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Speed, simplicity and focus: How the EU can make a success of the competitive sustainability ‘race to the top’

Thu, 12/22/2022 - 06:00
The US Inflation Reduction Act may have done the EU a favour, leading it into a possible international partnership to increase the speed, simplicity and focus of its industrial innovation and investment strategy, write Martin Porter and Peter Sweatman.
Categories: European Union

Greece annoyed by Albania-Turkey drone deal

Thu, 12/22/2022 - 05:54
Greek foreign minister Nikos Dendias expressed his discontent about the “rapprochement” between neighbouring Turkey and Albania after the two countries signed a drone deal.
Categories: European Union

The Brief — The UK’s Rwanda court win perpetuates migration doom loop

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 16:19
Shock and dismay were the reaction of civil society groups to the ruling by the High Court in London earlier this week that the UK government’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful. 
Categories: European Union

UK settlement scheme for EU nationals ‘unlawful’, court rules

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 15:36
The UK government’s Settlement Scheme for EU nationals living in the UK has been declared unlawful in a major court ruling on Wednesday (21 December). 
Categories: European Union

More money, flexibility needed to back EU’s new nature restoration law, ministers say

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 14:52
EU environment ministers on Tuesday (20 December) called for increased flexibility and finance to achieve the goals of a new law aimed at restoring Europe's nature.
Categories: European Union

Hybrid wheat has wind in its sails as war, climate threaten global supply

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 13:57
Global seed maker Syngenta will release a new type of wheat developed with complex cross-breeding techniques in the US, beating out rival companies that are also trying to develop higher yielding wheat at a time of diminishing global grain supplies.
Categories: European Union

Hungary’s Orbán aims to curb inflation, keep economy above water in 2023

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 13:55
Hungary must avoid recession next year and curb inflation to single digits by the end of 2023, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday, adding that surging inflation put “huge pressure” on the central bank’s governor. Hungary’s nationalist leader is...
Categories: European Union

Gas discovery off Cyprus by Eni and Total gives Europe more options

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 13:23
A consortium of Italy's Eni and France's TotalEnergies has found more natural gas off Cyprus, boosting Europe's hopes for a clean break from Russian gas.
Categories: European Union

Russian mobile calls, internet seen deteriorating after Nokia, Ericsson leave

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 09:23
When telecoms gear makers Nokia and Ericsson leave Russia at the end of the year, their departure could steadily cripple the country's mobile networks over the long-term, setting off a deterioration in communication for everyday Russians.
Categories: European Union

The Green Brief: A year of EU energy policy in review

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 08:55
Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the West’s response to it, has made 2022 an intense year for energy policymakers and those of us charged with observing their work. As the year closes, time has come to take stock of the EU’s efforts to face an unprecedented energy crisis.
Categories: European Union

Visentini, Avramopouolos admit payments from NGO in Qatargate probe

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 08:53
An international labour leader and a former EU commissioner admitted Tuesday (20 February) that they had received respectively €50,000 euros and €60,000 from an NGO at the heart of an investigation into allegations Qatar tried to corrupt the European Parliament.
Categories: European Union

Ukraine rushing to show progress on EU-bound reforms

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 08:00
Ukraine is pressing ahead with reforms like never before, despite the ongoing war, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna told EURACTIV as Kyiv is racing to demonstrate progress in the face of growing signals that it is unlikely to get preferential treatment on its EU path.
Categories: European Union

Russian gold removed from some Western funds after Ukraine invasion

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:45
Hidden inside high-security bank vaults in London, Zurich and New York, billions of dollars' worth of gold of Russian origin has quietly changed hands in recent months in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

From the war in Ukraine to Qatargate: How has 2022 shaped the EU?

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:31
This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, we are wrapping up 2022 with a discussion on how this year has shaped the European Union, with Alberto Alemanno, Professor of Law at HEC Paris, and Robert Madelin, Senior Strategist at FIPRA International....
Categories: European Union

Berisha: Turkey ‘intervened’ in 2009 Greece-Albania maritime deal

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:28
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about France being better prepared for the winter than previously expected, Bulgaria pushing for a new EU-Turkey summit on migration, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Gas giant Algeria slams EU gas price cap

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:23
Africa's top gas exporter Algeria on Tuesday (20 December)  spoke out against a European Union price cap on natural gas, saying it would threaten upstream investments.
Categories: European Union

Deadline for COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics waiver to be extended

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:21
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Council on Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) recommended postponing the deadline on whether to extend the TRIPS waiver to include COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics, as well as vaccines.
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria pushes for new EU-Turkey migrant summit

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:21
Bulgaria has offered to become the organiser and meditator of a migrant crisis-centred summit between the European Union and Turkey, Parliament Speaker Vezhdi Rashidov said after discussing the issue with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. Rashidov, a Bulgarian...
Categories: European Union

Czech FM says Russia is isolating itself, even from China, India

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:17
Russia is increasingly isolating itself on the international scene, to some degree even from China and India, as it continues to bomb civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Jaroslav Kurfürst told EURACTIV.cz in an interview. “Russia also seems to...
Categories: European Union

Polish parliament to grant amnesty to Poles illegally fighting for Ukraine since 2014

Wed, 12/21/2022 - 07:17
Polish lawmakers have signed a draft resolution that would grant amnesty to Polish citizens who illegally joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to fight Russian forces in Eastern Europe since 2014. Poles are prohibited from serving in foreign...
Categories: European Union

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