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Biden katasztrófahelyzetet hirdetett Oklahoma államban

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:20
Joe Biden amerikai elnök csütörtökön katasztrófahelyzetet hirdetett Oklahoma államban, ahol az utóbbi napokban súlyos károkat okozott a szokatlan hideg időjárás - közölte a Fehér Ház.

Inter-party dialogue will not start on 1 March, says Serbian parliament speaker

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:13
The representatives of Serbian political parties will not be included in the online discussion with the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs chief David McAllister scheduled for 1 March, Serbian Assembly Speaker Ivica Dačić has confirmed. Dačić said that he...
Categories: European Union

Slovenian government criticised for suspending STA funding, again

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:12
The government communication office’s (UKOM) failure to pay the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) has prompted strong reactions from STA employees and several journalist organisations at home and abroad, as well as some MPs. The move is seen as another attempt...
Categories: European Union

Majority of Croats believe country is heading in wrong direction

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:11
71% of citizens think that Croatia is heading in the wrong direction, while 58% do not approve of the government’s work, according to the monthly Crobarometar, which has been recording mounting dissatisfaction among those surveyed for the third month in...
Categories: European Union

Ticket to ride: Vaccine passports divide world

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:11
As European Union leaders debated the idea Thursday (25 February) amid claims that it could be divisive and discriminatory, on the global scale, the idea of vaccine passports, which would allow people who have been inoculated the freedom to travel,...
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria stops mass vaccination because of AstraZeneca

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:11
Bulgaria will stop the process of mass vaccination as it will continue to only receive 40% of the ordered doses of British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccines, which are the basis of the government’s immunisation plans. To fill the void, Bulgaria will receive...
Categories: European Union

Slovak Ombudswoman: Quarantine of entire Roma communities is discriminatory

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:10
This type of quarantine is selective and applied only in areas with marginalised communities, and is “discriminatory, as it lacks justification, and its duration is unclear,” said Slovak Ombudswoman Mária Patakyová in reference to the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency saying...
Categories: European Union

Czechia wants to create ‘modern’ EU migration system

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:10
As negotiations on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum are approaching, the Czech Republic is calling for better prevention of uncontrollable migration flows, assistance for migrants in the regions of their origin, as well as more intensive cooperation...
Categories: European Union

EU Reconstruction Fund: a bone of contention in the United Right?

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:09
Although Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is set to present the national recovery plan on Friday, as government spokesman Piotr Müller confirmed on Thursday, the government has not yet approved the bill to ratify the Reconstruction Fund. As part of the...
Categories: European Union

EU top court legal advisor says criminalising migrant help against EU law

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:09
Human rights watchdogs hailed on Thursday European Court of Justice advocate general’s opinion that criminalisation of assistance to asylum-seekers violates EU law. The Hungarian parliament adopted the “Stop Soros” package of laws in June 2018, on the basis of which...
Categories: European Union

Greek PM announces stricter penalties for sexual offences

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:08
The Greek penal code will be amended to have stricter penalties for sexual offences, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a parliamentary address on Thursday, adding that “for minors, the statute of limitations is suspended until the victim reaches adulthood,...
Categories: European Union

Portuguese Supreme Court awards woman for 30 years of domestic work

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:07
Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice has ordered a man to compensate his former partner for the domestic work she performed over almost 30 years of de facto union. Portugal’s highest court said that not compensating the domestic activity exclusively or essentially...
Categories: European Union

Finns Party chair says no longer in favour of ‘Fixit’

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:07
The Chair of the populist Finns Party, Jussi Halla-aho said he is not pushing for an EU exit and is “in principle” not against the bloc in a podcast published Thursday, despite his party’s existence being based on criticising the...
Categories: European Union

Foster backs chief medical officer’s health advice amid party complaints

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:06
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster has backed Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride, after her members from her Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said health officials had been ‘overcautious’ in their coronavirus restriction recommendations. DUP Education Minister Peter Weir has...
Categories: European Union

Tory battles over Budget

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:06
There are growing divisions within the governing Conservative party ahead of next week’s Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to maintain generous support programmes for businesses and the self-employed, but his predecessor in Theresa May’s government Phillip Hammond warned on...
Categories: European Union

France to reinforce COVID-19 measures if ‘situation does not improve’

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:05
“The health situation in our country has deteriorated over the last few days” and “the virus is gaining ground again”, said French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday, adding that reinforced measures will have to be taken if the situation...
Categories: European Union

Finnische Rechtspopulisten finden die EU doch nicht so schlimm

Euractiv.de - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:05
Der Vorsitzende der rechtspopulistischen Partei Die Finnen, Jussi Halla-aho, hat gestern betont, er wolle derzeit nicht auf einen EU-Austritt drängen und sei auch "prinzipiell" nicht gegen den Block.
Categories: Europäische Union

German MP’s office raided over bribery allegations in COVID-mask deal

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:05
Police searched the office of MP Georg Nüßlein (CSU) on Thursday as part of an investigation into allegations that he lobbied the government to enter a contract with a mask supplier for which he pocketed €660,000, some media outlets have...
Categories: European Union

Spanish flag carrier tests mobile ‘health passport’

Euractiv.com - Fri, 02/26/2021 - 08:04
Spanish flag carrier and IAG group member, Iberia, has started testing a mobile “health passport” for passengers travelling to Miami and New York, company sources have confirmed. EURACTIV’s Fernando Heller reports from Madrid. The move comes after the regional parliament...
Categories: European Union

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