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Wed, 03/04/2020 - 07:21
European Union officials on Tuesday (3 March) promised more cash for Greece during a visit to its border with Turkey which tens of thousands of migrants and refugees have been trying for days to breach. The officials urged Turkey to...
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 19:10
The EU has launched a €5.1m package designed to promote media freedom and pluralism in Europe, the Commission announced on Monday. The announcement comes ahead of the presentation of the Commission's Democracy Action Plan, which will attempt to safeguard elections from malicious interference online.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:46
With migrants trapped in no-man’s-land at the Turkey-Greece border, there are probably few tougher jobs in Europe these days than being a Greek border guard. With the world’s eyes upon them, whatever course of action the guards take, even if...
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:45
The ‘Group of 7’ wealthy countries committed on Tuesday (3 March) to adopt stimulus packages to address the fallout of the coronavirus, but decided not to take coordinated action at this stage.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:09
The leaders of the European Commission, Parliament and Council visited Greece on Tuesday (3 March) and sent a strong message to Ankara, saying Europe will not bow to the migration pressure at its external borders.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:07
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s president and executive board gave further strong backing on Tuesday (3 March) to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, with no talk of a postponement or move due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 15:08
The EU Green Deal discussion is focused on 2030 and 2050, but it overlooks some important deadlines that are looming large, writes Emmanuel Desplechin.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 15:04
For many, the dramatic events at the Greek-Turkish border resemble the 2015 refugee crisis, when more than a million refugees, mostly from Syria, crossed into Europe across the Mediterranean or overland. But is this really so? EURACTIV takes a closer...
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 13:00
Workers‘ voice must be part and parcel of the ‘just transition’ of the EU economy. European works councils can ensure that the effects of digitalisation and decarbonisation on decent work and incomes in the European single market are always taken...
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:59
Under the current fleet standard regulation, the allowed emissions of combustion-powered cars are getting out of control as more and more zero-emission vehicles enter the fleet, writes Günter Hörmandinger.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:39
Britain said on Monday (2 March) it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to agree a free trade deal with the United States.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:30
The show which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is playing now with the migrant crisis is, to a great extent, the result of the green light he got from Trump last October when the US troops withdrew from Syria.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 11:04
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Tue, 03/03/2020 - 10:48
Italy's agriculture minister Teresa Bellanova has asked the European Commission for a postponement of some of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)'s administrative procedures to relieve Italian farmers stricken by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 10:48
The European Commission is pursuing a renewed and ambitious relationship with the African continent. The new relationship is intended to treat Africa as an equal partner to Europe, as opposed to policy priorities being dictated to African partners. However, there...
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:48
As a teenager, Mariusz Wołosz was a promising boxer in Bytom in southern Poland, where his club was funded by one of the city's many coal mines.
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:38
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Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:36
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that Serbia intends to buy weapons from Israel, stating that it will ‘not be a small delivery’. In an interview for the Jerusalem Post, Vucic said Serbia also plans to open a diplomatic...
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:32
The Sámi are the only indigenous people living in the European Union. Currently there are some 75,000 – 100,000 Sámi people spread out in the northern parts of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia. Since the start of 1996, the roughly...
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:31
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that his Fine Gael party is not in talks with any other parties on forming a prospective programme for government. “We had an election last month, the opposition parties and opposition independents won over 120...
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