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Letta report and EU Deep Tech Stock Exchange, new ETSI director general elected
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
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Between privacy and border control: Tech in the Migration Pact
Last week, the EU Parliament voted to pass amendments to Eurodac, previously a fingerprints database, along with a new Migration Pact to boost border security.
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What’s next for EU power market, [Part One]
The EU is about to ratify the Electricity market reform. But this major achievement could be only the first building block of the future European electricity system. Numerous adjustments will have to be made to ensure its resilience after 2030, or even a new reform. Analysis.
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It will take an energy transition to keep the lights on in Ukraine
In the wake of Russian strikes on critical elements of Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure, the nation faces the immediate challenge of keeping the lights on for its citizens, businesses and defence efforts — yet must also consider how to reconstruct its electricity system and make it more resilient.
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Ukraine seeks G7, NATO help for battered air defences
Ukraine warned foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers on Thursday they had to change strategy if they wanted Kyiv to withstand increasingly destructive Russian air assaults.
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Israel attacks Iran, drones reported over Isfahan
Israel has attacked Iran, three people familiar with the matter said, as Iranian state media reported early on Friday (19 April) that its forces had destroyed drones, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel.
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Slovak government scrambles for arguments amid EU farm subsidy delay
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Commission giving its greenlight to Stockholm's new diesel and petrol car-free zone, EU Home Affairs Commissoner Ylva Johansson getting wind of the heated Czech parliamentary debate on migration, and so much more.
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US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership
The US on Thursday (18 April) effectively stopped the UN from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body.
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Bulgaria likely won’t join eurozone in January 2025 despite government goal
Bulgaria may join the eurozone at the end of 2025, Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev said on Thursday, missing the previous 1 January 2025 goal of the government and the main political parties in Sofia.
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Two Polish ex-ministers sentenced for abuse of power to run for MEP seats
Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, two former ministers sentenced for the abuse of power and pardoned by current President Andrzej Duda, will run in the European elections, the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party announced Thursday.
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EU sees signs China supplying dual-use components to Russia, Dombrovskis says
The EU sees signs that China is supplying components to Russia that could be used to make weapons, a top EU official said on Thursday (18 April).
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Czech lawmakers’ debate on EU migration gets heated, draws attention of Commissioner
A debate on the EU's Migration Pact in the Czech parliament on Thursday caught the eye of EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson and turned heated as MPs argued over the reception of refugees in the Czech Republic.
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Eucalyptus: Portugal’s sustainability dilemma
Portuguese eucalyptus forests are helping to replace plastics, but as the country's climate warms up, this highly flammable tree is a growing threat to people and biodiversity.
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Lebanon: Refugees, proximity to conflict, instability, make EU leaders nervous
Fearing new migration waves toward Europe, EU leaders are looking at ways to support Lebanon with economic aid package to be delivered by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the coming days.
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Bosnian Serb MPs adopt a report denying the Srebrenica genocide
Bosnian Serb lawmakers adopted a report denying that the killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian war constituted genocide, and thousands of Serbs later protested against a UN resolution to commemorate the atrocity.
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Spain could unilaterally recognise Palestinian statehood ‘within weeks’
Spain’s government, led by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D), will decide in the coming weeks whether to recognise Palestine as a state, regardless of whether other EU countries join Madrid in this decision, official sources told Euractiv’s partner EFE on Thursday.
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EU Commission OKs Stockholm’s new petrol, diesel car-free zone
The European Commission has approved the creation of an environmental zone in the city centre of Stockholm, where petrol and diesel cars will be banned entirely from 2025.
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Macron to give ‘Sorbonne II’ speech, hopes to give campaign momentum
French President Emmanuel Macron will next week deliver a speech similar to the one he gave seven years ago at the Sorbonne University, where he laid out a detailed reform agenda for the bloc and revealed his Europhile credentials, a move he and his party hope will pull his party out of the polling slump it is currently in ahead of the European elections.
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Two suspected Russian spies arrested in Germany for planned attacks
Federal prosecutors arrested two suspected Russian spies in Bavaria on Thursday on suspicion of espionage and planning attacks on military targets to undermine support for Ukraine.
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Slovak government scrambles for arguments amid EU farm subsidy delay
Slovak Agriculture Minister Richard Takáč is keeping quiet about his meeting with European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski over the delayed release of EU farm subsidies, known as direct payments, which the Slovak government has still not paid to all eligible Slovak farmers, putting them at risk of not receiving them.
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