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Greek wildfires reignite hot topic of migration

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:30
Videos showing Greek citizens detaining immigrants for alleged arson attacks have sparked controversy on social media and reignited heated debate over irregular migration to the country.
Categories: European Union

EU fossil electricity production hits record low: report

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:30
Fossil fuels produced just 33% of the EU's power in the first half of this year, the lowest share on record based on data going back to 1990, researchers said on Wednesday (30 August).
Categories: European Union

Albanian export farmers face bankruptcy due to strength of lek against euro

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:25
Some 30% of Albanian agricultural exporters went bankrupt in 2023 due to high losses caused by the significant strengthening of the lek against the euro over the last months, further exacerbating a cost crisis already faced by businesses in this...
Categories: European Union

Serbian PM: EU’s ever-changing criteria make expansion by 2030 unrealistic

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:23
Joining the EU is a long process that has no end in sight and its criteria for membership is constantly changing, said Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić in response to President of the European Council, Charles Michel’s statement that the...
Categories: European Union

Croatian banks’ profit up since eurozone accession

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:22
Croatian banks posted a half-year profit more than 60% higher than in the same year-ago period, according to central bank data released on Tuesday. The rise in profitability in the first six months coincides with Zagreb’s eurozone accession: Croatia joined...
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria offers Slovenia new nuclear power plant project

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:22
Bulgaria offered Slovenia to join the project for the new reactors at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant as an energy buyer or as an investor, an offer that was already made to Greece earlier this year.
Categories: European Union

India lodges strong protest with China over map claiming ‘India’s territory’

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:12
India said on Tuesday (29 August) that it had lodged a strong protest with China over a new map that lays claim to India's territory, the latest irritant in testy ties between the Asian giants.
Categories: European Union

Slovakia’s former FM Korčok to declare presidential candidacy

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:11
Ivan Korčok is anticipated to officially announce his presidential candidacy at a press conference on Wednesday morning after President Zuzana Čaputová announced her decision not to seek reelection due to personal reasons. During Tuesday’s morning press conference, Korčok will fulfil...
Categories: European Union

Meloni to be keynote speaker at Budapest Demographic Summit

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:09
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will be one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Budapest Demographic Summit in mid-September, Hungarian President Katalin Novák announced on her Facebook page on Tuesday. The event, officially known as the Budapest Demographic Summit,...
Categories: European Union

Portugal’s Volkswagen plant production halt will hit upstream suppliers, says union

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:09
Palmela’s Volkswagen plant’s production stoppage, set for September, could jeopardise jobs in other companies, the coordinator of the Autoeuropa Industrial Park Workers’ Committees, Daniel Bernardino, told EURACTIV’s partner Lusa on Tuesday. “The impact will be quite significant on many of...
Categories: European Union

Italian defence minister: Reform of Stability Pact necessary for EU countries

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:07
Reforming the Stability and Growth Pact is necessary for EU countries, according to Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, to take into account the new European geopolitical and economic order. If European rules are not revised, those in force before March 2020...
Categories: European Union

Challenges mount for European Commission’s new DSA enforcement team

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:06
While the European Commission's new directorate in charge of implementing the Digital Services Act has not yet been entirely completed, it already has to address a number of challenges: from cooperation with other entities to harmonisation within the bloc and potential skill shortages.
Categories: European Union

Sánchez, Feijóo meet for ‘dialogue of the deaf’ as political deadlock continues

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:04
Leaders from the Socialist Party (PSOE) and the centre-right Partido Popular (PP), the main opposition force, will discuss potential solutions to overcome the nation’s political deadlock. It would probably be a meeting in the purest “Versailles” diplomatic tradition, marked by...
Categories: European Union

Denmark cannot avoid diesel tax, says foreign minister

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:03
A diesel tax is unavoidable if Denmark is to reach its climate targets by 2025, Foreign Minister and Moderate Party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen said at a press conference on Tuesday. Løkke emphasised, however, that this is the Moderate Party’s...
Categories: European Union

Dutch FM’s EU commissioner bid causes discontent within party

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:02
Party members of prospective EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra (CDA/EPP) expressed their disdain following his nomination being backed by Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on Tuesday, lamenting the secrecy surrounding his decision. Hoekstra was proposed as the successor to Frans...
Categories: European Union

Minister: Iran targets Sweden in foreign influence campaigns

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:02
Sweden continues to be the target of foreign information influence campaigns from, among others, Russia and Iran, according to Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin. On Tuesday, the Swedish government provided an updated picture of the actors behind the influence campaigns...
Categories: European Union

Flemish right-wing leader does not want far-right in government

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:00
Flemish right-wing party leader Bart De Wever (N-VA/ECR) wants a coalition with the Open VLD (Renew) and CD&V (EPP) parties for the 2024 elections, effectively preventing the far right from coming to power. According to the latest polls, the far-right...
Categories: European Union

Enelane and Stress Testing – Scalability and Throughput [Promoted content]

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:00
Enelane is an IT solution for secure data exchange in the energy sector and beyond, offering easy management and scalability. Its high performance enables fast processing of data messages, which is valuable for the energy industry and electricity traders.
Categories: European Union

Bosnia seeks Austrian support for Frontex status agreement

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 06:58
Bosnia and Herzegovina is hoping to get Austria’s help in signing a status agreement with the border agency Frontex, as Bosnian Interior Minister Nenad Nesic met with Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner during a working meeting in Vienna on Tuesday. Karner...
Categories: European Union

Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 06:52
Russia has informed Brazil's aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash of the Brazilian-made Embraer jet that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules "at the moment", the Brazilian agency told Reuters on Tuesday (29 August).
Categories: European Union

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