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Controllers see major European air transport disruption from UK shutdown

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 15:50
Europe faces a "significant impact" to its air transport system after several nations cut or reduced transport links with Britain over fears of a new coronavirus strain, the Eurocontrol air traffic agency warned on Monday (21 December).
Categories: European Union

EU-Africa partnership needed for transformation of food systems, says experts

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 14:10
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the need for EU-African collaboration is more important than ever in the drive to strengthen and transform food systems, but care must be taken to make it an equitable partnership, experts have stressed.
Categories: European Union

Fiat-Chrysler and Peugeot get merger green light

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 13:40
The European Commission approved a team-up between Italo-American carmaker Fiat-Chrysler and French manufacturer Peugeot on Monday (21 December), but Brussels identified several concerns which the firms have pledged to address.
Categories: European Union

Interpol expects ‘dramatic’ jump in crime over vaccine shipments

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 12:40
Interpol chief Jürgen Stock predicted Monday (21 December) a sharp rise in crimes with robbers seeking to get their hands on precious vaccines aimed at stopping the coronavirus pandemic.
Categories: European Union

‘If European governments do not act now, expect further waves of infection’

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 12:15
More than 300 scientists mostly from EU countries published on Saturday (19 December) in the prestigious general medical journal The Lancet a proposal for a joint European strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic. EURACTIV re-publishes the full text.
Categories: European Union

Clouds with a silver lining [Promoted content]

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 12:00
2020 has been a year with plenty of dark clouds. Pandemic, economic hardship, layoffs and, of course, climate crisis. Yet, here at the end of 2020, it’s clear that, despite the serious circumstances, the clouds have a silver lining.
Categories: European Union

Hungarian opposition forces unite to beat Orban in 2022

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 10:07
The leaders of six leading opposition parties of Hungary officially agreed on Sunday (21 December) to join forces in the 2022 parliamentary elections to defeat Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz, in power since 2010.
Categories: European Union

UK in crisis over virus travel bans as US nears stimulus deal

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:46
Britain’s government said Sunday (20 December) it would hold a crisis meeting after countries worldwide banned arrivals from the UK over a new highly infectious coronavirus strain it said was “out of control”, as the WHO called for stronger containment...
Categories: European Union

A look-back at 2020

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:30
2020 is nearly over. Coronavirus has dominated all the news over the last 12 months but plenty more happened besides. Sam Morgan saves you the trauma of trying to remember it yourselves and looks back at what happened in 2020.
Categories: European Union

Five key things about EMA’s vaccine decision

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:27
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will decide on Monday (21 December) whether to give the green light for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within the EU.
Categories: European Union

EU hopes for Eastern Mediterranean conference fritter away

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:20
The EU push for a multilateral conference on the Eastern Mediterranean to ease tensions in the region has reached deadlock, diplomatic sourced told EURACTIV.com.
Categories: European Union

Energy utilities prepare to deliver new 2030 climate target

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:07
Now that the EU has raised its 2030 emissions reduction target from 40% to 55%, questions are being asked about how utility operators can make the changes necessary to transform the energy system.
Categories: European Union

Georgia gets important designation in International Criminal Court

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:06
A Georgian national was elected for the first time as judge at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) - an important designation for a country awaiting investigation of alleged war crimes committed during a short war with Russia in 2008.
Categories: European Union

How COVID changed geopolitics in 2020

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:00
Before winter holidays put an end to a very unusual year, EURACTIV takes a look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the bigger picture of international relations.
Categories: European Union

Electricity, heat and lithium: geothermal offers new hope for old mining county

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 08:00
A project in Cornwall, England, is building on the county’s history of tin mining, looking to restore jobs and boost the local economy by developing a new geothermal plant that will produce electricity, heat and, hopefully, lithium.
Categories: European Union

The EU must speed up its Southern Neighbourhood strategy

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:54
A Union that protects must be pragmatic in its Southern Neighbourhood - starting from the Sahara and placing security and counterterrorism at the centre of its thinking for the region, writes Mario Mauro.
Categories: European Union

Between Brexit and coronavirus, UK togetherness is fraying

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:48
The United Kingdom has endured in one form or another for hundreds of years but between Brexit and the coronavirus, the country is creaking and some suggest it may be on the verge of breaking up entirely.
Categories: European Union

EU citizens with ‘pre-settled status’ can access UK welfare, rules Court

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:47
EU citizens with pre-settled status in the UK can access welfare benefits, according to a  landmark judgement by the UK Court of Appeal on Friday (18 December).
Categories: European Union

Kazakhstan: the new EU Green Gateway to East Asia.

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:43
As the European Union is revising the TEN-T rail freight corridors under the new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the effective connection of the Eurasian rail routes with the EU Core Backbone Network is a key priority, writes Pierre Borgoltz.
Categories: European Union

OECD candidate: The US is back as ‘guarantor’ of international liberal order

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:22
With the new US administration, Washington has again taken up its role as a guarantor of multilateral system, former EU Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou who runs for the OECD top job, told EURACTIV.com in an interview. “I think it has become...
Categories: European Union

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