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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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