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Sustainable finance drive can help address EU’s political challenges

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 14:20
Sustainability and inclusivity have correctly been placed as guiding principles for Europe’s finance policy. The next few months – with decisions on the EIB and the start of a new European Commission – will be decisive in order to put those principles into action, write Tom Jess and Sandrine Dixon-Declève.
Categories: European Union

Ethiopia’s PM wins Nobel Peace Prize for ending Eritrea standoff

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 13:45
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (11 October) for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea.
Categories: European Union

Fourteen mayors sign declaration to promote sustainable food policies in their cities

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 13:25
Fourteen cities announced on Thursday (10 October) that they would pay particular attention to the sustainable and healthy food supply in their cities in the future. This way, they aim to save 60% of the carbon emissions in the food sector. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Categories: European Union

Tokarczuk’s Nobel is good news for Polish liberals ahead of Sunday’s vote

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 12:19
With this award, Europeans can see how strong, powerful, but most of all, resourceful, the liberal Poland is, writes Piotr Maciej Kaczyński.
Categories: European Union

Commissioner Hearings: Best Of

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 11:41
A compilation of some of the best moments of the 24 hearings.
Categories: European Union

Ukraine, Russia resume blame game as peace process hits roadblock

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 09:57
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday accused Russia of delaying a summit aimed at resolving the conflict between Kyiv and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east, but Moscow said Kiev needed to pull back its troops first.
Categories: European Union

EU livestock sector hits back at criticism on animal farming

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 08:58
Over a dozen livestock stakeholders have been campaigning across metro stations in Brussels as well as online, in a bid to fight back against the narrative propagated by NGOs and environmentalists on animal farming. At stake is the very conception of modern animal farming practices in Europe.
Categories: European Union

EU centre-right ‘celebrates’ rejection of Macron’s candidate

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 08:54
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Categories: European Union

Climate change leads to spread of Pneumonia-causing bacteria, expert says

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 08:50
A warmer climate and Europe's ageing population create a favourable breeding ground for legionella bacteria, which cause a type of pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease, Professor Martin Exner said in an interview.
Categories: European Union

Greece calls for more NATO ships to patrol Aegean Sea following Turkey’s Syria offensive

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 08:32
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday (10 October) called on NATO to increase naval patrols in the Aegean Sea after a threat by Turkey to open Europe's doors to more than three million migrants.
Categories: European Union

‘Almost impossible’ to rival China’s business clout in Central Asia

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 08:06
“China is coming with an offer nobody can refuse, while the EU is coming with an offer nobody can understand." For many in Central Asia, that phrase – although intended as a joke – best summarises the European way of doing business.
Categories: European Union

Thousands flee, hundreds reported dead in Turkish attack on Kurds in Syria

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 07:52
Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in northeast Syria for a second day on Thursday (10 October), forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing at least dozens of people in a cross-border assault on US allies that has turned the Washington establishment against President Donald Trump.
Categories: European Union

Tweets of the Week: Brexit, Goulard, and Fake News

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 07:45
Brexit shouting until we are hoarse, Goulard’s ousting revealed at the source, and fake news website exposed by task force.
Categories: European Union

Two businessmen who helped investigate Biden in Ukraine arrested in US

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 07:26
A Ukraine- and a Belarus-born businessman who helped President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani investigate political rival Joe Biden were arrested in a scheme to illegally funnel money to a pro-Trump election committee and other US political candidates, prosecutors said on Thursday (10 October).
Categories: European Union

New Brexit hopes after Johnson and Varadkar say ‘pathway to deal’ exists

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 02:16
Hopes of a Brexit deal were dramatically revived on Thursday (10 October) following three hours of talks between Boris Johnson and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
Categories: European Union

The Brief, powered by the Martens Centre – A missing EU word, a lost EU state

Thu, 10/10/2019 - 16:54
Turkish forces have launched airstrikes this week and advanced deeper into Kurdish-held areas in northeast Syria during the second day of Ankara’s invasion in the region. The EU sat on its hands and then came up with a cautious, watered-down statement. Why?
Categories: European Union

East-West corridor: ‘Hard’ versus ‘soft’ connectivity?

Thu, 10/10/2019 - 16:50
A conference organised by EURACTIV on ‘Global Eurasia – connectivity as a driver for peace, stability and security’ raised questions such as “greener” connectivity, in line with Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen’s priorities. But diplomats from the region were more focused on infrastructure.
Categories: European Union

A hair’s breadth from a massacre: a closer look at the Synagogue shooting in Germany

Thu, 10/10/2019 - 16:15
A gunman killed two people and injured several on Wednesday, but his failure to open the Synagogue's door spared the German city of Halle from a massacre. EURACTIV's media partner Der Tagesspiegel reports.
Categories: European Union

Why the European Parliament rejected Sylvie Goulard

Thu, 10/10/2019 - 16:13
The parliamentary committees rejected the candidacy of France's Sylvie Goulard for the Commissioner's post, officially on ethical grounds. However, her refusal is also a sign that German conservatives are finding it difficult to trust French President Emmanuel Macron. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

Senselessly shunning science: the EU Parliament’s GMO dilemma [Promoted content]

Thu, 10/10/2019 - 15:00
Europe seems increasingly ready to face the challenges of the 21st century and to lead the way to a ‘greener’ and more sustainable future. But what role can the EU Parliament play in the face of recent unsubstantiated “objections” against GMOs?
Categories: European Union

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