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Efficient Buildings: Completing the Energy Affordability Puzzle [Promoted content]

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 07:00
The new Affordable Energy Action Plan poses a difficult puzzle to EU policymakers. With Europeans struggling to pay energy bills, a rising scarcity of affordable housing, and the challenges posed by electrification, improved energy efficiency in buildings could be the missing piece.
Categories: European Union

European Commission closely monitoring EPPO Bulgarian member case

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:57
McGrath did not go into details, noting that the European Public Prosecutor's Office is an independent institution.
Categories: European Union

Bucharest in turmoil over disputed US envoys and Ukraine support

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:54
Tensions escalated after one of the appointees made public statements contradicting Romania’s official Ukraine and EU stance.
Categories: European Union

Salvini eyes return to interior ministry, testing unity of Meloni’s government

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:46
The move is widely interpreted as part of Salvini’s broader attempt to reclaim political influence and take back control of the ministry.
Categories: European Union

Privacy fears stall EU, UK fight against child pornography

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:30
Both jurisdictions hope that tech companies will firm up ways to weed out illegal content, while allaying broader privacy fears.
Categories: European Union

As telecom deadline looms, industry players rush to meet with Commissioner

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:00
Many official meeting requests have either gone unanswered or have not yet resulted in any meetings being scheduled.
Categories: European Union

INTERVIEW: Luxembourg minister dismisses ‘absurd’ German border checks

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:00

As Germany prepares to tighten its border regime, its existing controls have not done much good for Europe, the interior minister of neighbouring Luxembourg told Euractiv in an interview.

Categories: European Union

France dethrones Germany as top EU asylum destination for “first time in years”

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:00
2025 could become the first year since 2011 in which Germany did not receive the most asylum applications in the EU.
Categories: European Union

Brussels hopes it can shield pharma industry from Trump’s tariffs

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:00
EU lawmakers in Brussels want to give off one impression in the face of Trump's tariffs on pharmaceuticals – keep calm and carry on.
Categories: European Union

How any EU crackdown on Big Tech will work

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:00
Trump's explicit threat of retaliatory measures would be tested when the EU would fine US companies under the DMA and the DSA.
Categories: European Union

High stakes in Parliament-Council negotiations over gene-edited crops

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:00
Even with backing from most groups, MEPs say big questions still hang over the draft law - especially on labelling and patenting of NGT 1 crops.
Categories: European Union

Protecting EU forests for the future, a different kind of growth strategy

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 02:10
The impact of the EU Forest Strategy for 2030 is prompting optimism, but challenges remain for land access, permits, and funding.
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria to provide free medication for children under seven

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 20:58
Every fourth child in the country lives in poverty, while one in three faces the risk of poverty and social exclusion.
Categories: European Union

Hepatitis A surges in Czechia, health officials urge vaccination and strict hygiene

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 20:50
Over 300 cases of hepatitis A have been reported so far this year. The disease spreads primarily through poor hygiene and contaminated food or water.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – EU swings to the sultan’s tune

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 19:12
The EU has long pushed values alongside soft power. But Brussels is willing to conveniently forget now that Turkey has much to offer.
Categories: European Union

Health commissioner clinks glasses at Italy wine fair

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 19:00
Recent progress on Europe’s mandatory booze labels has stalled amid pushback from wine-growing countries and the alcohol industry.
Categories: European Union

EU announces ‘zero-for-zero’ US tariff deal as reciprocal duties loom

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 17:34
The “zero-for-zero” offer extended to cars, pharmaceuticals, rubber, plastic, machinery, and other industrial products.
Categories: European Union

Commission ignores hospital overtime problem, unions say

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 17:31
The Commission's new strategy says little about how to support the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers expected to carry Europe through the next crisis.
Categories: European Union

Presidency looks at voluntary detection in latest child abuse images law compromise text

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 17:08
The text will be discussed by law enforcement attaches on Tuesday.
Categories: European Union

EU auditors uncover ‘shocking’ abuse in NGO funding

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 17:00
"Shocking" cases include "one large research institute" that was classified as an NGO even though it was "composed solely of government representatives," Laima Andrikienė told reporters.
Categories: European Union

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