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Netherlands relaxes COVID-19 rules despite rising infection rate

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:39
All COVID-19 restrictions in the Netherlands will become voluntary as of next Wednesday. Exactly two years since the restrictions were first introduced, Health Minister Ernst Kuipers declared that it is now safe to relax the measures. People are still advised...
Categories: European Union

France offers asylum to journalist who protested on Russian TV

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:38
French President Emmanuel Macron has offered consular protection or asylum to Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who protested on Russian television on Monday. During a visit to a reception centre for Ukrainian refugees in Maine-et-Loire, the French president was asked...
Categories: European Union

Experts urge Bulgaria to ask NATO for help

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:30
Several military experts have called on the Bulgarian government to ask NATO for help over the encroaching state of war in neighbouring Ukraine. “War is knocking at the door. Intentionally or not, Russian drones are already entering the airspace of...
Categories: European Union

Ukraine dominates Hungarian national celebrations

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:29
High ranking Fidesz officials and pundits appeared unable to call Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war” as the opposition demanded that the country choose between Europe and “the East” at Tuesday’s national celebrations. Thousands of Hungarians took to the streets...
Categories: European Union

Italy sets new rules for its military amid Ukraine war

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:28
Italy’s defence ministry has established new rules for the deployment of soldiers, according to a leak in the Italian press on Tuesday. With the war in Ukraine continuing to rage, new rules for the deployment of soldiers have been agreed on,...
Categories: European Union

Sweden and Finland to announce military cooperation

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:27
Sweden and Finland plan to present soon a plan enshrining deeper military cooperation, newspaper Aftonbladet reported. After Russia openly warned non-NATO members Sweden and Finland against joining the Alliance, Helsinki and Stockholm are getting closer than ever. This week five meetings...
Categories: European Union

ECB puts Russians in EU, even residents, under scanner

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:26
European Union regulators have told some banks to scrutinise transactions by all Russian and Belarusian clients, including EU residents, to ensure that they are not used to circumvent Western sanctions against Moscow, three sources told Reuters.
Categories: European Union

German households could go cold without Russian gas

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:26
Halting Russian energy imports to Germany would have major ramifications for household heat supply this winter, the country’s biggest energy company, RWE, warned on Tuesday during the presentation of its annual report. “I understand calls to step up sanctions to...
Categories: European Union

Biden to attend Brussels NATO and EU summits on 24 March

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:06
US President Joe Biden will make his first visit to Europe since the invasion of Ukraine to discuss the crisis with NATO allies next week, the White House said as the refugee tally hit 3 million amid Russian air strikes.
Categories: European Union

NATO to draw plans for beefing up the Eastern Flank

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 06:00
NATO defence ministers are set to task the alliance's military commanders to draw up plans for new more troops and missile defences in Eastern Europe, officials and diplomats said ahead of the meeting on Wednesday (16 March).
Categories: European Union

EU to subsidise household fuel prices surging amid Ukraine crisis

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 05:55
EU finance ministers agreed on Tuesday (15 March) to subsidise household fuel prices and offer support to companies hit by surging energy prices as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.
Categories: European Union

Teresa Ribera reproaches France for lack of engagement in gas interconnection

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 05:53
Spain's energy Minister, Teresa Ribera, assured that "it is very difficult to make progress" with France on the construction of a gas pipeline that will allow Spain to export its stored gas to the rest of Europe.
Categories: European Union

COVID travel restrictions are eased for Ukrainians

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 18:19
For millions of Ukrainians fleeing from the war, EU countries are lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions. However, the ECDC and WHO Europe continue to highlight the importance of ensuring vaccination coverage among refugees in host countries. 
Categories: European Union

US chip manufacturer Intel announces €33bn investment in Europe

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 17:25
The investment will support the establishment of a new mega fab in Germany, the expansion of an existing factory in Ireland, an R&D and design hub in France, and production and research capacities in Italy, Spain and Poland.
Categories: European Union

Global minimum tax hits roadblock as EU states disagree on directive

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 17:00
The finance ministers of EU member states failed to reach a unanimous agreement on the EU directive aimed at implementing the global minimum tax for large corporations when they met in Brussels on Tuesday (15 March).
Categories: European Union

Against Russia and China, freedom should be the new business bottom line

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 16:49
You can’t get a Happy Meal any longer in Russia after McDonald’s closed shop. The latest apps are barred from the Apple store and a swath of international and European businesses are grinding their operations to a halt after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Jonas Parello-Plesner.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – The paradox of German politics

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 16:45
The war in Ukraine has triggered a ‘Zeitenwende’ in German politics. The traffic light coalition had pledged to dedicate its foreign policy to the diffusion of international peace, yet it is now responsible for the biggest U-turn in recent German history, which has laid the groundwork for Germany to become a military power ready to defend European interests.
Categories: European Union

UK brings oligarch sanctions list in line with EU

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 16:41
The UK government on Tuesday added more than 360 Russian oligarchs, politicians and companies to its sanctions regime, making them subject to an asset freeze and travel ban.
Categories: European Union

Can electric vehicles help defund the Russian war machine?

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 15:50
With the realisation that conventionally fuelled vehicles are propping up the Russian war machine, the shift to electric vehicles has gained a powerful geopolitical selling point.
Categories: European Union

Kremlin says West’s sanctions affect Iranian nuclear deal

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 15:19
The Kremlin on Tuesday (15 March) cautioned the West that Russia's interests as part of the Iranian nuclear deal would have to be ensured after the United States and its allies slapped sanctions on Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

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