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Debate: Spain: King Felipe breaks with his father

Eurotopics.net - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 12:02
Spain's King Felipe VI has renounced his personal inheritance from his father Juan Carlos I and cut the former monarch's annual stipend from the royal budget. The move came after an investigation was launched into an offshore fund set up by Juan Carlos. The move is being interpreted as a break between the king and his father - but will Felipe be able to rescue the royal family's prestige?
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What is genetic engineering? A plea for a rational definition of what it is and what it isn’t [Promoted content]

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 12:00
The public debate on genetic engineering in agriculture is largely characterised by misinformation, myths and a confused understanding of nature, writes plant breeding and gene editing expert, Professor Hans-Jörg Jacobsen (PhD).
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Linn Selle: Coronavirus may have a long impact on German presidency

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 11:58
There are only a few months left until Germany will take over the EU Presidency. But the ongoing corona crisis could really upset the plans, says the president of the European Movement Germany. What can the EU actually do in these turbulent times?
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EU auditors probe bloc’s disinformation fight amid COVID-19 concerns

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 11:48
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has launched a probe into the resilience of the bloc's attempts to stifle fake news that can 'cause public harm,' the institution announced on Tuesday (17 March).
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[Ticker] Iran temporarily releases 85,000 prisoners

Euobserver.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 11:44
Iran has temporarily freed a total of 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, a spokesman for its judiciary said on Tuesday, adding that the prisons were responding to the threat of a coronavirus epidemic in jails, the Guardian writes. "Some 50 percent of those released are security-related prisoners [political prisoners]. Also in the jails we have taken precautionary measures to confront the outbreak," the spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said.
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With new emergency government sworn in, Belgium mulls further coronavirus measures

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 11:38
**This article is continuously updated with the latest developments. With the new Belgian emergency government taking the last hurdles in the confirmation process, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes’ team is mulling further measures in the fight against the cornavirus outbreak. As of...
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Fearing coronavirus recession, France weighs nationalisation

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 10:45
France's finance minister said Tuesday (17 March) that he was willing to nationalise large companies to protect them from bankruptcy, while warning that the country faces recession this year as the coronavirus epidemic sinks the economy.
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Ghost-flight-busters, shutting up shop & coronavirus in space

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 10:44
Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Transport Brief – your one port of call for all the news moving the world and much more! This week: coronavirus updates, big changes in the auto world and space race problems.
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Climate change will still be a threat after COVID-19 is gone

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 09:08
Governments around the world are demonstrating – all too evidently – that they are unable to tackle two major crises at once, writes Jonathan Gornall.
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Total to build France’s largest battery

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 09:05
Energy major Total has lifted the lid on a project that aims to construct the largest battery storage facility in France. It could help boost the growth of intermittent renewable power in the French energy mix.
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Irish focus on mental health in times of coronavirus self-isolation

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 08:40
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about French President Emmanuel Macron saying we are currently "at war" with COVID-19, the Romanian government being formed amidst a health crisis, and so much more.
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SOFIA – Paying debts in times of crisis?

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 08:38
Employers organisations insisted during a meeting with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev that the state should pay immediately all its pending debts to companies so that they could have fresh money during the COVID-19 crisis. “We need complex measures to keep...
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BRATISLAVA – New government

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 08:37
The new Slovak government will be installed on Saturday (March 21). Outgoing Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) promised the transfer of power will be courteous and dignified. New Prime Minister Igor Matovič (OĽaNO)  has said his government will not have...
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WARSAW – 52 new cases

Euractiv.com - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 08:36
Poland now has 177 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Monday with four deaths so far. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the suspension of domestic air travel, as well as the closing of borders, which was part of a government...
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