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Meloni says Berlusconi weakens her image abroad ‘on purpose’

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:52
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of deliberately trying to damage her international profile by way of his controversial comments against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “He does it on purpose. He does it to...
Categories: European Union

Spain will send the first shipment of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, with more to come

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:50
Spain will soon send the first shipment of six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine and plans to send more German-made armoured vehicles of the same type in the near future, Defence Margarita Robles confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking before parliament, Robles...
Categories: European Union

On eve of Ukraine war anniversary, Putin orders boosting nuclear forces

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:48
President Vladimir Putin said Russia will maintain increased attention on boosting its nuclear forces in an address to mark Thursday's Defender of the Fatherland public holiday (23 February) and a day before the first anniversary of his invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

Tesla: US beats EU in looming subsidy race

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:46
Amid growing concerns over a subsidy race between the US and Europe, Tesla has announced it will be backtracking on its investments in Germany due to higher subsidies in the US. In 2019, Tesla said it would build one of...
Categories: European Union

Threats from Russia, disinformation rises in Sweden

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:45
Threats to Sweden’s security are increasing and are coming mainly from Russia amid a rise in disinformation campaigns, according to the latest report from the Swedish Security Services (Säpo) released Wednesday. Russia, together with China and Iran, are increasingly going...
Categories: European Union

Luxembourg sends Ukraine supplies despite empty stocks

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:38
Luxembourg, which has been sending supplies to Ukraine since the start of the war, is buying weapons from open markets to ensure it can keep delivering aid as it has already depleted its relatively limited military stockpiles. Luxembourg set up...
Categories: European Union

France eyes water restriction during winter drought

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:37
France is to adopt a series of water restriction measures and a major water plan, as it currently faces an unprecedented winter drought, Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Minister Christophe Béchu announced in an interview on Wednesday. Speaking to France Info on...
Categories: European Union

Russia became Bulgaria’s largest importer in 2022

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:29
Russia was the largest importer in Bulgaria in the year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, replacing Germany at the top spot among importers. Russia imported goods to Bulgaria for nearly €5.86 billion, double that of 2021. Imports from Russia...
Categories: European Union

Journalists’ ban adds to clouds over OSCE meeting

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:29
Journalists are now banned from attending the upcoming OSCE assembly in Vienna, in addition to growing woes which include a boycott by Ukraine and Lithuania over the attendance of Russia and unanswered calls to kick them out. The two-day assembly...
Categories: European Union

11 Palestinians killed, dozens shot in Israel West Bank raid

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:17
An Israeli army raid killed 11 Palestinians including a teenager Wednesday (22 February) in Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said, in the deadliest escalation in the occupied West Bank since 2005.
Categories: European Union

Health brief: The battle of baby milk formula marketing

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 19:30
As more young children than ever are given commercial milk formula (CMF) in addition to, or in place of, breastfeeding, experts have called for stricter controls against exploitative CMF marketing alongside stronger maternity protections. In 1974, a controversial report, The...
Categories: European Union

New $150bn relief scheme needed to avoid debt crisis, warns UN

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 18:56
The international community needs to rapidly agree on a new debt relief programme worth $148 billion by 2029 to avoid a new debt crisis, the United Nations has argued ahead of a key G20 summit on international finance. 
Categories: European Union

Russia’s disinformation strategy shifts to denial of accountability

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 16:58
Almost a year since Russia launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine, Kremlin-backed narratives have strategically shifted their focus to denying responsibility for the war and obscuring military failures, a leading disinformation expert told EURACTIV. 
Categories: European Union

The Brief — The new geopolitics

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 16:19
Geopolitical rivalry was the new game in town when African leaders gathered for the annual African Union summit in Addis Ababa, proof that summitry exists outside of Brussels.
Categories: European Union

Ukraine deepens Bystre Canal on Danube, Romania expresses concern

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 16:07
Ukraine has not violated any agreements by deepening the Bystre Canal on the Danube to increase food exports from its river ports, and is ready to show its work to Romania, a Ukrainian official said on 22 February.
Categories: European Union

Putin says Xi to visit Russia, ties reaching ‘new frontiers’

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 15:20
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (22 February) that China's Xi Jinping would visit Russia, saying relations had reached "new frontiers" amid US concerns that Beijing could provide material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

Health podcast: Ongoing Pfizer saga

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 14:58
This week, EURACTIV’s health team dig into the European Parliament’s role in the ongoing saga on the transparency of the COVID-19 vaccine contracts between the European Commission and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer with MEP Tilly Metz.
Categories: European Union

Belgium investigates Russian ‘spy ship’ in North Sea

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 14:54
Belgium said it is investigating the presence of a Russian "spy ship" in the North Sea, a day after its neighbour the Netherlands reported that Russia was targeting North Sea infrastructure.
Categories: European Union

Proposed EU bottom trawling phase-out splits stakeholders

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 13:28
While attempting to bring together the EU's environmental ambitions and the economic viability of its fisheries sector, the measures proposed by the Commission have been labelled as insufficient by blue NGOs and as devastating by the industry.
Categories: European Union

There will be peace only without Putin, former Russian top diplomat says

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 13:12
The West must boost its military support for Ukraine to defeat the regime of Vladimir Putin, who will always be "a source of war, aggression and destabilisation", the only Russian diplomat to have resigned in protest over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine told EURACTIV’s partner EFE.
Categories: European Union

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