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Like nicotine: Bees get hooked on harmful pesticide, study shows

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:15
Bumblebees acquire a taste for food laced with a pesticide known to harm them, according to a study suggesting the chemicals pose an even greater threat to pollinators than previously thought.
Categories: European Union

Activists held in Greece for illegally aiding migrants

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:11
Police in Greece said on Tuesday (28 August) they had arrested three members of a Greek NGO on suspicion of helping migrants illegally enter the country.
Categories: European Union

Tensions rise between Madrid and Catalonia as political year begins

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 07:59
The recent change of government in Spain has helped ease tensions but a lawsuit filed by Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont in Belgium against the Spanish judge overseeing his case risks stoking the fires again.
Categories: European Union

Trump lawyer denounces ‘excesses’ of Romania’s anti-corruption efforts

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 07:58
US President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has written a letter to Romania’s president, accusing the Eastern European country’s anticorruption efforts of going too far and calling for amnesty for those already prosecuted and convicted.
Categories: European Union

Social Democrats promise Swedes extra holiday as election nears

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 07:57
Sweden's ruling Social Democrats launched their election manifesto on Tuesday (28 August) promising an extra week of holiday for parents as the party seeks to avoid its worst showing ever in a national vote.
Categories: European Union

Macron’s green record under scrutiny as top minister quits

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 07:45
French President Emmanuel Macron once promised to "make our planet great again", but the shock resignation of his popular environment minister has put his mixed record on green issues under the spotlight.
Categories: European Union

Denmark wants to cooperate ‘as much as possible’ on European defence

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 07:38
Denmark will take part as much as possible in European defence cooperation outside NATO, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said after meeting France's president on Tuesday (28 August).
Categories: European Union

UN talks: Can the EU stop the charge of the killer robots?

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 07:17
UN talks continue this week to try and turn the screw on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) or what has been termed "killer robots".
Categories: European Union

French and British boats clash in scallop war skirmish

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 07:09
Stone-throwing, insults and dangerous manoeuvres on the high seas: French and British fishermen clashed in the English Channel over a hoard of scallops Tuesday (28 August), the latest flare-up in a years-long war over the prized shellfish.
Categories: European Union

Oettinger warns Italy not to block EU budget talks

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 06:57
It is in no one's interest to hold up budget negotiations at the European Union, the bloc's budget chief warned Tuesday (28 August) after Italy threatened a blockade over the migrant issue.
Categories: European Union

Salvini and Orbán launch anti-immigration manifesto ahead of EU elections

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 06:42
Hungary’s illiberal Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini launched Tuesday (28 August) an anti-migration manifesto aiming at next year's European parliament elections, targeting a common enemy.
Categories: European Union

Poland’s ‘last coal power plant’ faces €1.7 billion loss, analysts say

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 01:01
The planned phase-out of state aid to fossil fuel power generation across the European Union could make the Ostrołęka C coal station project unprofitable within years, according to a new report by Carbon Tracker, a think tank.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Changing borders in Europe???

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 16:46
It’s amazing that the European Commission envisages land swaps to settle Kosovo-Serbia relations. Neighbourhood Commissioner Johannes Hahn said it’s a bilateral solution which should not serve as a blueprint for other issues. But not everyone is convinced.  
Categories: European Union

Digitisation goes rural: The latest big revolution in farming

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 16:26
Digitisation and the use of big data are paving the way for agriculture, livestock and the agri-food sector to sow the seeds for a new future, as is already happening in other aspects of daily life.
Categories: European Union

Poland threatens to ignore rulings of EU’s top court

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 16:01
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) is investigating if the recently adopted legislation on the retirement age of Polish Supreme Court judges complies with EU law, but a top Polish official has hinted that the country might ignore future ECJ rulings in this matter.
Categories: European Union

May vows post-Brexit UK will be leading investor in Africa

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 14:15
British Prime Minister Theresa May today (28 August) pledged to prioritise investment in Africa as she started a three-nation visit to the continent to drum up new trade deals ahead of leaving the European Union.
Categories: European Union

French Environment Minister Hulot quits government, denouncing weight of lobbies

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 10:46
The departure of France’s favorite minister is a scathing criticism of the French government's environmental policy.
Categories: European Union

Calls for justice after Bosnian reporter brutally beaten

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 08:05
Bosnian journalists on Monday (27 August) demanded justice after a reporter said he was severely beaten by unknown attackers after covering politically-sensitive protests. The US and European Union also condemned the assault on Vladimir Kovacevic, a journalist who works for...
Categories: European Union

Italy threatens to veto EU’s long-term budget over migration crisis

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 07:51
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday (27 August) threatened to veto the European Union's seven-year budget plan should the bloc not do more to share the burden of migrant arrivals.
Categories: European Union

EU disagrees with Russia that Syrian refugees can go back

Tue, 08/28/2018 - 07:51
The European Union does not believe Syria is safe for refugees to go back, officials in Brussels said of a Russian push to have people return to the war-torn country and the international community to spend money on rebuilding it.
Categories: European Union

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