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Spain welcomed 4.69 million foreign tourists in September this year, a 311.9% increase compared to the same month in 2020 when most of the EU was facing severe travel restrictions to contain the pandemic, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. Read more....

Prime Minister António Costa on Wednesday told the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, that he would do whatever it takes to ensure that Portugal continues the process of fiscal consolidation and healthy public finances. Read more....

In an interview with Greek TV channel MEGA on Wednesday, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis made it clear that no new lockdown will be imposed in the country due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. The country is breaking records in COVID-19 cases, and the...

Renewable energy sources covered more than 52% of Finland’s electricity production in 2020, a new report released by Statistics Finland shows. This is the first time that renewables made up over half of the country’s energy mix. According to the...

Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its report on wastewater treatment in 2020, with findings that treatment fell below EU-set standards, 15 years from their 2005 compliance deadline. While there was a reduction in 2020 in the number of...

Austria’s Fiscal Council projects a budget deficit of only 1.6% in 2022. At the same time, the debt ratio will fall from 83.2% to 77.7%, the same as 2017’s debt ratio. The estimates of the Fiscal Council – one of...

Bulgarian presidential candidate – the nationalist Boyan Stankov was indicted for allegedly attacking an LGBTQ centre in Sofia. He was detained for 72 hours by the prosecutor as for him to be held longer would require a court decision. Stankov, who...

The special law on constructing a permanent fence on the border with Belarus, signed by President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday (2 November), was published in the Journal of Laws. This means that, according to its provisions, the act comes into...

In an interview with talk show host Bruno Vespa, Italian Economic Development Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti commented on his party leader Matteo Salvini’s plan to launch a far-right European alliance with French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor...

Apple’s senior vice-president Craig Federighi directly attacked an EU legislative proposal that allows multiple app stores, defining that so-called sideloading as “a cybercriminal’s best friend”.

Press briefing ahead of Eurogroup meeting will take place on 4 November 2021 at 10.30.

National elections just passed in Germany and upcoming in France deprive Europe of political leadership. But there is an electoral solution that could solve this problem, writes Matteo Garavoglia.

The European Commission expressed commitment to stronger and more deeply integrated financial markets with its action plan on capital markets union (CMU) published one year ago. This objective cannot be achieved without a strong commitment from the EU Member States, even more crucial now, as Europe recovers from the COVID-19 crisis. 

If the European Commission bends to Polish government pressure it will not fix the rule of law crisis but deepen it, argue Tineke Strik and Thijs Reuten.

After a resounding defeat in the German federal election, where 16 years of conservative rule came to an end, the CDU is trying to put the party on a new footing. But it is clearly struggling to rebrand conservatism.

Asking Africa to reduce numbers of livestock to meet global climate goals, as one European negotiator suggested earlier this year, is not a solution to the climate change crisis, writes George Wamukoya.

MEPs will discuss with Ms Haugen the negative impact on users of big tech companies’ products and business models, and how EU digital rules can address these issues.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Legal Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

MEPs will discuss with Ms Haugen the negative impact on users of big tech companies’ products and business models, and how EU digital rules can address these issues.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Legal Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

On 6 October 2021  Europe's MediaLab organised a #Media4Europe conference on  “Business Transformation of NEWS: Content sharing, Data and Stars4Media”.

The European Union on Wednesday (3 November) launched a military training mission in Mozambique to help local troops fight a jihadist insurgency in its gas-rich north.