negative repercussions.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Parliament calls for an EU law that grants workers the right to digitally disconnect from work without facing negative repercussions.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Norway is withholding permits for British and most EU fishing vessels to catch fish in its North Sea waters while post-Brexit talks between Norway, the EU and Britain are ongoing, leaving many Danish fishing vessels moored idly in ports.

MEPs call for financial and other assistance to be distributed swiftly to enable a quick recovery in areas affected by the earthquake in Croatia last December.

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