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EU institutions strike deal on bloc’s long term budget and recovery fund

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 19:40
The European Parliament and Council reached a final deal on the EU's next seven-year budget, worth €1.0743 trillion, on Tuesday (10 November), agreeing to add an additional €16 billion to the budget, mostly for health and education and introduce a roadmap for new European levies and biodiversity targets.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Back to Barack

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 16:39
British tabloids are aflutter this week over the notion that US President-elect Joe Biden could appoint Barack Obama as Washington’s ambassador in London. That won’t happen but consider for a moment if Biden sends the former commander-in-chief to Brussels…
Categories: European Union

Abortion law reform was the last straw, say campaigners

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 15:45
The Polish government's plan to further restrict access to abortion was the final straw that came on top of many other attempts to stifle civil liberties, Klementyna Suchanow told EURACTIV.pl after huge mass protests were organised across the country in mid-October.
Categories: European Union

Vestager: Amazon has illegally abused market position with Big Data tactics

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 15:05
Amazon has violated EU antitrust rules in its use of non-public merchant data, cementing the platform's dominance in the eCommerce market and marginalizing third-party sellers, the European Commission's Vice President for Digital, Margrethe Vestager, has said.
Categories: European Union

African bloc urges ceasefire as Ethiopia claims airport in Tigray

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 13:22
Ethiopian troops took an airport in the Tigray region during an offensive against local leaders defying Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s authority, state media said on Tuesday (10 November), as the African Union (AU) called for an end to bloodshed.
Categories: European Union

Financing mechanisms for the energy sector: Ensuring a fair transition for all Member States

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 12:46
Climate neutrality translates into commitments undertaken by various industries, communities and other stakeholders. The European energy sector is already committed to be carbon neutral before 2050.
Categories: European Union

Aviations’s contribution to a green and sustainable recovery

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 12:27
Aviation is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Direct emissions from aviation account for about 3% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 2% of global emissions. The EU is taking action to reduce...
Categories: European Union

What will the post-pandemic world look like? [Stakeholder Opinion]

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 12:00
Lots of things will change after this pandemic but do we know which ones exactly? The ways we travel or shop might be just some from a pretty long list.
Categories: European Union

EU to restrict sale of cyber-surveillance goods to repressive regimes

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:58
Negotiators from the European Council and the Parliament have signed off on new export rules that restrict the sale of cyber-surveillance goods to worldwide regimes engaging in the repression of human rights. However, the text of the regulation on so-called...
Categories: European Union

Georgia opposition defies crackdown, stages new protests

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:34
Fresh protests took place Monday (9 November) in Tbilisi as thousands of people hit the streets a day after police cracked down on demonstrations against Georgia's recent general elections.
Categories: European Union

Pro-Trump Estonian minister resigns after dreams of US civil war

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:20
In this edition of the Capitals, find out more about Estonia's interior minister resigning after he commented on the outcome of the US presidential election, Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia signing an agreement to fight COVID-19 together, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Thaci pleads not guilty to all war crime charges

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:19
Kosovo’s former president and ex-political representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Hashim Thaci, has pleaded “not guilty to all charges” during his first appearance in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, adding that “the indictment is invalid”. During...
Categories: European Union

Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia to fight COVID-19 together

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:18
Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation on Monday to fight the coronavirus pandemic together. The memorandum was signed at a ‘Mini Schengen’ online conference attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Albanian Prime Minister Edi...
Categories: European Union

Vaccine ‘milestone’ hailed as global Covid cases soar

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:17
One of the teams racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine announced Monday (9 November) its drug had shown 90% effectiveness, sending markets soaring and raising hopes of an end to the worst pandemic in a century.
Categories: European Union

Kosovo’s decision to join Mini-Schengen welcomed Rama, Zaev

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:15
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and North Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev welcomed the decision by Kosovo on Monday to join the Mini-Schengen initiative, hoping Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro would join the regional initiative soon. Speaking at an online ‘Mini-Schengen’ conference, attended...
Categories: European Union

10,000 anti-Bulgarian publications in North Macedonia, says Sofia

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:14
There have been over 10,000 hate speech publications regarding Bulgaria in the Republic of North Macedonia in the last few months. Then we stopped counting them. This should come to an end, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva announced during an...
Categories: European Union

With or without Trump, US soldiers will be present in Poland

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:12
Polish President Andrzej Duda ratified the agreement on the American military presence in Poland on Monday, which National Security Bureau head Paweł Soloch said will be “implemented regardless of who will be the tenant of the White House.” In August,...
Categories: European Union

Greek health system under huge pressure

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:12
The rapid increase of hospitalisations combined with increasing COVID-19 patients in need of intensive care units (ICU) has mounted the pressure on Greece’s already ailing health system. Media in Athens report that 63.7% of ICU beds across the country have...
Categories: European Union

Portugal enters state of emergency

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:11
Portugal on Monday entered a state of emergency that will last until 23 November, meaning 121 municipalities deemed to be most at risk of new COVID-19 infections will now have to respect a curfew. In other words, 70% of the...
Categories: European Union

Spain says slapping tariffs on US a ‘step in the right direction’

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:11
The EU’s decision to impose tariffs on the US in retaliation for Washington providing illegal aid to plane manufacturer Boeing is a “step in the right direction”, said Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas as Brussels announced its decision on Monday,...
Categories: European Union

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