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Meloni, von der Leyen’s support eight months after floods to be met with protests

Wed, 2024-01-17 05:55
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet in Forlì to decide on further aid for flood victims, eight months after the Emilia-Romagna region was struck by disaster but protests from trade unions and climate activists are also on the agenda.
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Spain to declassify secret documents in ‘Catalan Gate’ scandal

Wed, 2024-01-17 05:55
The Spanish government agreed on Tuesday to release secret documents on the tapping of the mobile phone of Catalan President and leader of the separatist party ERC Pere Aragonés by agents of the state-run National Intelligence Centre (CNI) using the Israeli spying software Pegasus, a scandal known as “Catalan Gate”.
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Russia looks to hire asylum seekers in Finland as spies, security services say

Wed, 2024-01-17 05:52
Russia is trying to recruit asylum seekers coming to Finland as spies, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service said on Tuesday amid a recent increase in asylum seekers crossing the border Finland shares with Russia.
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German business model not fit for changing times, experts say

Wed, 2024-01-17 05:46
The 2023 bump in the German economy is not a short-term phenomenon but shows that many foundations of its business model are no longer suitable for the current rapid shifts in the economy, experts say.
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Polish truckers suspend Ukraine border blockade

Wed, 2024-01-17 05:35
Polish truckers will suspend their longstanding blockade of the Ukrainian border following an agreement with the government, authorities said Tuesday (16 January), in a move that could resolve a source of friction between the allies.
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Europe quietly bids adieu to climate-wrecking F-gases

Wed, 2024-01-17 05:17
Fluorinated gases will be phased down to near zero by 2030, according to a new regulation agreed on Tuesday (16 January) in the European Parliament that will officially become law later this year.
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‘Very worrying’: Trade unions alarmed by EU’s industrial collapse

Tue, 2024-01-16 17:53
Europe’s major trade union organisations have expressed deep concern about the scale of the EU’s industrial decline, as structurally high energy prices continue to lay waste to a crucial pillar of the bloc’s economy.
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European Parliament heads for tight vote on plant gene editing

Tue, 2024-01-16 16:46
The European Parliament's Environment Committee (ENVI) is set to vote on new genomic techniques (NGTs) on 24 January, with a right-leaning majority, as the dossier becomes more and more divisive with little time left before the European elections
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Certification as a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Tue, 2024-01-16 16:33
Biofuels are seen as a key means to decarbonise the transport sector, with growing quantities of green fuels set to be used in planes and ships, as well as road transport. In this special report, Euractiv examines the role of biofuel certification schemes.
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COVID vaccines saved over 1.4 million lives in Europe, WHO study finds

Tue, 2024-01-16 16:04
COVID-19 vaccines have saved 1.4 million lives in Europe, a new study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) released on Tuesday (16 January) showed. 
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Commission launches alliance to address shortages of critical medicines

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:55
In another move to tackle medicines shortages faced across the EU, the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) launched a Critical Medicines Alliance, an advisory group, on Tuesday (16 January).
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The Brief – Macron’s Renaissance… awaited

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:22
This morning, EU lawmaker François-Xavier Bellamy was named as the lead candidate for the French conservative Les Républicains party - effectively kicking off France's EU election campaign. On the side of the far right, the battle lines are being drawn as pro- or anti-Emmanuel Macron, while the left is looking to snatch the president's pro-EU voters.
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The forgotten economics of EU enlargement

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:19
Two decades since the EU's “big bang” enlargement in 2004, the bloc's long-stalled ambition to accept new members has experienced a striking revival. Yet, beyond the moral and geopolitical arguments lurks a seldom asked question - is there an economic case for enlargement, and if so, for whom, write Mirek Dusek and Andrew Caruana Galizia.
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Global certifier: ‘Decimal point errors’ behind biofuel discrepancies in Italy, Malta

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:17
Global certification body the ISCC has revised down the extremely high quantities of used cooking oil reportedly collected in Italy and Malta for biofuels production, saying that the original figures were the result of accounting errors in the submitted data.
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EU to move ahead with Red Sea mission to deter Houthis

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:15
EU member states gave initial backing on Tuesday (16 January)  for the creation of a naval mission to protect ships from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in the Red Sea, according to several European diplomats.
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Poland bans sale of energy drinks to minors as producers look for ways around it

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:04
From 1 January, Poland started enforcing strict regulations on the sale of energy drinks with caffeine or taurine, requiring an ID for their purchase. However, it was not long before the first beverage manufacturers attempted to circumvent the ban.
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In Davos, Zelenskyy urges West to keep course to stop ‘predator’ Russia

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:00
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the West on Tuesday (16 January) to show a united front against Russian President Vladimir Putin and to step up its support for Kyiv, especially air defence, to ensure that Moscow does not prevail in the war.
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Sweden could reimburse pharma industry for storing more antibiotics

Tue, 2024-01-16 14:40
Sweden's government is considering paying pharmaceutical companies to store antibiotics to ensure the availability of older antibiotics in the country.
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EU Parliament wants Commission in court, Hungary stripped of voting rights

Tue, 2024-01-16 14:12
Most political groups in the European Parliament want a probe into the European Commission's decision to unfreeze EU funds for Hungary, followed by a lawsuit in the EU's top court and a possible no-confidence vote, while also urging calling the Council to strip Hungary's voting rights over its rule of law deficiencies.
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Unlike farmers, EU sugar-using industry wants more imports from Ukraine

Tue, 2024-01-16 14:07
The EU needs “more and not less” supply from Kyiv, according to sugar-using food producers - a statement contradicting the demands of sugar beet growers, while Romanian farmers are blocking the borders in protest at the growing Ukrainian agricultural imports.
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