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The digital union: is Big Brother friend or foe?

Wed, 02/12/2020 - 06:50
Europe's coming revolution in Artificial Intelligence and robotics technologies brings with it a series of new challenges that must be met head-on, writes MEP Ismail Ertug.
Categories: European Union

Parliament to approve EU-Vietnam trade deal despite human rights “concerns”

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 18:02
The European Parliament is set to approve on Wednesday (12 February) a trade agreement with Vietnam, despite some MEPs and NGOs called for postponing their consent until the human rights situation improves in the country.
Categories: European Union

NATO willing to expand Iraqi training mission to meet Trump demand

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 16:58
NATO is considering an increase to its training mission in Iraq to relieve the burden on the US-led coalition against Islamic State, senior officials and diplomats said on Tuesday (11 February).
Categories: European Union

The Brief – What if Coronavirus reaches Africa?

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 16:52
Amongst mounting concern about the coronavirus outbreak, EU health ministers will gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss Europe’s readiness to face a potential large-scale epidemic of the virus.
Categories: European Union

Mutagenesis techniques must be subject to GMO regulation, says French court

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 16:51
The French government has been ordered to adapt its policy on plants developed using a new plant breeding technique (NPBTs), called mutagenesis, in order to adhere to stricter rules for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a French court ruled on Friday...
Categories: European Union

MEPs present Artificial Intelligence package

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 16:43
MEPs belonging to the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee are set to produce a series of reports on the impact of Artificial Intelligence in the EU.
Categories: European Union

University looking to the West is the ‘new face of Azerbaijan,’ says vice-rector

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 16:32
Many "western-educated young people in the society are looking for an opportunity to be in public service" in Azerbaijan, says Fariz Ismailzade, vice-rector at ADA University in Baku, an institution seeking to become a regional leader in education.
Categories: European Union

Ireland’s political earthquake

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 15:24
Sinn Féin made only one mistake: had it run multiple candidates in its strongest constituencies, it could have become the largest party in the Irish parliament by a long lead, writes Dick Roche.
Categories: European Union

MEPs urge reviewing EU list of energy projects in light of Green Deal

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 14:34
Members of the European Parliament have written to the European Commission, voicing concern that EU spending on LNG and other gas projects “may not be in line with the Union’s climate commitments under the Paris Agreement”.
Categories: European Union

Belgium ‘not prepared’ for Brexit effects

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 14:27
Amid all the hot-air about the economic effects of Brexit, the impact on other countries is often lost. Belgium is no exception - the UK is Belgium’s fourth-largest trading partner, responsible for 8% of its exports and 5% of its imports.
Categories: European Union

Swiss government warns voters against cancelling EU free-movement pact

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 14:16
The Swiss government on Tuesday (11 February) urged voters to reject a referendum push by the right-wing Swiss People's Party to end an accord with the European Union on the free movement of citizens.
Categories: European Union

GSMA to decide on Mobile World Congress cancellation, amid coronavirus concerns

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 12:36
GSMA, the global mobile network industry group, is set to make a decision on Friday (14 February) as to whether this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona will go ahead, amid concerns that the event may aggravate Europe's management of the deadly coronavirus.
Categories: European Union

Google’s holiday rental service under fire as 40 rivals urge EU antitrust action

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 11:41
Alphabet unit Google faces the risk of more EU antitrust problems after 40 rivals on both sides of the Atlantic accused it of favouring its own vacation rental service on its search engine and urged European Union enforcers to take action.
Categories: European Union

(Yet) another ‘credible EU perspective’?

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 11:40
The European Commission’s new proposal for enhanced accession process of the Western Balkans is 'a small masterpiece of European compromise' that could foster momentum and reforms. But it still lacks details on funding and convergence and realistic target years, write Milena Lazarević, Sena Marić and Strahinja Subotić.
Categories: European Union

Altmaier lobbies, hydrogen boost & a bridge to nowhere

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 10:33
Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Transport Brief – your one port of call for all the news moving the world and much more!
Categories: European Union

The drained lake in Bulgaria – and the money siphoned away

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 10:24
How was it possible that the water from Bulgaria’s Studena Dam disappeared, creating a humanitarian crisis for more than 100,000 people in the city of Pernik?
Categories: European Union

Cyprus’ plan to strip citizenship to golden passport holders stalls in legal vacuum

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 08:53
A legal technicality has led Cyprus to temporarily halt a process to strip citizenship from 26 individuals who benefitted from a secretive passports-for-investment scheme, lawmakers said on Monday (10 February).
Categories: European Union

Europe aims to make its food a global green standard, despite trade concerns

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 08:52
Ahead of a much-anticipated ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy to accompany the EU Green Deal, some EU policymakers say Europe’s food should be protected from American pressure.
Categories: European Union

Public squabble fuels the fire in Croatia’s centre-right

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 08:45
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer stepping down as CDU party leader, the UK cosying up to Ireland's nationalist Sinn Féin party after their electoral success, tensions between Croatia's PM and VP, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

African Swine Fever outbreak in Greece raises eyebrows in Brussels

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 08:45
An outbreak of African Swine Fever, an infectious disease which is usually deadly for pigs but harmless to humans, in the north-east of Greece, has added another headache to EU policymakers in Brussels.
Categories: European Union

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