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French presidential candidates divided on granting Corsica autonomy

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 17:48
The French state is in favour of "going as far as autonomy" for Corsica, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Wednesday (16 March) to which most presidential candidates, but for those on the far-right, said they were in favour of. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

MEPs slam new recommendations on antimicrobials reserved for human use

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 17:04
European lawmakers did not hold back in their criticism of the new European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommendations for antimicrobials to be reserved for human use at a committee meeting on Tuesday (15 March).
Categories: European Union

Ukraine and Russia make progress on plan to end war

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 17:01
A fifteen-point draft deal between Russia and Ukraine, reported by the Financial Times on Wednesday (16 March), would involve Kyiv renouncing NATO membership ambitions and accepting territorial changes, in return for security guarantees.
Categories: European Union

TikTok accused of allowing Kremlin propaganda

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 16:55
Kremlin propaganda is being shared on TikTok by a "network of coordinated accounts" despite the platform's ban on new Russian content, according to a study. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Closer to home

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 16:50
Viewed from the perspective of Eastern Europe, Russia’s war on Ukraine is getting closer to our borders.
Categories: European Union

Health Brief: Welcome to the ‘supermarket’

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 16:21
In western Poland, a humanitarian centre for Ukraine is open 24/7. A French association travelled from Paris to bring dozens of donations to this place that everyone here calls the "supermarket".
Categories: European Union

EU to prioritise evacuation of Ukrainian children in urgent need of care

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 16:14
EU health ministers agreed on Tuesday (15 March) to first evacuate from Ukraine children in urgent need of care, following talks of a coordinated EU approach to the health crisis in the countr
Categories: European Union

Voice your choice about data-driven advertising in Europe! [Promoted content]

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 16:08
A BIG Conversation about data-driven advertising in Europe is happening – and you are invited to be a part of it! The online advertising industry in Europe is listening and wants to hear your views on how YOU want online advertising to work. Share your expectations, hopes and fears anonymously.
Categories: European Union

Countries and companies shun Russian oil over Ukraine invasion

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 15:44
Russian gas flows to Europe remain stable, but Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and voluntary actions by buyers are starting to impact its oil sales. This is a state of play as of 16 March.
Categories: European Union

Ukrainophobia, Russian propaganda and war in Europe

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 15:38
Questioning Ukrainian identity, the right to decide, defend themselves, and ask for sanctions to weaken the Russian economy and thus, ability to attack - remains a tool of Russian propaganda. Let’s make sure we don’t help spreading it, appeals Anna Romandash.
Categories: European Union

EU countries agree world’s first carbon tariff, but leave out controversial issues

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 14:24
The EU's 27 economy ministers reached an agreement on Tuesday (15 March) to introduce a carbon levy on imports of highly-polluting goods like steel, cement and fertilisers, but kicked the can down the road on controversial aspects like the use of revenues coming from the scheme.
Categories: European Union

Kazakh President lays out constitutional reforms following January unrest

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 14:04
Constitutional reforms to limit the powers of the president's office have been announced by Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who says the country needs to switch from "superpresidential" rule to a presidential republic with a strong parliament.
Categories: European Union

Berlin woos key gas supplier Norway

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 13:32
Germany’s economy and climate minister Robert Habeck is travelling to Oslo on Wednesday (16 March) to cement the country’s energy partnership with Norway and maximise gas supplies to the continent, including the potential of "blue" hydrogen made from fossil fuels.
Categories: European Union

Media Freedom: A rebalanced ecosystem and sector consolidation

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 13:16
Given the war in the East, and recent riots in the United States, the quality of the information ecosystem has become central. Media leaders could seize industrial, policy and budget opportunities, beyond the basic democracy principles, with a view to media resilience, write Pedro Ortún Silvan and Christophe Leclercq.
Categories: European Union

Media Partnership – Closing the digital gender gap: women’s participation in the digital economy [Promoted content]

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 13:00
The present COVID-19 crisis, which revolutionised the way people and companies use ICT and other digital technologies to work and interact, has also highlighted the urgency to promote gender balance in the digital sector. Inequalities were identified decades ago, and efforts have been made to address them over the years. Nevertheless, such gender unbalance persists in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields generally, and in the digital sector specifically (e.g. digital technologies, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information and Communication Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, etc.).
Categories: European Union

DSA: European Commission wants very large online platforms to pay for their supervision

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 12:53
While getting ready to enforce the Digital Services Act on very large online platforms, the EU executive has come back with a proposal to charge these big players a supervisory fee directly.
Categories: European Union

Shipping is not Fit For 55 – with only months left for the EU to get it right

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 12:30
The EU will fail to meet its target of climate neutrality by 2050 unless draft legislation to cut emissions in the shipping sector is strengthened and loopholes are closed, argues Lucy Gilliam.
Categories: European Union

LIVE NOW – Efficient district heating systems: How to achieve cost-effective decarbonisation?

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 09:30
Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss the new definition of efficient district heating systems in the EED proposal, and how stakeholders can best cooperate to achieve cost-effective decarbonisation.
Categories: European Union

The Green Brief: Europe’s great gas U-turn

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 08:55
The last week has seen a previously unthinkable political U-turn by the European Union to end its reliance on all fossil fuels imported from Russia.
Categories: European Union

Anti-war Russians in Turkey unite at rap concert for Ukraine

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 07:55
Hundreds of Russians lined up outside an Istanbul club on Tuesday to get a glimpse of Oxxxymiron, a rapper who rattled the Russian celebrity world with bold statements against his country's invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

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