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Belgium Presidency hopes for 11th-hour deal with watered-down platform work directive
Following failed interinstitutional negotiations over the platform work directive last week, the Belgium Presidency circulated yet another draft text, which significantly waters down the file’s flagship chapter on the legal presumption of employment.
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Police and protesters clash after Senegal election postponed
Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday (4 February), a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.
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Poland launches import controls at Ukrainian border to protect domestic market
Poland has introduced stricter controls on agri-food products at the Ukrainian border to protect its domestic market from an uncontrolled influx of products, Deputy Agriculture Minister Michał Kołodziejczak said over the weekend.
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Czech FM urges EU to buy foreign ammunition for Ukraine
The European Union is failing to supply Ukraine with enough ammunition on time, and the logical solution is to use EU funds to buy ammunition abroad, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský told Czech reporters over the weekend.
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Solar industry calls for ‘emergency measures’ as manufacturers prepare to leave Europe
European solar panel manufacturers have warned they are “poised to shut down manufacturing lines” unless the EU takes emergency measures to save the sector, such as a buy-out of their inventories, which have piled up in recent years due to an influx of cheaper versions from China.
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Greens pledge to cater to farmers, call for greater climate ambition
The European Green Party has renewed its pledge to cater for farmers and agreed to try to bring forward the EU's climate neutrality targets at this weekend's congress in Lyon in an attempt to fend off right-wing 'attacks' on the party and the Green Deal.
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Greek start-up receives funding to develop treatments for protein misfolding diseases
ResQ Biotech has become the first Greek company to receive a European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant, for the enhancement of its innovative biotechnologies, and the development of new drugs against diseases caused by protein misfolding.
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Swedish stakeholders worried about European Health Data Space costs
Adoption of the European Health Data Space regulation is expected soon, but Sweden is scrambling to prepare for the digital leap, unsure of an implementation timeline or the financial cost.
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Bulgaria finally reacts, keeping hospital drug prices in check
Bulgaria's parliament has adopted measures to reduce the misuse of public money in the purchase of drugs for cancer patients, attempting to sidestep an infringement procedure launched by the European Commission.
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Czechia to boost fight against cancer with EU recovery funding
Czechia is making significant strides in the fight against cancer, leveraging the EU's recovery funding to enhance its oncology infrastructure.
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Europe’s biotech innovation in the balance
The EU’s new pharma legislation may well be the medicine Europe needs to reinvigorate biotech innovation, but has it got its prescription right?
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Helpless on Gaza
In this week's edition: EU's Middle East struggle, Ukraine aid and a bunch of 'increasingly uncomfortable' member states.
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Northern Ireland appoints Irish nationalist as First Minister in historic shift
Northern Ireland's parliament appointed an Irish nationalist as First Minister for the first time on Saturday (3 February), a historic milestone in a state established a century ago to ensure the dominance of pro-British unionists.
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Azerbaijan strongman eyes easy election after Karabakh war
Azerbaijan will hold snap leadership elections Wednesday (7 February) with President Ilham Aliyev poised to secure a fifth term on a wave of popularity fuelled by his army's sweeping victory over Armenian separatists.
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US, Britain wage strikes against Houthis while Borrell urges no escalation
The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday (3 February), in the second day of major US operations against Iran-linked groups following a deadly attack on American troops last weekend.
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200,000 gather across Germany in latest protests against far-right
Around 200,000 people took to the streets in Germany on Saturday (3 February), most of them in the capital Berlin, as nationwide protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party entered their fourth week.
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Greens play it safe with lead candidate picks amid gloomy polls
The European Green Party (EGP) has elected heavyweights German Terry Reintke and Dutch Bas Eickhout as their EU elections lead candidates. A push to include southern and eastern candidates in the leadership failed during the party's electoral congress in Lyon on 2-4 February.
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Confusion after French government shoots down amendments supporting its own sovereign cloud strategy
In their rush to vote down burdensome amendments on a bill regulating consulting companies, Renaissance MPs also voted down amendments that support its own cloud security strategy - casting doubt as to its consistency in pushing the scheme forward.
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World Court says it will hear part of Russia-Ukraine genocide case
The United Nations' highest court on Friday (2 February) ruled that it will hear a case in which Kyiv has asked it to declare it did not commit genocide in eastern Ukraine, as Russia claimed as a pretext for attacking its smaller neighbour.
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US starts strikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-linked targets
The US military launched airstrikes on Friday (2 February) in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, in retaliation for last weekend's attack in Jordan that killed three US troops.
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