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We must use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine and help refugees

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 15:56
Seizing Russian assets in Europe is an important and just way to help Ukrainians now and during the country's reconstruction, writes Paweł Jabłoński.  
Categories: European Union

Macron promises overhaul of emergency services in French hospitals

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 15:33
French President Emmanuel Macron, together with his new Health Minister, Brigitte Bourguignon, has proposed changing the way emergency services in hospitals are run, one of the sore points of the country's health system, and called for a stakeholder conference on health.
Categories: European Union

Health brief – A double punishment for cancer survivors

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 15:24
Many cancer survivors in long-term remission often experience unfair treatment in accessing financial services because of their medical history. While the right to be forgotten is a way to solve this issue, it is implemented in only a handful of...
Categories: European Union

EU overshoots 2020 climate target, records 34% drop in emissions

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 15:06
The European Environment Agency (EEA) on Wednesday submitted official EU data to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Categories: European Union

ALDE Protecting our Future [Promoted content]

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:00
As we gather at the ALDE Conference in Dublin over the next few days to discuss the many issues confronting Europe we all know that by working in solidarity we remain stronger than ever. Our core demo are held close...
Categories: European Union

The Green Brief: Banning Russian oil was the easy part

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 08:55
The ban on Russian oil imports, agreed by EU leaders late on Monday, is a sign that the EU compromise machine still works. A much tougher task now will be to eradicate Russian gas imports.
Categories: European Union

‘Ukraine is learning to live in the war regime’

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 08:06
Ukrainians believe in victory, the clearest indicator is that of those 7.6 million who left the country since the beginning of the war, 4.8 million have already returned to their homeland, writes Roman Rukomeda.
Categories: European Union

US wheat crop hit by dry winter then soggy spring, adding to global tightness

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 08:04
North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine cut grain exports and left the world short of millions of tonnes of wheat supply.
Categories: European Union

Germany announces arms swap deal with Greece, as previous deals flounder

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:44
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Albania losing a case at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg over Roma segregation in schools, the Croatian president warning that sanctions against Russia are not working, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

UN had ‘constructive’ talks in Moscow on Russian grain, fertilizer exports

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:42
A senior UN official had "constructive discussions" in Moscow with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday (31 May).
Categories: European Union

Boris Johnson launches new ‘Partygate’ defence as rebels mobilise

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:25
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday (31 May) denied breaching the UK government's ministerial code of conduct, as he bids to head off a growing Conservative revolt over the "Partygate" scandal.
Categories: European Union

German cities prove resilient despite multiple challenges following the pandemic

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:05
While German cities are increasingly struggling to retain their diversity following the COVID-19 pandemic and the accelerated shift to online that comes with it, they have proven to be more resilient than previously expected.
Categories: European Union

Hungary celebrates EU Russia oil ban ‘victory’ – for now

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:02
Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday (31 May) hailed Hungary's exemption from an EU Russian oil ban, but analysts warned he has only won more time and will need to adjust to the new reality.
Categories: European Union

Germany announces arms swap deal with Greece, as previous deals flounder

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:01
German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a swap deal with Greece in order to deliver arms to Ukraine. The news comes after Berlin reportedly failed to deliver on previous similar deals.
Categories: European Union

US agrees to send advanced rockets to Ukraine

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:01
Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Severodonetsk on 1 June as the US said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.
Categories: European Union

How can hydrogen technologies power the clean aircraft of the future? [Promoted content]

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 07:00
Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, the European Union’s public-private partnership dedicated to supporting European aviation industry’s path towards climate neutrality, has launched its first Call for Proposals for innovative solutions powering the next generation of climate-neutral aircraft of the future.
Categories: European Union

European Commission to ‘investigate’ Hungary’s discriminatory petrol price rules

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 06:50
The European executive will look into the decision of the government in Budapest to only allow cars with Hungarian license plates to buy petrol at capped prices at the country’s petrol stations, a Commission source told EURACTIV. The government announced...
Categories: European Union

Albania loses case in Strasbourg court over Roma segregation in schools

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 06:49
The European Court of Human Rights has found the Albanian government guilty of segregating Roma and Egyptian children at a school in Korca in the country’s south. The announcement was made public on Tuesday (31 May) and found the government...
Categories: European Union

Vucic vows Kosovo will never be independent during swearing-in ceremony

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 06:46
Aleksander Vučić vowed to make Kosovo an integral part of Serbia’s territorial integrity as he was sworn in for a second term as president of Serbia on Tuesday. The oath read by Vučić is enshrined in the Constitution of Serbia...
Categories: European Union

Bosnian Serb town bans memorial march, celebrates Orbán’s birthday instead

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 06:43
The town of Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina banned the ‘White Ribbons’ march on Tuesday, marking the start of massive ethnic cleansing in 1992, and instead tried to stage a celebration to mark the birthday of Hungarian Prime Minister...
Categories: European Union

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