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Slovakia delays payments to farmers, EU can’t intervene

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:45
Slovakia's government has delayed paying EU farm subsidies, known as direct payments, to eligible farmers who, despite joining the biggest farmers' protests in the country's history, risk not receiving them as the European Commission confirmed the situation is out of its hands.
Categories: European Union

Julian Assange to hear result of crucial ruling on US extradition

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:31
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out on Tuesday (26 March) whether the High Court in London will allow him to appeal against his extradition from Britain to the United States or if his British legal challenges have finally come to an end.
Categories: European Union

Sanchez’s party deny independence talks with separatist forces

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:25
The ruling Socialist party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is “already talking” to separatist forces about a future independence referendum in Catalonia, the Secretary General of the pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Marta Rovira said, while Sánchez’s party denies Catalan separation being “on the table”.
Categories: European Union

EU Commission raises concerns over Lufthansa-ITA deal

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:22
The European Commission warned against Lufthansa’s intention to buy a minority stake in Italy’s ITA Airways, telling both the German flag carrier and the Italian Economy Ministry that the deal risks being rejected if no action is taken to resolve competition issues.
Categories: European Union

Macron in Brazil to relaunch relationship, avoids thorny issue of Mercosur deal

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:22
War in Ukraine, attractiveness of investment and exchange of tips to decarbonise societies will feature on the agenda of Macron’s talks with Lula during his Brazil trip from Tuesday to Thursday (26-28 March), in an attempt to rekindle the relationship.
Categories: European Union

Germany kicks off construction of electric car batteries’ gigafactory after swift approval

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:20
Germany secured the construction of a gigafactory for electric car batteries in record time with the help of the EU’s new subsidy “matching” scheme.
Categories: European Union

Fearing arrest, Brazil’s Bolsonaro stayed two days in Hungarian embassy

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:14
Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stayed for two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month, just days after federal police confiscated his passport and arrested two former aides on suspicion of plotting a coup, Bolsonaro's lawyer said on Monday (25 March).
Categories: European Union

The EIB is looking into relaxing lending criteria for military investments

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 06:00
In this episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU, we’re diving into the EU’s lending arm's intention to“stretch” its investment remit beyond financing dual-use goods that can be exploited for civilian and military purposes. 
Categories: European Union

Macron says Islamists who hit Russia had tried to attack France

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 05:52
President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday (25 March) that the gunmen who killed 137 people in a concert hall outside Moscow were part of an Islamic State branch that was behind foiled attempts to attack France over the past few months.
Categories: European Union

Israel vents fury at US abstention on Security Council ceasefire vote

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 05:18
Israel reacted angrily on Monday (25 March) to the first UN Security Council vote to demand an "immediate ceasefire" in the Gaza war, after its closest ally the United States abstained, while fighting raged in the Palestinian territory.
Categories: European Union

Sweden makes naloxone spray an OTC product, to prevent opioid overdose deaths [Advocacy Lab Content]

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 04:23
Naloxone nasal spray, which can save opioid users from overdoses, will soon be available without prescription in Sweden. The move seeks to increase early interventions outside healthcare settings, marking a major shift in Swedish drug policy.
Categories: European Union

Poland’s vaccine refusals double in five years, alarming officials [Advocacy Lab Content]

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 04:13
In recent years Poland has witnessed a disturbing surge in the rejection of mandatory immunisations, with the vaccine refusal rate doubling in five years, and thirteen-fold in a decade.
Categories: European Union

De Croo wants EU biotech leadership ambition, cites Belgium’s health and biotech valley [Advocacy Lab Content]

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 03:51
Europe must work to protect its biotech leadership capability, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told Euractiv, aligning Belgium's biotech vision with the European Commission's global ambition.
Categories: European Union

EU countries express conditional support for 2040 climate target

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 20:15
The EU’s debate on a 90% climate target for 2040 made some progress on Monday (25 March), with 10 countries in favour, three against, and 13 asking for additional concessions at a meeting of environment ministers in Brussels.
Categories: European Union

Environment ministers rally to save nature restoration law – but Hungary remains defiant

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 19:25
14 countries including Germany, France and Spain called for a quick adoption of the EU’s flagship nature protection policy during today’s (Monday 25 March) Environmental Council meeting in Brussels. But opponents of the law - including Hungary who joined their ranks last week - remained defiant.
Categories: European Union

Agriculture ministers push to weaken anti-deforestation rules for EU farmers

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 17:06
Austria and six other EU member states are seeking to delay the implementation of a pioneering anti-deforestation law in the bloc, and exempt small-scale farmers from the rules, according to a note circulated among member states head of a meeting with farming ministers on Tuesday (26 March), seen by Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

China’s ‘de-risking’ from West worsens EU industrial decline, experts say

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 17:03
"It's a double whammy: China's de-risking plus their lack of consumption is contributing to our deindustrialisation," Alicia García-Herrero, a senior fellow at Bruegel think-tank, told Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – The Crocus falsification

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 16:20
After the rigged Russian elections, Vladimir Putin is now presenting a fake narrative about the terrible terrorist attack that struck Moscow last Friday, pointing the finger at Ukraine and ignoring the obvious Islamic State signature.
Categories: European Union

Europe’s Agri-food Sector: A Call for Innovation and Sustainability [Promoted content]

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 16:00
The agriculture sector is the backbone that helps feed the 450 million people in the EU with healthy, affordable food. Yet, despite its apparent strength, our food markets face unprecedented challenges.
Categories: European Union

Can a robot compete with a human in the field of wealth management?

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 15:41
Advanced technologies, especially the development of AI, are significantly modernising wealth management services, write Max Koretskiy and Illia Kyslytskyi.
Categories: European Union

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