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Norway to host NATO Arctic military exercise

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:46
NATO’s major winter exercise Cold Response in which 30,000 troops from nearly 30 countries – including non-NATO countries Sweden and Finland –  began on Monday in various parts of Norway, making it the largest exercise of its kind since the...
Categories: European Union

Finland to take time to build consensus on security policy

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:44
Finland’s political leadership has opted for a cooling-off period in an attempt to find the best way to shape their security policy. The Russian attack on Ukraine shook the foundations of Finland’s security policy. Questions now on the table involve...
Categories: European Union

UK set to expand sanctions list

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:43
The UK government is expected to add the names of hundreds of oligarchs, individuals and organisations to its sanctions list on Tuesday, as soon as a key piece of new legislation is adopted by lawmakers. The move will come after...
Categories: European Union

Dutch stadium owner looks to take over Russian-owned football club

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:42
Michael van de Kuit, owner of the GelreDome stadium, hopes to acquire the Vitesse Arnhem football club from Russian owner Valeri Oyf. Van de Kuit, who bought GelreDome for almost €14 million in 2014, sent an email to Pascal van Wijk, General...
Categories: European Union

France continued to deliver Russia weapons after 2014 embargo

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:42
France continued to issue arms export licences to Russia after the 2014 embargo, investigative website Disclose has revealed. According to leaked documents, French companies delivered arms to Russia after the EU imposed sanctions, including an arms embargo, against Russia in...
Categories: European Union

Future of Russian arms imports unclear after Scholz Erdogan meeting

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:41
It is now unclear whether Turkey will buy Russian weapons in the future, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday. “Of course, there are weapon systems that we bought. Under the current circumstances, it...
Categories: European Union

Three Russian diplomats expelled, at least three people arrested

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:29
Slovak security forces arrested at least three people on Monday for suspected Russian espionage, including a colonel from the defence ministry, a representative of Slovak intelligence service and a person involved with a conspiracy website that was already shut down,...
Categories: European Union

Danish companies threatened with Russian takeover

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:28
Danish companies in Russia could be taken over within days, causing deep concern in the Danish business community. In an article published on Politiken Mandag, the Russian Ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, warned of measures that will be “sensitive for...
Categories: European Union

Austria pushing for suspension of EU minimum tax rates on oil

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:27
Austria is looking to reduce the burden caused by record-high energy prices by dropping taxes below the EU threshold after recently launching a €1.7 billion package to alleviate the strain on households and firms. The flexibility of the EU’s minimum...
Categories: European Union

Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 05:53
An anti-war protester interrupted a live news bulletin on Russia's state TV Channel One on Monday (14 March), holding up a sign behind the studio presenter and shouting slogans denouncing the war in Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

The EU must regulate embodied carbon to deliver climate-proof buildings

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 05:50
The EU is neglecting emissions from building materials and construction, but the negotiations on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive can fill this gap, writes a group of leading Danish professional associations and NGOs.
Categories: European Union

EU targets luxury goods, oligarchs and metals in new sanctions against Russia

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 05:30
The EU's fourth package of sanctions coming into effect on Tuesday (15 March) is set to target more oligarchs, ban the sale of luxury goods exports to Moscow and hit several defence companies.
Categories: European Union

EU urged to ban all imports linked to deforestation

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 00:54
Brazilian environmental groups urged the European Union on Monday to pass aggressive legislation banning all imports linked to deforestation, criticizing "gaps" in a draft bill.
Categories: European Union

Higher grain prices will mean more food insecurity

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 19:37
Grain prices on the major exchanges have been breaking record after record for the past two weeks, raising fears of a new global food crisis like in 2007, writes Eric Andrieu.
Categories: European Union

CoFoE: Participants ask for increased EU intervention in Ukrainian war

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 19:25
Participants from the Conference on the Future of Europe met in Strasbourg to speak in front of the conference's plenary, where Ukrainian activists and MPs urged for more drastic EU intervention in Ukraine, including the implementation of a no-fly zone.
Categories: European Union

Scouts and volunteers send help in Ukraine from Belgium

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 17:41
A group of members of the Ukrainian Scouts and volunteers in Belgium has been collecting and sending humanitarian material and military equipment in Ukraine since the start of the war. EURACTIV meet them in their warehouse-base in Puurs.
Categories: European Union

Firms to get €2 billion from EU’s Brexit fund

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 17:24
Businesses across the EU who have been affected by Brexit will receive a new round of funding worth €2 billion over the next year, the European Commission has announced.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Crime and Punishment

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 16:46
Vladimir Putin’s dirty war in Ukraine drags on, much to his annoyance. In the meantime, ideas in the West are multiplying about how to punish him for his despicable aggression, the crimes already committed, and those yet to come.
Categories: European Union

Member states end 10-year deadlock on EU’s plan for women’s quota on corporate boards

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 16:14
EU employment and social affairs ministers have adopted a general approach on the directive to boost gender equality on corporate boards, ending a decade-long stalemate and paving the way for final negotiations between the European Parliament and the 27 member states in the Council.
Categories: European Union

Telecom industry to brace open networks despite established interests

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 15:59
Open Radio Access Network [RAN] is set to favour innovation in the telecommunication market, but legacy operators resist the change as they fear a drop in profitability and market shares.
Categories: European Union

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