Europe's top human rights body on Tuesday (16 March) voiced concern over two draft media laws in Poland and warned about the possible "suffocation of independent media outlets".
The interim relief judge of the French Council of State ruled last Friday (12 March) that the health ministry's decision to integrate medical portal Doctolib, which uses Amazon’s hosting services, into its online booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations did not infringe privacy and personal data protection rights. EURACTIV France reports.
Despite fears that Montenegro's new ruling coalition, which ousted the previous pro-Western government last year, would lean towards the east and marginalise the EU, this has not happened. Djordje Radulovic explains what can be learned from this in order to curb anti-EU sentiments across the Western Balkans.
China is deeply concerned over the EU's likely imposition of human rights sanctions on Chinese officials and its ambassador in Brussels warned the bloc on Tuesday (16 March) to "think twice" before engaging in confrontation, because China "will not back down".
The EU’s upcoming ReFuelEU proposal, aimed at cutting emissions in the aviation sector, will apply a staggered blending mandate for green jet fuel, with the percentage scaling up in roughly five-year intervals, EURACTIV understands.
Germany, France, Italy and Spain have now followed Denmark, Bulgaria and the Netherlands in suspending use of the Astrazeneca vaccine. Germany has justified the decision with reference to seven reports of a rare form of cerebral blood clot occurring in the 1.6 million people vaccinated with the jab. While the WHO has said it sees no cause for concern, Europe's press is divided on the issue.
What began as demonstrations for reforms in 2011 in the wake of the Arab Spring has ended in disaster: according to opposition figures at least 388,000 Syrians have died, tens of thousands have been imprisoned or disappeared and millions have fled the country as a result of the civil war. Is there an alternative to looking on helplessly?
Voting for a new parliament began on Monday in the Netherlands. Despite declining approval ratings, Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative-liberal VVD has a clear lead in the polls. If it wins, Rutte could be set for a fourth term as head of government. While this earns him recognition from some observers, others are less convinced that his staying in office is a good thing.