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Article - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addresses MEPs

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 15:12
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke to MEPs about the continuing crackdown on dissenting voices in Belarus and called on the EU to take firm action against the regime.

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Article - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addresses MEPs

European Parliament - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 15:12
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke to MEPs about the continuing crackdown on dissenting voices in Belarus and called on the EU to take firm action against the regime.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP
Categories: European Union

Media exemption ruled out in DSA negotiations, but could return

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 15:03
An attempt to exempt the media from new content moderation rules has been ruled out following opposition from all major political groups, but the battle is not over.
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COVID-19: EU disease centre calls for public health measures to be ’applied urgently’

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:50
The EU's disease centre, the ECDC, recommended on Wednesdays (24 November) applying sanitary measures immediately and pursuing efforts in vaccinating EU citizens to avoid a “very high COVID-19 burden“.
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EU enlargement chief in Bosnia in effort to keep crisis from boiling over

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:39
European Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi travels to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday and Thursday (24-25 November) in an effort to defuse the ongoing political crisis in the country that is once again cracking along ethnic lines after a bloody 1992-95 war.
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NEWBIE on the block: How support networks can encourage farming debutants

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 13:45
The lack of young farmers remains a major challenge for the agrifood world. EURACTIV takes a look at a new project exploring how newcomers can be supported in establishing resilient and sustainable farm businesses across Europe.
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Press release - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Europe needs to face autocracy more proactively”

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 13:08
In an address to MEPs on Wednesday, the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, urged Europe to amplify the Belarusian peoples’ voice.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Press release - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Europe needs to face autocracy more proactively”

European Parliament - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 13:08
In an address to MEPs on Wednesday, the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, urged Europe to amplify the Belarusian peoples’ voice.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP
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Debate: The EU's CAP reform: a good compromise?

Eurotopics.net - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:18
The EU Parliament has given the green light for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). After years of dispute, a large majority voted in favour of a compromise between the 27 member states and the Commission. Among other things, the reform stipulates that in the case of direct subsidies a quarter of the funding will be tied to sustainability criteria. For some the reform doesn't go far enough, while others find it unfair.
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Debate: Covid: how to tackle the winter wave?

Eurotopics.net - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:18
Whether it's mandatory vaccination, Covid passes or lockdowns - almost all European countries are introducing tighter measures in the fight against a new winter wave of the virus. The press examines to what extent the decision-makers still enjoy the public's trust.
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Debate: Turkey: why is the lira in freefall?

Eurotopics.net - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:18
The Turkish lira plunged to its lowest level ever on Tuesday. The currency has lost 40 percent of its value in 2021, and as much as three-quarters within five years. President Erdoğan is nonetheless sticking to his policy of lowering the key interest rate, citing the fact that the Koran forbids the charging of interest. He has described the crisis as part of a "war of economic independence".
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