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Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:36
Séan Ó Fearghaíl, speaker of the Dáil, and Mark Daly, chair of the Seanad, the two leaders from both houses of Ireland’s parliament, are set to visit Kyiv later this month following an invitation from Ukraine’s parliament. The pair were...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:32
The CB Caribbean oil tanker, which was carrying Russian oil but not flying the country’s flag, docked at the Amsterdam port Monday morning with no resistance despite the dock having refused entry to the Russian oil tanker Sunny Liger the...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:29
France has delivered the equivalent of €100 million in humanitarian aid, in addition to military and financial support since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the Elysée announced. Details on the aid to Ukraine were made official on Monday...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:24
Croatian lawmakers are largely expected to endorse Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession once the two Nordic countries apply to join the alliance, but it may not all be plain sailing in the Croatian parliament, the Sabor. A number of parliamentarians...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:21
One in three Poles favours a recent proposal by Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro calling on the government to suspend payment of its national contributions to the EU, while about as many oppose or are unsure about such a measure, a...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:17
A boom in demand for heat pumps and solar panels combined with supply-chain disruptions is starting to cause severe material shortages in Czechia as producers focus on western European markets where consumers can pay more. Experts warn the problem is...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:16
Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany’s biggest opposition party CDU, travelled to Kyiv on Monday, the country’s first leading politician to do so. The visit can be interpreted as a sideswipe at Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has not yet visited...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:15
Finnish energy company Fennovoima has terminated a contract over the delivery of the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant with Rosatom. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract (EPC) was signed with the Russian company’s subsidiary RAOS Project in 2013 after the...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 06:15
The European Commission warned European media not to give airtime or importance to Russian propaganda following a contentious interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Italian media. Zona Bianca interviewed Lavrov during a talk show broadcast Sunday night (1...
Tue, 05/03/2022 - 05:48
The first evacuees from the ruins of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia later on Monday (2 May) after weeks of cowering from Russian shelling in underground bunkers.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 18:22
From tackling the decline of young farmers to the announcement of a 'third agricultural revolution': what has the newly re-elected French president, Emmanuel Macron, promised for the country's agricultural sector? EURACTIV France reports.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 17:52
Germany announced on Monday (2 May) to strengthen the bilateral ties with India in a bid to support the effort of the EU to relaunch the relationship with New Delhi and to increase cooperation with "like-minded" states.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 16:48
Helping Ukraine against the aggressor is a duty for all Europeans but there is a fine line between assisting Kyiv and waging war by proxy against Vladimir Putin, who has a nuclear button.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 16:37
The EU Court has clarified that filters should not be trusted when they cannot do their job with adequate precision. But their supervision remains weak. The upcoming AI Act offers an opportunity to address this, writes Martin Husovec.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 16:00
Germany’s economy and climate minister Robert Habeck and India’s energy minister R.K. Singh have signed an agreement on German-Indian hydrogen cooperation following multiple rounds of consultations.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 16:00
Israel denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday (2 May) for suggesting that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, accusing Lavrov of spreading anti-Semitism and belittling the Holocaust.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 15:38
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Europe on Monday (2 May) with New Delhi's refusal to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine set to be a key talking point in meetings with regional leaders.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 15:31
The European Commission’s proposal to regulate the bloc’s carbon removals market will be based on existing verification and certification schemes and will aim to create a common method in order to bring more transparency to the opaque sector, an EU official has said.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 15:23
Alphabet unit Google on Monday urged Europe's second-highest court to dismiss a 1.49-billion-euro ($1.6 billion) fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising.
Mon, 05/02/2022 - 15:22
The European Commission sent Apple on Monday (2 May) the preliminary findings of a competition investigation into its mobile payment system, Apple Pay, suggesting that the US tech giant had "unfairly shielded" its system from competitors and therefore stifled innovation.
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