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Bosnia to meet EU conditions by end of year to open accession talks, says Council of Ministers chairwoman

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:13
Bosnia and Herzegovina intends to fulfil the conditions set by the EU Commission to open accession negotiations before the end of the year, the chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Krišto, told Euractiv exclusive interview....
Categories: European Union

Serbian government will host a meeting with farmers amid strikes

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:12
The government has called farmers – protesting over their unmet demands from the Agriculture Ministry since May – to a meeting on Monday to discuss solutions. In Subotica, farmers have been organising tractor protests, sometimes blocking the traffic. Ambulances and...
Categories: European Union

ALDE vice-president becomes top candidate on USR list for upcoming EU elections

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:12
Former Save Romania Union (USR) party leader and current vice-president of ALDE Dan Barna will open the list of candidates for the 2024 European elections, USR party Vice-President Claudiu Năsui told Prima TV on Saturday. When asked if this was...
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian government doubts it will collect gas taxes from Putin

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:11
The government has decided to withdraw the estimated revenue of €1.2 billion from the new tax on the transfer of Russian gas from the state budget 2024 because the ruling majority doubts that the money can be obtained, Finance Minister Asen Vasilev said on Sunday.
Categories: European Union

Polls: Greek socialists overtake the Left ranking second

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:03
Pasok currently ranks in the second position overtaking for the first time in 11 years the main opposition leftist Syriza party currently facing a deep turmoil, new polls have shown.
Categories: European Union

Czech President warns Democracy is in danger

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:01
President Petr Pavel warned of the need to protect democracy and its erosion in countries like the UK and the US during the 34th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution – the event leading to the end of the communist regime...
Categories: European Union

DSOs fit for 55: Challenges, practices and lessons learnt [Promoted content]

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:00
DSO Entity’s report aims to show DSOs’ key role in achieving the EU net zero targets by presenting the  state of play of renewables connection to the grid in the EU and sharing practices from DSOs  overcoming challenges.
Categories: European Union

Dozens of migrants wait at Finland-Russia border after Helsinki blocks crossings

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:53
Dozens of migrants stood behind barriers at two crossings on Finland's border with Russia on Saturday (18 November), the Finnish Border Guard said, after Helsinki erected barricades to halt a flow of asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow.
Categories: European Union

Austrian far-right politician reported for overt racism in regional parliament

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:53
Burgenland’s far-right leader Johann Tschürtz may be charged with sedition after he read out a list of names of a primary school class in a Vienna suburb to suggest migrants were overrunning the country. Burgenland is a small Austrian state...
Categories: European Union

Italian opposition to work alongside Meloni to fight femicide

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:51
The tragic death of young Giulia Cecchettin, killed by her ex-boyfriend, has united Italy’s political parties in combating the growing number of femicides, with Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein calling on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to work together to pass...
Categories: European Union

German far-left’s top EU candidate vows to fight ‘climate apartheid’

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:50
Migration activist Carola Rackete has vowed to fight “climate apartheid” after the far-left Die Linke party formally selected her and GUE/NGL leader Martin Schirdewan on Saturday to be the party’s top candidates alongside MEP Özlem Demirel in next year’s EU elections.
Categories: European Union

France ready to admit Gaza’s children to its hospitals

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:50
France will use all the resources it can mobilise to help evacuate and treat up to 50 children from Gaza in urgent need of care in its hospitals, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Sunday. Israel’s attacks on the Gaza...
Categories: European Union

NATO chief starts tour of Western Balkans

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:44
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Sarajevo on Sunday, kicking off a mini tour of four Western Balkan countries, three of which are not members of the military alliance and are seen as posing potential security risks. Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Categories: European Union

Upcoming interview suggests Polish president does not want Tusk for PM

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:42
Donald Tusk will not be my prime minister’ reads the title of an upcoming interview with Polish President Andrzej Duda for the right-wing Sieci weekly, which will be published on Monday. Speaking to the magazine sympathising with the currently ruling...
Categories: European Union

Podemos clashes with Sumar to avoid being sidelined in new Sánchez government

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:40
Left-wing party Unidas Podemos (The Left) continued to fight fiercely within the progressive Sumar platform on Sunday evening to secure at least the key Ministry of Equality in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s new coalition government, due to be announced...
Categories: European Union

Slovakia sees ‘business’ opportunities in Ukraine’s reconstruction

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:39
Slovakia’s new government programme confirmed the intention to block some critical EU reforms under discussion, such as on migration or foreign policy, while simultaneously emphasising “business opportunities” for Slovak companies in reconstructing Ukraine. According to the programme put forward by...
Categories: European Union

Houthis seize ship in Red Sea with link to Israeli company

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:33
Israel said on Sunday (19 November) that Yemen's Houthis had seized a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship in the southern Red Sea, describing the incident as an "Iranian act of terrorism" with consequences for international maritime security.
Categories: European Union

Hackback debate: new action plan brings viable option

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:07
As cyber threats continue to multiply, governments are looking at the option of controversial cyber defence operations such as hackbacks, a new action plan published on Tuesday (21 November) and seen by Euractiv states. As governments struggle to reign in...
Categories: European Union

France, Germany, Italy push for ‘mandatory self-regulation’ for foundation models in EU’s AI law

Sun, 11/19/2023 - 13:59
The three biggest EU countries are pushing for mandatory codes of conduct for foundation models rather than prescriptive obligations in the AI rulebook, according to a non-paper seen by Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

What’s next for EU sanctions on Russia?

Sun, 11/19/2023 - 10:30
In this week’s edition: Future of EU's Russia sanctions, Gaza plans and EI defence inquiry.
Categories: European Union

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