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Mon, 07/18/2022 - 14:10
The UK is setting the stage for its future Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulatory model. Much like the EU, it suggests adopting a risk-based approach but will differ from the bloc by entrusting enforcement to a panel of regulators.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 13:25
The Czech Presidency of the EU Council pitched a narrower definition of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a revised and shortened list of high-risk systems, a stronger role for the AI Board and reworded national security exemption.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 12:00
Hit by intense heat, it is reported that some European countries will see their soft-wheat output drop by 7%, lower than their five-year average, another bad news for the already strained global food supply.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 10:45
As the European Central Bank prepares to raise interest rates for the first time since 2011, policymakers hope to limit "fragmentation" in the eurozone, where borrowing costs faced by different members begin to diverge.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 10:34
Over A Coffee with Mónica Andrés Enríquez, Executive Vice President for Europe, at leading crop nutrition company, Yara International ASA. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is accelerating a global food crisis. Farmers are struggling to reach production targets for harvest, while...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 08:21
The nationalisation of French energy giant EDF was "inevitable" because of the "huge amount of regulatory and economic constraints" put on the company as well as France's new ambitious nuclear programme, according to Professor Jean-Michel Gauthier.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:57
With the Russian aggression against Ukraine a new world is being created, with new rules, principles and patterns of behaviour, but Ukrainians fear that something is wrong, writes Roman Rukomeda.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:35
The UK’s first ever red warning for exceptional heat came into force at midnight, with temperatures expected to climb up to 41C over the next two days, breaking the country’s heat records. EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:30
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Berlusconi and Salvini calling for early elections amid the political situation in Italy, the Czech EU Presidency aiming for a 15% corporate tax deal by end of October, and so much more.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:08
Antonov 12, a Ukrainian cargo plane carrying weapons from Serbia, crashed in northern Greece on Saturday night, leaving all eight Ukrainian crew members dead, Serbia’s Defence Minister Nebojša Stefanović confirmed on Sunday. The aircraft that took off from the southern...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:06
Brussels is pursuing overambitious and costly decarbonisation policies while national capitals are desperate to guarantee the necessary energy supply and struggle to keep gas storages full and the lights on, writes Dimitar Lilkov.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:04
The Slovenian government is gearing up to increase solar energy production, with Prime Minister Robert Golob announcing a plan to set up giant solar power plants to supply households in the next three years. The infrastructure ministry has been tasked...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:03
Diplomatic relations between Croatia and Serbia quickly soured on Sunday after Zagreb banned what Serbia said was meant to be a private visit by President Aleksandar Vucic, to the site of a notorious World War II concentration camp in Croatia,...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:01
Czechia started its six-month stint at the helm of the EU Council by preparing a questionnaire for bloc members to understand if and where countries would be open to change in the EU’s decision-making process. The questionnaire will focus on...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:00
It is time for a new approach to migraine management to address care gaps; new studies will help inform the solutions needed.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 06:59
The refusal of Ukraine and Western powers to recognise Moscow's control of Crimea poses a "systemic threat" for Russia and any outside attack on the region will prompt a "Judgment Day" response, former president Dmitry Medvedev said on 17 July.
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 06:57
A delegation of five MEPs said the living conditions facing Roma communities are ‘shameful’ after visiting eastern Slovakia to assess how the country uses EU Cohesion Policy funds to integrate Roma people into society. In the program period 2014 to...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 06:56
Czech EU Presidency will push for an EU-wide agreement on a 15% corporate tax, and Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura wants to have the deal by the end of October. Fair taxation of large multinational companies was agreed upon last year...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 06:55
The government lowered the country’s alert level regarding fires on Sunday, suspending the state of contingency that was in place due to improved weather conditions, Internal Administration Minister José Luís Carneiro announced. “A state of alert will be in force...
Mon, 07/18/2022 - 06:54
Blazes have incinerated thousands of hectares of land. across Spain, while a series of weather warnings were in effect in a number of provinces that saw temperatures rise to 42℃. Many of the 3,000 people evacuated from a wildfire fire...
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