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France sees record number of foreign investments in 2022

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:57
Over 1,700 new foreign investment projects were identified in France in 2022 – a new national record – which should secure or create more than 58,000 jobs, according to findings published by public agency Business France on Monday. Business France’s...
Categories: European Union

Belgian FM meets Iranian counterpart over Belgian detainee

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:56
Olivier Vandecasteele, a Belgian detained in Iran and sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes, was one of the more pressing topics discussed between Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Hadja Lahbib and her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday....
Categories: European Union

Boris Johnson undecided on new post-Brexit deal

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:51
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson is not sure whether to endorse or oppose the new proposal announced by European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday. While many conservative MPs – even those...
Categories: European Union

German FM calls Putin to return to New START Treaty

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:47
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to return to the New START Treaty, Russia’s last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the US, which Moscow left last week. During his annual speech last Tuesday (21...
Categories: European Union

Russia halts oil deliveries to Poland over lack of payments

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:39
The Russian Transneft company was supposed to pump Russian oil into Polish refineries at the end of February, but orders were not placed and paid, and, as a result, deliveries to Poland were excluded from the export program approved by...
Categories: European Union

Wizz Air to suspend Moldova flights, citing security

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:38
Airline Wizz Air said on Monday (26 February) it would suspend flights to the Moldovan capital Chisinau from 14 March due to concerns about the safety of its airspace, a decision Moldova's civil aviation authority described as sudden and regrettable.
Categories: European Union

Energy battle won, but fight not over, says EU energy chief

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:37
The EU has successfully made it through the winter despite Russia’s attempts to disrupt its gas supplies, but there is still a lot of work needed to protect future energy security, said EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson on Monday (27 February).
Categories: European Union

EPPO seized thousands in assets from Lega MEP suspected of fraud

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:37
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) seized over €170,000 in assets from Lega/ID MEP Stefania Zambelli and four of her assistants on suspicion of fraud. The investigation by the EPPO concerns the salaries of the four parliamentary assistants hired in...
Categories: European Union

Albanian, Montenegrin PM sign agreements, pledge support for Kosovo dialogue

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:33
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was in Montenegro on Monday to sign several agreements with his Montenegrin counterpart Dritan Abazovic, including those relating to infrastructure, tourism, and customs. The two leaders held a bilateral meeting during which nine agreements were...
Categories: European Union

Sunak tells Brussels – ‘The grown ups are back in charge’

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:32
That was the unmistakable subtext of UK premier Rishi Sunak’s joint press conference with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Monday (27 February) as they set out the terms of the so-called ‘Windsor Framework’, the potential successor to...
Categories: European Union

Serbia, Kosovo move closer to EU-brokered deal on normalising ties

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:30
Serbia and Kosovo gave tacit approval on Monday (27 February) to an EU proposal designed to normalise relations between the two countries. But with no signature on the dotted line yet, all eyes are on the next talks scheduled for March.
Categories: European Union

Report: Nord Stream explosions led to ‘ecological catastrophe’

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:30
The September 2022 explosions that blew up Nord Stream pipelines, running from Russia to Germany at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, led to an ecological catastrophe and put local and endangered species at risk, according to a recent study...
Categories: European Union

French minister: EU must do away with ‘industrial and ecological naivety’

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:24
As the EU sets up its response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), French industry minister Roland Lescure told EURACTIV that Europe is on the cusp of a “new green industrial revolution” – if only governments are ready to spend the necessary cash.
Categories: European Union

Russia fights to encircle Ukraine’s defenders in Bakhmut

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:24
Russian forces pressed their offensive in eastern Ukraine as they attempted to encircle the small mining city of Bakhmut, the scene of the toughest fighting in battlefields saturated by rain and an early spring thaw.
Categories: European Union

Portugal’s shoemakers rethink business models, recycle in green push

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:20
The factory worker grabbed a handful of worn-out shoes and fed them into roaring machines that chopped and crushed and transformed them into "eco-rubber" – part of a green push in Portugal's footwear industry.
Categories: European Union

How climate change is killing the Bulgarian pink tomato

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 18:32
The pink tomato, first grown in the Bulgarian village of Kurtovo Konare over 125 years ago, is losing a battle with a deadly enemy, the mining moth - and farmers are running out of weapons to fight it. EURACTIV Bulgaria reports.
Categories: European Union

Northern Ireland protocol deal heralds ‘new chapter’ in UK-EU ties

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 18:32
EU and UK leaders have hailed a “decisive breakthrough” that will overhaul the controversial Northern Ireland protocol and herald a “new chapter” of relations between London and Brussels.
Categories: European Union

How the West’s position on Ukraine taking back Crimea could turn the war

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 17:30
Retaking control of the Russian-seized Ukrainian territory of Crimea, which Kyiv says it needs to retake to end the war, could soon become a point of divergence between Kyiv and its Western allies.
Categories: European Union

It’s time to fix EU fiscal rules

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 16:56
The EU fiscal rules should be reformed to reflect the fact that public debt is not necessarily bad for future generations, but can be essential to finance future-oriented public infestments, argues Ludovic Suttor-Sorel.
Categories: European Union

Von der Leyen and Sunak clinch Brexit deal over Northern Ireland trade

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 16:38
Britain and the European Union on Monday (27 February) agreed a crucial overhaul of trade rules in Northern Ireland, a breakthrough aimed at resetting seriously strained relations since Brexit.
Categories: European Union

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