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BELGRADE – Serbian-German cooperation in peacekeeping missions

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:36
On Monday (11 May), Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin met in Belgrade with the German ambassador to Serbia, Thomas Schieb, to discuss bilateral cooperation in peacekeeping missions and multinational operations under the auspices of the EU. Minister Vulin thanked for...
Categories: European Union

ZAGREB – Big hit on the economy

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:35
Croatia’s tourism council expects that by the end of the year only 30% of last year’s turnover will be achieved in the sector, which is considered to be one of the bedrocks of the country’s economy. The ministry recalled that...
Categories: European Union

BRATISLAVA – Shops on Sunday – open or closed?

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:34
As part of the government’s measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government decided that shops which were allowed to operate under the lockdown (groceries, pharmacies, drugstores, etc) would be closed on Sundays for sanitation reasons and for employees...
Categories: European Union

BUDAPEST – COVID-19 mostly brought from Europe

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:33
European, Taiwanese and American sources have simultaneously brought the novel coronavirus to Hungarian soil, according to a study from the University of Pécs, which was based on a representative sample of the virus’ presence in the country.  For more on...
Categories: European Union

HELSINKI – Taxation becoming the new ‘hot potato’

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:31
To finance the Finnish welfare state after the coronavirus crisis, 24% of Finns favour raising taxes, 18% want to see social services cut and 6% want to raise the retirement age, according to a survey published on Monday (11 May),...
Categories: European Union

LONDON – More clarity on lockdown easing

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:30
The UK will begin the slow process of easing confinement measures this week and Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday (11 May) told MPs that people should exercise “good, solid, British common sense” in adapting their lives to the next...
Categories: European Union

BRUSSELS – A summer by the Belgian sea?

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:29
Mayors of Belgium’s coastal municipalities agreed to follow the guidelines of the National Security Council for reopening the beaches, after disagreement over when and how to allow tourists to return to the seaside. According to the deconfinement plan, coastal tourism...
Categories: European Union

BERLIN – Coronavirus outbreak in a meat plant

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:28
Over the weekend, news broke of a coronavirus outbreak in a meat plant in the northwest of the country near the Dutch border. While the plant was forced to stop production from Saturday (9 May) through 18 May, there are...
Categories: European Union

IEA: Oil crisis is ‘litmus test’ for industry’s resolve on climate

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:28
The April oil market crash will test the determination of majors like Shell and BP, which have recently announced goals to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Categories: European Union

German MEP: Stand by the EU Court to the end

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:26
German Green MEP Sven Giegold said the conflict between Germany and the European Central Bank should come to an end as the eurozone is in danger. Giegold had asked EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen if the executive would...
Categories: European Union

The EU must draw Georgia into its arms

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:08
EU institutions must continue to ensure that countries such pro-European as Georgia see the European Union as their ultimate goal, writes Paul L. Vandoren.
Categories: European Union

Migrant workers regularisation puts strain on Italy’s ruling coalition

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:02
A standoff between Italy's ruling parties on the regularisation of illegal migrants working as agricultural labourers is slowing down the adoption of the latest aid package aimed at supporting families and companies during the lockdown.
Categories: European Union

Hungary summons Nordic diplomats over rule-by-decree row

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 07:41
Hungary summoned the ambassadors of four Nordic countries on Monday (11 May) over their countries' criticism of a controversial law that empowers Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to act by decree against the novel coronavirus.
Categories: European Union

UN aviation scheme to supplement, not replace EU carbon trading

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 07:15
The UN aviation agency's planned scheme for offsetting emissions from international flights will supplement, not replace, the European Union's carbon market, the bloc's transport Commissioner said on Monday (11 May).
Categories: European Union

France pushing for tough EU response to any West Bank annexation

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 07:15
France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank, three EU diplomats said.
Categories: European Union

France kicks out Bulgarian seasonal workers despite Commission ‘guidelines’

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 17:28
Two groups of seasonal workers arriving in France by plane from Bulgaria have been sent back home by the French airport authorities, despite the European Commission's calls to ensure the freedom of movement of such “critical” personnel.
Categories: European Union

Urpilainen: COVID-19 crisis ‘proves the need for an international rule-based order’

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 17:23
The COVID-19 crisis "proves the need for an international rules-based order,” the EU's Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen said in an interview with EURACTIV.
Categories: European Union

The Brief, powered by IPA Europe – Where do we go from here?

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 16:25
Two months in since COVID-19 had been declared a pandemic, Europe's reactions are tangling between laissez-faire and Titanic-mode. While many celebrate the gradual lifting of lockdown measures and nations consider when and how to restart their economies, uncertainty remains the disease's relentless companion.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s solar industry could implode this summer

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 15:55
Germany's solar industry is in deep crisis and threatens to implode in the summer. Solutions have been around for a long time but internal power struggles and debates over distance rules between wind turbines are holding things back. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Categories: European Union

Four Serbian MPs go on hunger strike

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 15:23
protesting over Kosovo, and two lawmakers from the ruling party because they are dissatisfied with the opposition's behaviour.
Categories: European Union

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