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Time for governments to listen to their European citizens

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 10:36
Amid the range of appeals and open letters on the policy-changes need to combat the coronavirus, one constant is that all are demanding an effective common EU response to the pandemic, writes Roberto Castaldi.
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Article - Covid-19's economic impact: €100 billion to keep people in jobs

European Parliament - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 09:03
The EU will provide additional financial support to member states to protect jobs and workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP
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Article - Covid-19's economic impact: €100 billion to keep people in jobs

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 09:03
The EU will provide additional financial support to member states to protect jobs and workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP
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For Earth Day, UN chief urges green response to coronavirus

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:49
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged governments to use their economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the "even deeper emergency" of climate change, in a message for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
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Can the coronavirus crisis impact on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution?

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:45
Now, when the world is immersed in an enduring coronavirus crisis, it will be quite difficult for Armenia to carry this additional burden, writes Gulshan Pashayeva. Dr Gulshan Pashayeva is deputy director of the Centre for Strategic Studies under the...
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US study indicates ineffectiveness of antimalarial drug in COVID-19 patients

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:44
Initial research indicates that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does not help to fight the coronavirus. The study even showed that the mortality rate in patients treated with the drug was significantly higher than in patients treated without the drug.
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EU socialists propose financing ‘Recovery Plan’ with new own resources

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:42
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Slovaks living in Hungary and Austria commuting to Slovakia for work having to pass COVID-19 tests at their own costs, how German giant Lufthansa is dealing with the crisis, and so much more.
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Government explains why journalists are banned from news conferences

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:40
Vojvodina’s health secretary Zoran Gojkovic said on Monday (20 April) that reporters’ questions were not the reason why journalists had been banned from attending news conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, as their safety was the government’s prime concern....
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BELGRADE – Serbia drops down world press freedom index

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:39
Serbia dropped three places in the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, according to the ranking published by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday (21 April). After the country ranked 90th in 2019, it has now fallen to the 93rd...
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Conte signals longer lockdown

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:37
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte prepared Italians for a longer lockdown Tuesday (21 April) despite a second successive drop in the number of registered coronavirus cases.
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BUCHAREST – Seasonal workers complain about working conditions in Germany

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:37
After 2,000 seasonal Romanian workers crowded at Cluj-Napoca airport to fly to Germany while the pandemic was in full swing in both countries just two weeks ago, these same workers are now complaining about their working conditions. Workers have said...
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SOFIA – Swap line

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:37
The Bulgarian national bank has sent a letter to the European Central Bank (ECB) to negotiate a swap line (a temporary reciprocal currency arrangement between central banks) worth several billion euros, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov announced on Tuesday (21 April)....
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WARSAW – Anti-crisis shield 3.0

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:36
The Polish government is set to present a third set of measures to fight the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis by the end of the week. The new “shield” is meant to introduce subsidies for apartment renters, special solutions for local...
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ATHENS – 150 COVID-19 cases in a refugee camp

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:35
After a 28-year-old pregnant refugee tested positive for COVID-19 Greek authorities found that in total 150 refugees out of 475 were infected with the virus in the Kranidi refugee hostel in Peloponnese. Meanwhile, Greece has activated the EU Civil Protection...
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Dutch PM opens schools and children’s sports clubs over the course of May

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:32
These are the only measures that can “responsibly” be lifted, Prime Minister Mark Rutte stated in a press conference Tuesday night (21 April). All other “intelligent lockdown” rules were extended until at least 20 May, while all events including professional...
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BRUSSELS – Lockdown rollback preparations

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:31
While restaurants, cafes, bars and other non-essential shops and business will remain shut and free movement will continue to be limited until 3 May at least, the Belgian government is exploring ways to gradually lift the lockdown measures with several...
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HELSINKI – First same-sex adoptions

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:31
Finland recorded its first two first same-sex adoptions as a male couple and a female couple adopted infants three years after the country’s reformed Marriage Act, which made it possible for same-sex couples to marry and adopt. The two adoptions,...
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Timmermans promises green recovery to EU lawmakers

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:30
The European Commission's Green Deal chief, Frans Timmermans, assured EU lawmakers on Tuesday (21 April) that "every euro" spent on economic recovery measures after the COVID-19 crisis would be linked to the green and digital transitions. EURACTIV Germany reports.
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16 states begin enforcing mandatory mask-wearing on public transport

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:30
An increasing number of Germany’s 16 states have decided to begin enforcing mandatory mask-wearing on public transport and in shops. Saxony was the first state to introduce such regulations, coming into effect on Monday (20 April). Bavaria also announced their...
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EU socialists propose financing ‘Recovery Plan’ with new own resources

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 08:28
Creating debt without planning how to pay it would not be credible, Iratxe García, the leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, stated in a letter sent to EU leaders ahead of the 23 April EU Summit....
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