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Le ministre tchèque des Affaires étrangères se rend en Israël après avoir reçu une « invitation personnelle »

Euractiv.fr - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:12
Le ministre tchèque des Affaires étrangères Jakub Kulhánek s’envolera jeudi (20 mai) pour Israël afin de rencontrer son homologue israélien Gabi Ashkenazi qui lui a envoyé « une invitation personnelle ».
Categories: Union européenne

Belgrade’s Torlak Institute’s Sputnik vaccine approved in Russia

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:12
Russia’s Gamaleya National Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology has certified the quality of the vaccine produced in the Torlak Institute for Virology, Vaccines and Sera in Belgrade, and has approved the production of the Sputnik V vaccine in that institute,...
Categories: European Union

Croatia-BiH talks to amend agreement on enforcement of prison sentences

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:11
Croatian Justice and Public Administration Minister Ivan Malenica announced on Wednesday that he would meet with his BiH’s counterpart early next month to discuss amending the bilateral agreement that regulates enforcement of prison sentences. His announcement came hours after former...
Categories: European Union

Tension between Bulgaria and Croatia over Skopje’s EU talks

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:11
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has summoned Croatian ambassador to Sofia, Jasna Ognjanovac, for talks after harsh criticism directed at Sofia’s foreign policy by Croatian President Zoran Milanović.  The move comes after a summit of Slovenia and Croatia with the countries...
Categories: European Union

Budget proposal conflict in Slovakia could delay aid payments

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:10
The Slovak parliament on Monday postponed approval of a budget amendment which would add €3.4 billion to 2021 expenditures due to a split among government parties, threatening an end to support for businesses reeling from pandemic closures. The proposed budget...
Categories: European Union

Number of Hungary’s government-tied private equity funds increasing

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:10
There are at least 43 private equity funds in Hungary that are clearly managed by members of the top government elite, according to data collected by Válasz Online. Private equity funds have been proliferating since 2016, where registered fund managers...
Categories: European Union

Czech foreign minister visits Israel after receiving ‘personal invitation’

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:10
Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek will fly to Israel on Thursday (20 May) to meet with his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi who sent him “a personal invitation”.  “With this visit, I would like to express my support for our ally...
Categories: European Union

Temporary COVID hospital at Warsaw stadium suspends operations

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:09
The last patient will be discharged from Warsaw’s temporary hospital at the National Stadium on Sunday, said the head of the Polish prime minister’s office, Michał Dworczyk. In October of last year, as Europe was hit by the second pandemic...
Categories: European Union

Former Italian PM: EU needs ‘a qualitative leap’ in immigration management

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:08
Former Italian prime minister and current leader of the center-left democratic party, Enrico Letta said on a recent visit to Brussels that, “the migratory phenomenon forces us to make a quality leap to the plan that the Commission presented last...
Categories: European Union

Automatisierung: ABB setzt auf Roboter-Boom in der Baubranche

Blick.ch - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:07
Der Elektrotechnikkonzern ABB hat für sein Robotergeschäft eine neue Wachstumslokomotive ausgemacht: Die Baubranche.
Categories: Swiss News

Wenig Duty-Free-Verkäufe: Dufry leidet weiter unter Pandemie

Blick.ch - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:06
Der Reisedetailhändler Dufry hat im ersten Quartal 2021 weiter stark unter der Coronakrise gelitten. Auch von Januar bis März 2021 wurde in den Läden des Duty-Free-Spezialisten nur ein Bruchteil der üblichen Warenmenge verkauft.
Categories: Swiss News

Finland attracts less foreign direct investments than other Nordic, Baltic countries

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:06
Finland has been losing its appeal in the eyes of foreign investors compared to other countries in the region, a report published on Wednesday by the OECD shows.  According to the report entitled “The Impact of Regulation on International Investment...
Categories: European Union

Irish foreign minister: We will work with NI to ease protocol disruption

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:05
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he is speaking to the European Commission and DUP leaders about how the Northern Ireland Protocol could be made more acceptable to unionists, RTE News has reported. Coveney said he was looking forward to...
Categories: European Union

UK government failed to prepare for pandemic-like situations – report

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:05
The government failed to prepare for a situation like the coronavirus pandemic and “lacked detailed contingency plans to manage the unfolding situation”, according to a report published on Wednesday by the National Audit Office (NAO). While the government has been...
Categories: European Union

‘Normal’ life returns to Austria as shops, restaurants open

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:04
Austria’s restaurants, hotels and cultural institutions opened their doors for customers on Wednesday after more than half a year of strict lockdown measures in what Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called a “starting point for our fight back to normality”. However, the...
Categories: European Union

EU parliament calls for the suspension of Turkey’s EU talks

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:03
The European Parliament called on the European Commission on Wednesday to suspend Turkey’s EU accession talks. The resolution was adopted by an overwhelming majority of 480 in favor, 64 against and 150 abstentions. The European People’s Party group (EPP) tweeted...
Categories: European Union

First cracks appear in Slovenia’s EU Presidency over art exhibition

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:02
Works by Slovenian artists will not be displayed at the European Parliament during Slovenia’s EU presidency after the art show to mark the member states’ six-month stints at the helm of the Council of the EU was cancelled amidst media...
Categories: European Union

La Finlande a perdu de son attrait aux yeux des investisseurs étrangers

Euractiv.fr - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:00
La Finlande attire moins les investissements directs étrangers que les autres pays nordiques et baltes. Un nouveau rapport publié par l'OCDE montre que la Finlande a perdu de son attrait aux yeux des investisseurs étrangers par rapport aux autres pays de la région.
Categories: Union européenne

Politique d’asile: Mineurs détenus, abus… Amnesty dénonce les centres d’asile

24heures.ch - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 08:00
Après une enquête de plus d’une année, l’ONG réclame la fin des mauvais traitements infligés aux pensionnaires, parfois mineurs, des centres fédéraux.
Categories: Swiss News

US waives sanctions on Nord Stream 2 as Biden seeks to mend Europe ties

Euractiv.com - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 07:59
The Biden administration waived sanctions on the company behind Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (19 May), a move decried by critics of the project in Congress.
Categories: European Union

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