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Tuesday, 23 November

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Tuesday, 23 November

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Three television channels and several magazines will publish an awareness campaign to educate on LGBTI families, despite the Hungarian media regulator having earlier initiated proceedings against networks on the same grounds, EURACTIV's media partner Telex reported.

The European Commission aims to harmonize the duration of the validity of the COVID-19 vaccination certificate, including the effects of booster shots, Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday (22 November), amid record infection numbers in some EU states.

The European Commission will reward green farming practices like afforestation and soil conservation while putting rules to identify activities that “unambiguously remove carbon from the atmosphere” under draft proposals seen by EURACTIV.

The energy crunch has highlighted the high share of taxes paid by consumers for their gas and electricity. With the energy transition expected to cause further volatility on fossil fuel markets, a shift in energy taxation is now becoming an urgent priority, according to rights group Euroconsumers.

The European Commission is seeking to harmonise the validity time-period of coronavirus vaccine certificates and any associated booster shots. "The European Commission is working with the utmost urgency to strengthen the coordination of free movement, including the length of validity and the role of boosters in the vaccination campaign," EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides told MEPs in Strasbourg on Monday. "We are determined to reverse the current wave," she added.

France and Belgium have appealed to EU border-control agency Frontex to help with aerial surveillance of migrant boats to the UK, Belgian daily Le Soir reports. "Frontex is helping in the south and east of Europe but must also do so in the north," Sammy Mahdi, a Belgian junior minister on migration, said. Some 25,600 people crossed the English Channel so far this year - triple the amount for 2020.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya criticising Berlin over its phone call with Lukashenko, Finland agreeing to send COVID-19 vaccines to Estonia, and so much more.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department added Germany and Denmark to a list of European countries where US nationals are advised not to travel, because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases.

Some 75 people died when their boat capsized in stormy weather near Libya en route to Europe in recent days, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration. "Delaying rescue operations by up to five minutes can make the difference between life and death," it said. More will also die on the Poland-Belarus border due to winter weather unless Poland lets aid agencies help, the International Rescue Committee NGO added.

The European Commission is expected to propose introducing a third COVID-19 shot in the validity of the EU digital certificate in early December, an EU source told EURACTIV. The scenario of having a third jab within nine months after the...

“A human tragedy of unprecedented magnitude” – this is how Bulgarian officials described the bus crash on the road from Sofia to Skopje, in which 46 died and seven were taken to hospital. The accident occurred around 3 a.m. on...

Last year, the World Bank indicated that production of graphite, lithium and cobalt must increase by more than 450% by 2050 to meet the demand for energy storage technologies. Is the energy transition in danger? Do we have to exploit resources massively in Europe to avoid becoming dependent on imports? Green MEPs have an alternative plan.

The Albanian government imported €213 million of energy between January and November of this year despite proudly announcing that Albania is powered by 100% hydropower. The highest on record, the total represents almost half of the state electricity company, OSHEE’s, total...

Ragmi Mustafi, leader of ethnic Albanians in Serbia’s Presheva Valley has denied Belgrade’s claims they have reached an agreement over Albanian addresses being removed from the civil registry. Last week, the Serbian Minister for Human and Minority rights claimed the...

The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) is set to review the resignation of its leader, Zoran Zaev, which will open the way for a new party leader and Prime Minister-designate, exit.al reported. PM Zoran Zaev had announced on Friday that...

Alina Iancu, head of the International Monetary Fund’s mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, asked for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Tegeltija to discuss the “implications of Republika Srpska’s (Serb entity, RS) withdrawal from the Indirect Tax Authority.” In...