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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...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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...
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...
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).
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...
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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