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Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:26
“Russia aims for the destabilisation and breakup of its enemies, whereas China aims to create a Sinocentric global community, where all the other nations approve the legitimacy of Chinese interests and respect,” the Czech Security Information Service said in its...
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:26
As Poland celebrates Independence Day on Wednesday, far-right groups such as All-Polish Youth (Młodzież Wszechpolska), the National Radical Camp (Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny), and many hooligans who in the past have often carried flares and knuckle-dusters to cause riots, will not clash...
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:25
Finnish health authorities will start testing a number of fur farms across the country for coronavirus, as the country wants to avoid a similar situation to the Netherlands and Denmark, where millions of minks had to be culled after a...
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:24
German Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) is ramping up pressure on the EU to reach an agreement with pharmaceutical companies following the announcement that the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine is 90% effective, saying such a contract should come “in the next few...
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:21
European lawmakers have agreed to reduce cuts to the proposed €9.4 billion EU4Health Programme, which will now amount to €5.1 billion in the forthcoming seven-year budget.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:21
“The worst thing you can do is make the vaccine compulsory,” virologist Marc Van Ranst told VRT Niews. “That’s fuel to the anti-vaccine movement, as it’s what they’ve been warning about for years. It would send a very bad signal,” he added....
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:14
European Union aid has been used to pay for surveillance equipment and training in countries with inadequate safeguards against excessive state snooping, rights groups said on Wednesday (11 November), calling for an end to the "unacceptable" practice.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:00
Although the EU has recently agreed on a set of conditions for third countries to join its defence programmes, Turkey is likely to remain outside the framework. As EURACTIV first reported in late October, EU27 agreed on conditions to allow...
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:00
Several key EU leaders, including France and Germany, promised at a mini-summit on Tuesday (10 November) to renew efforts to fight Islamist terrorism, calling for a reform of the Schengen area and measures against foreign fighters.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:58
A provisional agreement has been struck on the rollout of recovery funds in the EU agricultural sector, which will make a total of €10 billion available for farmers from 2021 up until the end of 2022.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:57
The United States and European Union need to forge a new transatlantic alliance in areas such as climate change and the digital economy under president-elect Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday (10 November).
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:55
Power plants fuelled by natural gas will not be classed as “sustainable” or “transition” investments in Europe unless they meet emission limits which are so low that none are currently able to comply, according to draft EU rules seen by EURACTIV.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:38
Russian began deploying 2,000 peacekeepers to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday (10 November) after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed a peace deal to end weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed region.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:38
Four students are offering to study composting from a scientific perspective by launching until 15 November a collaborative study on the speed of decomposition of organic waste. EURACTIV France reports.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:33
Between 9 and 13 November, the European Commission is hosting the fifth edition of its European Vocational Skills Week, with a series of events and workshops taking place all across the continent, as well as the presentation of a New...
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:30
This week, the European Commission is staging its Vocational Education and Training (VET) week as a means to foster the uptake of skills that can aid in the executive's twin ambitions of the green and digital transition. EURACTIV caught up with the Commission's Joao Santos to hear more just after the EU executive launched its Pact for Skills on 10 November.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:25
EU lawmakers want to ensure there is no financing gap between the next budgetary period for the policy that aims to reduce disparities between European regions, even if talks on the new regulation laying out the ground rules for the use of EU funds gets delayed.
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:20
Batteries are about to become the new gold in Europe, but there must be sufficient regulation to ensure they are clean and sourced ethically, write Alex Keynes and Cecilia Mattea
Tue, 11/10/2020 - 21:57
Ireland will ease travel curbs for arrivals from “red” regions of Britain and the EU hardest hit by COVID-19 from November 29 by cutting their quarantine period to as little as five days from 14 currently if they test negatively...
Tue, 11/10/2020 - 20:23
Swedish telecoms regulator PTS on Monday (9 November) halted 5G spectrum auctions after a court suspended parts of its decision that had excluded Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei from 5G networks.
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