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As one health file closes, another opens

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 13:07
An editorial word: As one health file closes, another opens By Giedrė Peseckytė Let’s start with the good news: this week, a deal was struck between the European Parliament and the Council on updating the European Medicine Agency (EMA)’s fees....
Categories: European Union

Poland insists on nuclear’s role in green transition

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:15
Nuclear power will play a crucial role in Europe's transition to carbon-free, secure energy production, according to Poland's secretary of state for strategic energy infrastructure, speaking at the Polish electricity association PKEE's Energy Day 2023.
Categories: European Union

PPWR must seek a balance between recycling and reuse for the benefit of the environment and society [Promoted content]

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:00
Interacting with corrugated cardboard is a near daily occurrence in most people’s lives. It protects essential goods of all types as they travel around the globe and eventually end up in stores nearby or on our front doorsteps. Eleni Despotou...
Categories: European Union

EU long-term budget needs reform, lawmakers, experts say

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 11:51
As EU institutions prepare to negotiate the proposed revision of the 2021-2027 MFF, experts and lawmakers are urging Brussels to rethink the overall EU budget framework to make sure it better responds to spending needs in the longer-term.
Categories: European Union

Critical minerals require a critically different approach

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 10:57
With the demand for critical raw materials set to increase in the following years, governments and companies must adopt measures for a fair system that ensures security of supply while preventing the exploitation of vulnerable communities, write Jonathan Pershing and Monica Araya.
Categories: European Union

Hydrogen: A reality check

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 08:55
Politicians should manage expectations about the hydrogen economy or risk hitting a brick wall when market realities contradict their ever-increasing ambitions, writes Nikolaus J. Kurmayer.
Categories: European Union

‘Get moving or you’ll miss the boat,’ Australian resources minister tells EU

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 08:24
the Australian Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King argued for more European investments into the Australian critical minerals sector, criticising the EU's insistence on banning dual pricing in the free trade negotiations between the EU and Australia.
Categories: European Union

Russian trade, remittances boost Central Asia growth prospects, EBRD says

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 08:01
Central Asian economies from Mongolia to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will see strong growth this year and next thanks to rising trade and remittance flows from Russia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Wednesday (27 September).
Categories: European Union

Turkey to accept Sweden in NATO if US sells F-16s

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:29
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany starting to check at its Polish and Czech borders despite fierce opposition, Bulgaria announcing it will not wage a diplomatic war over Schengen, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Navalny faces decades behind bars as judge rejects appeal

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:26
Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, lost his appeal on Tuesday (26 September) against a new 19-year prison term that extends his total sentence to more than 30 years.
Categories: European Union

Tirana hosts regional, EU economy ministers, PM states ‘EU needs Western Balkans’

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:21
Prime Minister Edi Rama hosted the ministers of economy of 20 regional and European countries in Tirana on Tuesday within the framework of the Berlin Process and emphasised that the EU needs the Western Balkans just as much as the...
Categories: European Union

Romania adopts tax reform amid business concerns

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:19
The Romanian government’s fiscal reform package, which aims to combat tax evasion and create a fairer tax system, was rushed through parliament without amendment or debate on Tuesday night but has not gone down well with the business community. The...
Categories: European Union

Leader of Serbian List implicated in Kosovo terrorist attack, Albanian PM nudges EU, US for action

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:18
A video showing the vice-leader of the Serbian List party in north Kosovo, Milan Radoicic, among the group of individuals who carried out a terrorist attack on Sunday has been published by Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla. Serbian List is a...
Categories: European Union

Vučić meets with Quint ambassadors, asks for KFOR to take over security of Serbs in Kosovo

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:18
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić demanded that KFOR take over responsibility for all security matters in northern Kosovo instead of the country’s national police during a meeting with the ambassadors of the Quint countries and the Head of the EU...
Categories: European Union

Greek left drags conservatives into same-sex marriage race

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:13
The intention of newly elected chief of the main opposition Syriza party (EU Left) to push forward the legalisation of same-sex marriagewas a wake-up call for the conservative government to speed up its LGBTIQ agenda.
Categories: European Union

Russian Black Sea commander shown on video call after Ukraine said it killed him

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:02
Admiral Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was shown on Russian state television on Tuesday (26 September) attending a defence leaders' meeting remotely, a day after Ukrainian special forces said they had killed him.
Categories: European Union

Inefficient use of EU funds costs Slovakia ‘three hospitals yearly’

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:02
Insufficient public investment in Slovakia, which has averaged €1.2 billion less per year than its neighbours over the past five years, has led to investment debt of over €40 billion, equivalent to the cost of building three new hospitals or...
Categories: European Union

Czech PM: EU Green Deal failed to steer countries towards transformation

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:01
Four years after it was presented, the European Green Deal has failed to lead EU countries towards innovation and economic transformation, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR) said on Tuesday (26 September).
Categories: European Union

Harnessing waste & advanced biodiesel: a sustainable voyage for the maritime sector [Promoted content]

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:00
In the quest for a greener and more sustainable future, the maritime industry has found itself at the forefront of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The European Union’s FuelEU Maritime regulation and the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decarbonisation...
Categories: European Union

Catalan PM demands self-determination ‘reconciliatory referendum’

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:00
The central government in Madrid must commit to a self-determination referendum for Catalonia and approve an amnesty law for those involved in the 2017 secessionist attempt, said regional Prime Minister Pere Aragonès on Tuesday. In a speech at the seat...
Categories: European Union

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