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Tweets of the Week: Hungary News, Merkel Pose, EURO Finalists

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:35
That Hungary law is really pretty vile, Angela Merkel is going out with style and in football the Euros still raise a smile!
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A carbon price on buildings and transport could come at a heavy cost

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:35
Plans to extend the EU's carbon market to transport and heating fuels will have the greatest impact on the poorest households, writes Piotr Arak.
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[Ticker] Ocean Viking gets port of safety

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:29
SOS Mediterranée's Ocean Viking obtained a port of safety late Thursday evening and is now heading to Sicily's Augusta to disembark the 572 people rescued. The search and rescue vessel had carried out six rescues between 1 and 5 July. The announcement sparked widespread joy among those rescued, with many breaking into song and dance.
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Europe’s ‘Fit for 55’ climate package: What to expect

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:28
On Wednesday (14 July), the European Commission is due to table a package of energy and climate laws aimed at reaching the EU's new, more ambitious climate goals. EURACTIV gives you the lowdown on the plan.
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[Ticker] EU rejects two-state solution on Cyprus conflict

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:25
"We will never, ever accept a two-state solution. We are firm on that and very united," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in Nicosia Thursday, referring to Turkey's proposal for how to solve a 40-year old frozen conflict on the island. "If they [Turkey] speak to one of our member states, like for example Cyprus, in whatever tone, they speak to the European Union," she also said.
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[Ticker] Asylum-seeking is not a crime, UK prosecutors say

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:20
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday it would not charge asylum seekers with offences, such as "illegal entry", because they had normally not broken any other UK laws and would "be better dealt with by removal" than criminal proceedings. The decision came after the Home Office tried to tighten anti-immigration laws in its Nationality and Borders Bill earlier this week, which made entering the UK without permission a criminal offence.
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Slovenia, Bulgaria seek compromise on North Macedonia’s EU bid

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:19
Slovenia's President Borut Pahor met his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev on Thursday (8 July) to discuss Bulgaria's veto on North Macedonia's bid to join the EU.
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Croatia snubs Monaco to let free British whistleblower

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:18
Jonathan Taylor, an oil-industry whistleblower, is free to go home to the UK after Croatia snubbed Monaco's request to have him extradited.
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Afghanistan to feature high in Uzbekistan high-level connectivity conference

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:18
The high-level meeting next week in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent to discuss connectivity is a stability dividend and a timely opportunity to convince countries that the international community is not abandoning the region following US withdrawal from Afghanistan, stakeholders told a...
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EU to help Western Balkans boost youth employment schemes

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:17
EU employment and social affairs ministers and their counterparts from the Western Balkans met in Slovenia for talks on measures to get young people into the labour market, with regional officials calling for the implementation of a work guarantee scheme for youth.
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UK will set out plans to overhaul Irish protocol in weeks, say ministers

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:10
The UK plans to publish new plans aimed at overhauling the Northern Ireland Protocol later this month, ministers said on Thursday (8 July).
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[Ticker] UK won't recognise vaccinations carried out abroad

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:05
The UK government decided that British citizens travelling to amber-list countries will not have to quarantine on return if their NHS app is proving they are fully-vaccinated, but Britons living overseas will not be able to prove their vaccine status if they have been jabbed abroad, The Guardian writes. The move is likely to cause a significant backlash from UK citizens living abroad, especially those now fully-vaccinated.
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[Ticker] Johnson announces end to UK military mission in Afghanistan

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:05
British prime minister Boris Johnson has announced the end of Britain's military mission in Afghanistan, 20 years after the post-9/11 invasion that started the "war on terror", The Guardian writes. The prime minister confirmed to MPs that the intervention, which claimed the lives of 457 British soldiers, would end even as the insurgent Taliban were rapidly gaining territory in rural areas, as British, US and other forces withdrew.
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[Ticker] EU Parliament condemns Hungary's anti-LGBTIQ law

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:05
The European Parliament in a resolution on Thursday condemned Hungary's anti-LGBTIQ legislation with 459 votes for, 147 against, and 58 abstentions. MEPs said urged the EU Commission to take legal action. MEPs also note that "these human-rights violations are part of a broader political agenda to break down democracy and the rule of law, including media freedom, and should be considered a systemic violation of EU values".
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Spanish PM’s visit to Lithuanian NATO base interrupted by jet scramble

Euractiv.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:05
A press conference involving the prime minister of Spain at a Lithuanian NATO base was suddenly plunged into disarray on Thursday when pilots scrambled two fighter jets to respond to an alert that an unidentified aircraft had carried out an incursion over Baltic skies. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.
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[Ticker] EU fines five German car makers €875m over 'cartel'

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:05
The European Commission has imposed a €875m fine on Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for forming a cartel, restricting competition in emission-cleaning technology for diesel cars. "Over five years, the car manufacturers deliberately avoided to compete on cleaning better than what was required by EU emission standards…despite the relevant technology being available," EU anti-trust commissioner Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday. This is separate from the previous 'dieselgate' scandal.
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[Ticker] Olympics bans spectators as Tokyo declares Covid emergency

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:04
The Olympics will take place without spectators in host city Tokyo, organisers said, as a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event, Reuters reports. Prime minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly-infectious Delta Covid-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections.
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EU states may tighten summer travel rules amid Delta surge

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:04
The surge in Covid-19 cases across Europe due to the spread of the more contagious Delta variant is making EU member states consider re-tightening travel restrictions for this summer.
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Croatian and Slovak courts seen as 'least independent'

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:03
Independence of courts in Austria, in Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherland and Denmark is seen as very, or fairly, good, according to a survey published with the EU Commission's annual justice scoreboard.
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[Opinion] How Slovenia is undermining EU's environmental ambitions

Euobserver.com - Fri, 07/09/2021 - 07:03
Thee international community needs to act to prevent the environmental destruction being orchestrated by Slovenia's populist prime minister, Janez Janša - especially now his country has the EU's rotating presidency.
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