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Wed, 03/01/2023 - 08:36
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due in New Delhi on 1 March alongside Russia's Sergei Lavrov for a G20 meeting, with Ukraine and tensions with China set to overshadow attempts by host India to forge unity among the members.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 08:07
The death toll in Turkey from last month's devastating earthquake has risen to 45,089, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Wednesday (1 March), while geologists warned that another major quake may strike Turkey’s industrial northwest.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:53
The Italian authorities disregarded warnings from the EU border and coast agency Frontex, based on reconnaissance signals, that a ship which eventually sank off its coast might be carrying a large number of people, a source from Frontex told EURACTIV.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:53
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Danish parliament being advised not to use TikTok, Spain's core inflation reaching record highs, and so much more.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:43
Two trains collided head-on in Greece killing at least 32 people and injuring 85 late on Tuesday night, the fire brigade said, but the cause of the deadliest rail crash in Greece in decades remained unclear.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:40
The EU is planning to extend its gas consumption reduction measures into next winter, the bloc's energy ministers said on Tuesday (28 February), to replenish stocks.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:35
An ongoing investigation has found that Spain’s former centre-right Partido Popular government (EPP) – in collaboration with police officers and certain media – carried out an illegal “dirty mission” to discredit the leftist opposition Podemos party and the Catalan independentist...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:24
A campaign for Kosovo businesses to stop buying and selling Serbian products is picking up; however, the amounts of goods imported by Pristina from its neighbour totalled almost €18 million in 2022 and are not dropping- yet. Kosovo was a...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:22
Bullying in Albanian schools is on the rise, almost doubling in the last year, impacting boys more than girls, but also escalating into violence that has shocked the public during the last week. The investigative portal Reporter.al took data from...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:18
Serbia will receive a non-repayable EU grant of €610 million, the largest it has ever received, for a fast railway from Belgrade to Niš, announced Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi who both boarded...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:17
A third of the asphalt covering the highway ring road around the Bulgarian capital is simply gone, announced Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishkov, who, together with Vencislav Angelov, the head of the state agency Road Infrastructure, have now inspected the...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:11
Core inflation in Spain hit a new record in February, a level not seen in the last 37 years, despite all price containment measures implemented by Sanchez’s left-wing government. Inflation in the Iberian country rose by 6.1% in February compared...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:09
Signatories committed on Tuesday (28 February) to “cooperate more closely” across the entire nuclear supply chain, and promote “common industrial projects” in new generation capacity as well as new technologies like small reactors.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:08
FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday (28 February) the agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:02
Slovakia has the second highest percentage of people distrusting the EU after France, a new Eurobarometer shows. Only 37% of people in Slovakia trust the EU, and 53% do not. In France, 57% distrust the European Union. The EU average...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:01
Discussions on EU enlargement and institutional reform of the EU’s decision-making process will be intense when Spain takes over the EU Council presidency, according to Czech Minister for European Affairs Mikuláš Bek. According to the Czech minister, who chaired General...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 07:00
MedTech Europe welcomes the efforts made by the European institutions towards giving citizens the confidence to embrace AI solutions. As the negotiations continue, further consideration is needed to ensure safe and innovative patient healthcare delivery.
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 06:58
To plan a common defence policy across Nordic countries, security matters should be more deeply rooted in the everyday work of parliaments, including creating a Nordic security and defence body, social democratic leaders from Nordic countries said at a meeting...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 06:57
Creating an emergency clause similar to the Iberian mechanism as part of reforming the EU electricity market, as pushed for by Portugal is risky the European Commission said in response to a written position the government sent to the EU...
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 06:56
New Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein (PD), who vows to upset Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government but remains ambiguous about her position on Ukraine, is set to be welcomed by Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament with open arms....
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