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Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:41
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday ruled out the prospect of the UK being part of a ‘European political community’ proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron after it was suggested that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was interested in joining. Speaking...
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:40
Sea levels along the Dutch coast are rising rapidly, scientists from the Delft University of Technology have found. Scientists from TU Delft gathered measurement data from tidal stations between Delfzijl and Vlissingen and found sea levels to be rising rapidly. According...
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:40
Faced with stark shortages of skilled workers, Austria will ease access to the labour market for third-country nationals through revamping the so-called “red-white-red-card” residence scheme. Vienna has historically been more opposed to migration than some of its EU counterparts, partly...
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:32
While the size of EU COVID recovery support will probably stay the same despite inflation, rising prices are likely to lead to fewer projects than initially planned, Croatian Commissioner Dubravka Šuica said. Croatian Commissioner Dubravka Šuica said Croatia had received...
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:31
The new Prague-based Central Eastern regional task force, established within the voluntary EU Energy Platform set up to secure energy supply and phase out dependency on Russia, will identify bottlenecks in gas supply in the region and propose urgent solutions....
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:30
Russia's space agency published the coordinates of Western defence headquarters including the US Pentagon and the venue of NATO's summit on Tuesday (28 June), saying Western satellite operators were working for Russia's enemy - Ukraine.
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:30
An initiative pushing for loosening abortion requirements in Finland gathers steam as the Nordic country gains cross-party support to change its abortion law from the early 1970s. Parliament’s decision comes in response to a recent citizen’s initiative dubbed “The OwnWill2020”...
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:30
The EU's 27 member states approved to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, officials announced early Wednesday (29 June), marking a major victory in the EU's bid to reduce CO2 emissions to net-zero by 2050.
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 06:29
The Paris administrative court condemned the government on Tuesday for not having prepared sufficient stocks of facemasks and for the contradictory statements it issued about the virus at the start of the pandemic. The Paris court handed down its decision on Tuesday...
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 05:40
Inflation and war in neighbouring Ukraine have dampened the Polish capital’s efforts to rebuild after the pandemic while also tackling the city centre's long-standing challenges - depopulation and soaring real estate prices.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 20:30
In an eleventh-hour deal, Turkey announced on Tuesday (28 June) it will lift its veto and support the application of Finland and Sweden to join NATO during the alliance's summit in Madrid.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 19:16
The European Commission continues to manually process agricultural data on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on Excel spreadsheets, a new report from the EU Court of Auditors said, calling on the EU executive to move into the digital age.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 19:08
Upscaling and investing in quantum computing should be integrated into the European Chips Act as the EU is a promising leader in this field, experts have urged.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 18:50
French public television and radio groups went on strike on Tuesday (June 28) against the planned abolition of the broadcasting licence fee paid by French households, which the service says ensures the proper functioning and independence of their newsrooms.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 18:25
The first deliveries of a monkeypox vaccine bought by the EU's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) have been sent to Spain, with shipments to Portugal, Germany and Belgium soon to follow.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 18:20
Bulgaria has declared ‘personae non grata’ the record number of 70 Russian diplomats for activity incompatible with their diplomatic status, outgoing Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced late on Tuesday (28 June).
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 16:58
The Scottish government has put itself on a constitutional collision course with the UK government after it set out plans to hold a second independence referendum in October 2023.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 16:26
Leaders of the West’s biggest democracies sought to demonstrate unity with non-Western democracies at the G7 summit that concluded on Tuesday (28 June), as the world heads towards a new era of bloc politics.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 16:25
In the dying days of their EU Council Presidency, the French are trying once again to pull off an impressive diplomatic feat - to get EU member states to agree a position on the Fit for 55 climate laws package.
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 16:20
While a purchasing power crisis unfolds and slowing gas flows threaten to shut down parts of European industry, austerity is back, hurting the EU’s ability to react to the looming crises.
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