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US removing Turkey from F-35 program after its Russian missile defense purchase

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 16:30
The United States said on Wednesday (17 July) that it was removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program, a move long threatened and expected after Ankara began accepting delivery of an advanced Russian missile defense system last week. The...
Categories: European Union

F-35 or SU-35? Erdogan says Turkey to turn elsewhere

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 16:25
President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday (26 July) Turkey would turn elsewhere for fighter jets if the United States will not sell it the F-35 jets, adding that a US decision to cut Ankara from the program would not deter...
Categories: European Union

Germany’s slowing growth is penalising the whole of Europe

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 16:14
The European train is slowing down as one of its main drivers, the German economy, is experiencing a slowdown. At the same time, job creation across the EU is declining. EURACTIV's partner Euroefe reports.
Categories: European Union

Merkel meets Orban on Iron Curtain anniversary amid new divides

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 14:06
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalled the importance of a "humane" Europe Monday (19 August) as she took part in commemorations in Hungary to mark the 30th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.
Categories: European Union

Macron extends helping hand to Putin in run-up to G7 summit

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 13:29
By holding a meeting ahead of the G7 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron are attempting to extend a dialogue rendered difficult by the continued dismantling of multilateralism. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

Humanity is increasingly living above its means

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 13:04
On Monday (29 July), which is three days earlier than last year, humanity had consumed more resources than the planet is capable of offering within a year. This is according to a report by the environmental NGO Global Footprint Network. EURACTIV's partner le Journal de l'Environnement reports.
Categories: European Union

US-Russia rivalry in the Middle East is now spilling over into the Mediterranean Sea

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 12:35
Most oil and gas experts agree that the East Med Pipeline Project is a pipe dream that cannot compete with cheap Russian gas. But America’s enthusiastic support for it is more about a re-alignment of alliances, and securing energy supply, writes Nour Samaha.
Categories: European Union

Catholic church continues battle against LGBT in Visegrád Four

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 10:08
The rhetoric of the Catholic Church members against the LGBT community is becoming increasingly aggressive in four eastern EU countries, with priests comparing the LGBT movement to the plague and calling it an “ideology” with totalitarian features.
Categories: European Union

EU’s Juncker cuts short holiday for urgent surgery

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 09:07
Outgoing European Commission boss, Jean-Claude Juncker, had to cut short his Austria holiday to undergo an urgent gallbladder operation back home in Luxembourg, his team said in a statement on Saturday (17 August).
Categories: European Union

Finnish social minister: Europe needs ‘a paradigm shift’ towards the economy of well-being

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 08:34
Working towards a more inclusive economic growth in Europe is one of the Finnish presidency's main priorities. Finnish minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen lays out her vision for "the economy of well-being".
Categories: European Union

How do Power-to-X technologies work?

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 08:34
P2X, P2Y, PtG, PtL, power-to-gas... These somewhat cryptic terms stand for energy conversion processes that can be used to store surplus power from renewable sources and help meet climate targets. But whether they will actually reduce emissions depends on many  different factors, EURACTIV Germany reports.
Categories: European Union

Iranian tanker at centre of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 08:22
The Iranian tanker caught in a standoff between Tehran and the West left Gibraltar on Sunday night, shipping data showed, hours after the British territory rejected a US request to detain the vessel further.
Categories: European Union

Spain makes new offer to migrant rescue boat off coast of Italy

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 08:00
Spain on Sunday (18 August) offered to allow a charity boat situated off the coast of Italy with more than 100 people on board to dock at the nearest Spanish port after the Open Arms charity rejected a plan to dock in Algeciras because it was too far away.
Categories: European Union

UK faces food, fuel and drug shortages, says contested leaked document

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 07:48
Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, according to leaked official documents reported by the Sunday Times whose interpretation was immediately contested by ministers.
Categories: European Union

July 2019 hottest month on record for planet, US agency finds

Fri, 08/16/2019 - 09:08
July 2019 temperatures were the hottest ever recorded globally, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday (15 August), confirming earlier observations by the European Union.
Categories: European Union

EU’s von der Leyen bids Germany goodbye with Scorpions hit

Fri, 08/16/2019 - 09:00
EU president-elect Ursula von der Leyen chose the Scorpions' smash hit "Wind of Change", which has become an anthem for the fall of the Berlin Wall, for her official departure ceremony in Berlin on Thursday evening (15 August).
Categories: European Union

EU plans to cut steel import quotas after industry protests

Fri, 08/16/2019 - 08:59
The European Commission has proposed boosting measures to protect against a rise in imports spurred by US tariffs after steel companies said the European industry was under threat.
Categories: European Union

Six EU countries ready to take in migrants stranded off Italy

Fri, 08/16/2019 - 08:58
A 'coalition of the willing' of six EU member states have agreed to take some of the 147 migrants stranded on a rescue ship near the Italian island of Lampedusa, Rome announced Thursday (15 August), amid an immigration row between Italy's interior minister and premier.
Categories: European Union

Gibraltar decides to free seized Iranian tanker, US threatens sanctions on crew

Fri, 08/16/2019 - 08:48
Britain's Mediterranean territory Gibraltar decided on Thursday (15 August) to free a seized Iranian oil tanker, but did not immediately indicate when or if the ship would set sail after the United States launched a new, last-minute legal bid to hold it.
Categories: European Union

Hong Kong airport reopens after overnight clashes, mass protests

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 09:10
Hong Kong's airport resumed operations on Wednesday (14 August), rescheduling hundreds of flights that had been disrupted over the past two days as protesters clashed with riot police in a deepening crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.
Categories: European Union

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