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Satellite data offers new hope for taming oil’s methane emissions

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 09:28
The release of methane emissions from drilling has been a beguiling problem for the oil and gas industry. But EU satellite data points toward a solution.
Categories: European Union

Western intelligence hacked ‘Russia’s Google’ Yandex to spy on accounts

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 09:00
Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Categories: European Union

Finland to push EU review of internal security to face new threats

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:56
Finland will push for a review of the bloc’s internal security strategy to better face new challenges including hybrid threats, Finnish ministers explained on Thursday (27 June), as the country geared up to start its six-month-stint at the helm of the EU's rotating presidency.
Categories: European Union

North Macedonia’s Sekerinska: Postponing decisions is not the best policy

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:55
North Macedonia has done its part in removing the obstacles on its road to EU accession, but the EU has been slow to follow suit, North Macedonia’s Defence Minister Radmila Šekerinska told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. Radmila Šekerinska is...
Categories: European Union

US ambassador: We need the EU as a partner to tackle China

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:46
The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. /// MADRID The US wants to redefine its “asymmetric” relationship with the EU, regardless of whether Brexit...
Categories: European Union

Latvia might quit Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly as Russia returns

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:35
Latvia said Thursday (27 June) that lawmakers will vote next month on whether to suspend its participation in the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly after the rights body agreed to reinstate Russia.
Categories: European Union

Tweets of the Week: People power, Maggie manoeuvring and sock-gate

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:30
Today, we’re looking at people power, Maggie manoeuvring and sock-gate.
Categories: European Union

Slovakia’s new parties cry foul as lawmakers tighten financing rules

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:18
Slovakia's parliament on Thursday (27 June) rushed through draft legislation tightening campaign financing rules, a move seen by new parties as the ruling coalition's strike against rivals before next year's general elections.
Categories: European Union

Revealed: The Twitter mug-shot of newly-elected MEPs

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:07
Ever wondered how many of the newly-elected MEPs are on Twitter? Or what issues they care about? EURACTIV dug into the figures, with help from PoliMonitor, a political technology company.
Categories: European Union

‘Unrealistic’ to think Libya can operate all rescues at sea, UN Special Envoy says

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:06
In spite of the drop in numbers of crossing, the death rate in the Central Mediterranean has increased over the past few months. EURACTIV talked to UNHCR Special Envoy Vincent Cochetel about the situation in the world deadliest border.  
Categories: European Union

Putin calls liberalism ‘obsolete’, Tusk offers strong rebuttal

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 07:53
EU President Donald Tusk on Friday (28 June) lashed out at his Russian counterpart in unusually undiplomatic language, saying he "strongly disagreed" with Vladimir Putin when he said liberalism was "obsolete."
Categories: European Union

Tusk in Osaka: EU closer on top jobs, but ‘no white smoke’

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 07:34
President Donald Tusk said Friday (28 June) the EU was "closer" to finding a compromise over the bloc's top jobs but an immediate breakthrough should not be expected ahead of a crunch Brussels summit.
Categories: European Union

EU takes stock after climate deal disappointment

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 07:30
EU environment ministers met on Wednesday (26 June) to take stock of how a landmark climate deal fell short of a final agreement last week. Signs now suggest that the European Council will stick to its end-of-year deadline and Poland will finally get on board.
Categories: European Union

Paying our way out of purgatory: Is carbon pricing enough?

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 07:12
After the Pope backed a carbon tax to stem global warming earlier this month, Louise Sunderland argues carbon taxes will be efficient and cost-effective enough only when coupled with a strategic use of the revenues.
Categories: European Union

Agriculture Atlas 2019 [Promoted content]

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 07:00
Facts and figures on EU farming policy.
Categories: European Union

Concerns as Merkel suffers new trembling spell on eve of G20

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 06:47
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office sought to calm nerves after she suffered a second bout of uncontrolled trembling in just over a week, saying the veteran leader was en route to Osaka on Thursday (27 June) as planned for the G20 summit.
Categories: European Union

Europe is trying to save Iran’s nuclear deal

Thu, 06/27/2019 - 17:18
Top French, German and British diplomats were meeting with the US envoy for Iran in Paris on Thursday (27 June) in a bid to salvage the Iran nuclear deal which the Trump administration has abandoned, amid continuing tensions between Washington and Tehran.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Everyone’s a winner

Thu, 06/27/2019 - 16:56
For all the ink spilled on whether the Spitzenkandidaten process will survive and speculation over the name of the next European Commission president, for real political junkies in Brussels, the action is somewhere else.
Categories: European Union

Cyprus flags new migratory route facilitated by Turkey

Thu, 06/27/2019 - 16:55
Cyprus is seeing a major increase in the number of migrants from third countries arriving from Turkey, with the tacit approval of Ankara, Cypriot interior minister, Constantinos Petrides, told a group of Brussels journalists on Thursday (27 June).
Categories: European Union

Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts

Thu, 06/27/2019 - 16:39
Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges, France’s minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Tuesday (25 June).
Categories: European Union

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