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Latvia kicking gender inequality into play with female soccer strategy [Advocacy Lab Content]
Latvia is strengthening football gender equality, implementing good practices under the European Union’s TARGET football project, and deploying new long-term development strategies.
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The right balance, AI as a healthcare aid, not a replacement [Advocacy Lab Content]
Leading scientists, pharmaceutical representatives, and patient advocates in pulmonary and respiratory health convened in Vienna at the annual European Respiratory Society Congress. They focused on 'Humans and Machines: Getting the Balance Right’.
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Commission ends probe of Microsoft-Inflection AI merger
The European Commission will stop looking into whether Microsoft's hiring of Inflection AI staff breached EU merger rules after seven EU countries dropped their requests for an investigation, the EU executive said in a press release on Wednesday (18 September).
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Kubilius suggests controversial funding options for EU defence boost
Defence Commissioner-designate Andrius Kubilius has proposed controversial funding methods, including Eurobonds and recovery funds, to boost the EU’s defence industry amid growing debate over financing the sector.
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Wilders rejoices over unlikely Dutch EU migration opt-out request, dubs it ‘mini-Nexit’
Far-right PVV leader Geert Wilders described the Dutch official request to the European Commission to opt out of EU migration policy as a ‘mini-Nexit’, even though the Commission has already questioned its feasibility.
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New transport commissioner gets guarded welcome from MEPs and stakeholders
After Tuesday's (17 September) unveiling of the new transport commissioner-designate, MEPs and the sector’s stakeholders comment on Tzitzikostas and his programme.
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The Brief – Everyone gets a share
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has neatly shared out top jobs among the political camps in the next EU executive, in an effort to give the European Parliament as few reasons as possible to meddle in her plan.
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MEPs urge EU to end tolerance for pesticide residues in imported food
On Wednesday (18 September), MEPs rejected two Commission proposals to adjust the limits for residues of some EU banned chemicals in food, as some of them are not reduced to zero in imported products.
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Ending finch trapping benefits conservation and biodiversity in Malta
In an attempt to justify a practice that has brought Malta before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) twice, Malta’s Federation for Hunting and Conservation recently published passionate views that distort the reality of finch trapping, writes Nicholas Barbara.
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EU Vision Paper – our industry priorities for the EU term 2024-2029 [Promoted content]
A more circular, resource-efficient economy is a top EU policy priority.
Explore the EU Vision Paper for the European steel packaging industry, learn how we are turning this vision into reality, and discover our key priorities for the 2024-2029 term.
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Spain’s centre-right leader compares Sánchez to former dictator Franco
Partido Popular (PP/EPP) leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo on Wednesday (18 September) compared Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to the late dictator Francisco Franco over a controversial media transparency plan presented on Tuesday (17 September).
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The 30 new Commission initiatives to get Europe back in the tech game
Ursula von der Leyen’s commissioners-designate are to present 30 new strategies, acts, and initiatives to make Europe competitive and secure in tech.
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Slovenia’s Commission holdup expected to end Wednesday
Slovenia's national parliament is expected to end a procedural hold-up that's been preventing the formal nomination of the country's European Commission candidate on Wednesday (18 September).
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Industry´s vision for a competitive Europe [Promoted content]
To reboot Europe as an attractive location for industry, the EU needs to draw up a bold master plan to strengthen Europe's competitiveness. The motto should certainly be “less regulation, more freedom for companies”.
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IMF postpones scheduled consultations with Russia after Western pressure
The International Monetary Fund has postponed its planned consultation mission with Russia indefinitely because of technical issues, TASS agency cited Alexei Mozhin, Russia's director at the IMF, as saying on Wednesday (18 September).
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Will EU health funding be restored in 2025?
Today (18 September) at the Strasbourg plenary, MEPs will have their full plenary debate on the EU’s budget for 2025.
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Borrell urges Georgia to scrap bill curbing LGBTQ rights
EU top diplomat Josep Borrell on Wednesday (18 September) urged Georgia to withdraw a controversial "family values" bill denounced as curbing the rights of LGBTQ people, warning it would harm the country's chances of joining the bloc.
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Top EU Court annuls a €1.49 billion fine on Google
The European Union's General Court annulled the Commission's €1.49 billion fine on Google for anticompetitive behaviour with its AdSense product on Wednesday (18 September), leaving the Commission just over two months to appeal.
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Russian nuclear test chief says Moscow is ready to resume testing ‘at any moment’
The head of Russia's nuclear testing site said on Tuesday (17 September) his secretive facility was ready to resume nuclear tests "at any moment" if Moscow gave the order.
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Fake Kamala hit-and-run story is the work of Russian propaganda group, Microsoft says
A false claim circulating on social media that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to Microsoft.
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