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The Brief – ‘Baby Macron’ Attal may be short-lived blessing
Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of rising star Gabriel Attal as the new French prime minister on Tuesday is taking the EU elections campaign up a notch – but it’s not without risks of backfiring, and rolling out the red carpet for...
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German industry joins forces with green groups on CO2 capture
Some of Germany’s most influential business and green lobbying groups have joined forces to urge Berlin to quickly adopt a carbon management strategy in order to kickstart the country’s industrial transformation.
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France, Czechia defy EU sceptics on nuclear power
France and Czechia reiterated calls on Tuesday (9 January) for the European Commission to put nuclear power on an equal footing with renewable energies in all EU policies, putting traditional nuclear sceptic countries on the defensive.
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Norway’s parliament gives green light for controversial deep-sea mining
Norwegian lawmakers gave the go-ahead for deep-sea mining exploration around the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Tuesday (9 January), a world first that has raised concerns among environmental groups.
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EU prepares to push back on private sector carve-out from international AI treaty
The European Commission is preparing to push back on a US-led attempt to exempt the private sector from the world’s first international treaty on Artificial Intelligence while pushing for as much alignment as possible with the EU’s AI Act.
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Drug resistance, HIV hampering fight against tuberculosis in Moldova
Welcome to the first Euractiv's health newsletter in 2024. Some key files are in store in the coming months for health, with the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and revision of the pharmaceutical strategy ongoing.
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What’s next for Ukraine? Over to EU, and Washington
With Russia's war on Ukraine entering its third calendar year, Moscow is counting on time and weakening Western resolve, emboldened by seeing that the US and the EU are struggling to provide new funding for Kyiv despite having promised open-ended support.
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Lithuanian state company tasked with running Germany’s four new LNG terminals
KN Energies, a Lithuanian state company, will manage Germany’s four state-owned LNG terminals to help the country's phase-out from Russian gas.
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Blinken urges Israel to make hard choices, work with Palestinians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Tuesday (9 January) to make "hard choices" to normalize relations with more of its neighbours, a new appeal to smooth the path to creating a Palestinian state.
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Swedish war warnings mocked in Moscow
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out about the German train drivers' union announcing a protest, a protest, Gibraltar's leader being optimistic about the EU post-Brexit question being rsolved this year;, and so much more.
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Zelenskyy sees ‘clear signs’ of slowdown in Russian defence industry
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday (9 January) there were "clear signs of a slowdown" in Russia's defence industry and called for further action to eliminate loopholes in sanctions imposed on Moscow.
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Davos 2024: Global elite gather against WEF’s most complex backdrop so far
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French President Emmanuel Macron and key Middle East leaders are slated to attend next week's World Economic Forum, putting talks to end wars in Gaza and Ukraine at the top of the agenda for the global elite.
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Commission needs ‘more facts’ over detention of Serbian opposition politician
The European Commission is in contact with Serbian authorities regarding the alleged kidnap, arrest and torture of opposition politician Nikola Sandulovic, but they stressed it is important to have all the facts.
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Criminal case filed against far-right AUR party for allegedly corrupting voters
Prosecutors in Ialomiţia, southern Romania, have initiated a criminal case against the far-right AUR party for allegedly corrupting voters by offering them free medical consultations in a caravan.
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Slovenian judges kickstart two-week strike over low wages
Slovenian judges began a two-week protest on Wednesday to express their frustration at the government’s failure to bring their salaries in line with those of the most senior officials in the other two branches of government – a move they said would have them delay proceedings on a case-by-case basis.
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EU ‘regrets’ Bangladesh election held without opposition
The European Union on Tuesday (9 January) expressed unease that parliamentary elections in Bangladesh did not have opposition representation because of a boycott, and called for alleged polling irregularities to be investigated.
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Slovakia pays record-high interest on government bonds
Slovakia is now paying record-high interest rates on government bonds, surpassing even the once-troubled Greece, which is now slowly digging itself out of the abyss of bankruptcy that Slovakia is now inching towards.
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Czechia mulls stricter firearm laws following school shooting
Czech lawmakers will meet with Interior Ministry officials and experts on Wednesday to discuss a possible tightening of gun laws in the wake of the tragic shooting at Charles University on 21 December, in which a student killed 14 people before turning the gun on himself.
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Bosnian Serbs mark controversial ‘national day’
Bosnian Serbs marked on Tuesday (9 January) their self-proclaimed "national day", disregarding condemnations and warnings that the holiday violated Bosnia's constitution and put peace at risk.
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