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Thu, 08/31/2023 - 07:08
Bulgarian oligarch Vasil Bozhkov, who returned home from Dubai on Friday after three years in hiding from multiple criminal charges, is trying to get off the US sanctions list under the Global Magnitsky Act, where he ended up in the...
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 07:00
The European Commission wants ALL packaging recyclable by 2030. A reduction in waste is also targeted, along with increased reuse and refill. But is the food and beverage industry on course to do its part to meet those European targets?...
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:58
The Czech ANO party of former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has given ALDE – a pan-European liberal political party, which is represented in the European Parliament as Renew Europe – materials in which it defends its liberalism in a bid...
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:57
An argument broke out between the ruling Liberals and their ally far-right party, Sweden Democrats, over the obligation for schools to report children from undocumented families on Wednesday. On Wednesday, the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) reportedly demanded that the Liberal...
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:56
The German government will make it easier to reject asylum applications from Georgia and Moldova by classifying them as safe countries of origin in legislation that was passed by the cabinet at a two-day retreat at Meseberg Castle and will...
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:54
Italy will have to decide whether or not to renew the ‘Silk Road’ or ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) by the end of the year, but Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has shied away from giving a definitive indication of...
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:46
The United States is concerned that arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea are advancing actively, the White House said on Wednesday (30 August).
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:32
The US is working with Romania and Moldova to increase Ukraine's grain exports via the Danube river as it explores alternative routes after Russia pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a US official said on 30 August.
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:30
Failure to give Ukraine the support it needs to defend itself against the Russian invasion will have a higher cost for everyone, including European countries, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrelius Landsbergis told EURACTIV.
Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:19
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decried on Wednesday (30 August) what he described as systematic corruption in medical exemptions to people avoiding military service, saying the system was subject to bribes and mass departures abroad.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 17:30
Following in the footsteps of the West African regional body ECOWAS, the EU aims to slap the same sanctions on the junta that seized power in Niger several weeks ago, EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell confirmed in Toledo, Spain on Wednesday (30 August).
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 16:19
The latest coups in Africa have exposed some uncomfortable truths: The continent is on the verge of unravelling, and the EU is not only unable or unwilling to help - it is most probably not even fully aware of the situation on the ground.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 15:49
Insufficient rest opportunities are forcing tired pilots in the EU to fly longer than they should, with three-quarters of pilots experiencing “microsleeps” in the cockpit while airborne, a new report has found.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 15:43
Germany passed a bill to legalise cannabis this summer, while France continues to pursue a highly restrictive policy despite having one of the highest rates of cannabis use in Europe.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 15:39
Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday (30 August) and had put President Ali Bongo under house arrest, stepping in minutes after the Central African state's election body announced he had won a third term.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 14:31
France may come up with national rather than European solutions to reduce electricity prices if discussions on reforming the EU market do not progress fast enough, the country's Energy Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday (29 August).
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 14:18
Members of the European Parliament’s budget committee criticised EU countries’ cuts to the proposed EU budget for 2024, promising to fight any reductions in the upcoming negotiations.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:44
Swedish teenager Ia Anstoot says the group’s ‘unscientific’ opposition to EU nuclear power serves fossil fuel interests.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:31
While the European Commission's directorate in charge of implementing the Digital Services Act (DSA) has yet to be finalised, the new team is already besieged by challenges, including legal complaints, NGOs' demands and alleged technical limitations.
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:15
The EU plans to launch a new civil-military mission in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa in autumn in order to contain the threat posed by jihadist groups, as the bloc seeks to stem the tide of growing instability in the region.
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