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Operation Sophia causes turmoil within Austria’s ruling coalition

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:53
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out about Orban attending a conservative conference in Rome, Finland's plans to go carbon-neutral by 2035, Germany's reignited debate on wearing the Niqab in schools, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

SARAJEVO – Religious leaders hold a common prayer for war victims and peace

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:52
Leaders and representatives of the four largest religious communities in BiH participated on Tuesday (4 February) in a common prayer dedicated to all the victims of the country’s 1992-1995 war, expressing a desire for lasting peace. The prayer, which was...
Categories: European Union

Croatia’s stance regarding the new Multiannual Financial Framework

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:51
PM Andrej Plenković has confirmed Croatia’s stance regarding the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).  After the Friends of Cohesion meeting, which took place in Portugal on Saturday, the PM said at Tuesday’s conference on ”The challenges of adopting the new...
Categories: European Union

ZAGREB – New abortion bill?

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:50
Parliament will debate on Wednesday the new Social Democratic party (SDP) abortion bill that will make abortion free, accessible and legal. “Women in the 21st century have the right to decide about their own body, their reproductive health, and it...
Categories: European Union

BUDAPEST – ‘More Patriotic’ national curriculum accepted

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:48
The new amendment to Hungary’s national curriculum has finally been accepted. While the government is positive that the changes will grant “Hungarian youth to rise among the world’s best by 2030″, critics contend that parts of the curriculum are now...
Categories: European Union

EU set to modify member accession method to placate France

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:48
The EU is set to propose ways to modify the accession procedures for countries entering the bloc in a bid to placate France, but Brussels cautioned Tuesday (4 February) that any changes won't be major ones.
Categories: European Union

BUDAPEST- A new security strategy

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:47
The country’s security cabinet has adopted a  new security strategy, while the country’s military strategy is being drafted, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő told a meeting on Tuesday (4 February), following the evaluation of last year and looking ahead to plans...
Categories: European Union

BUDAPEST – Viktor Orbán at the conservative conference in Rome

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:46
After meeting European Council President Charles Michel on Monday (3 February), the Hungarian PM travelled to Rome to participate in a conference of European conservatives entitled “God, Honor, Country: President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and the Freedom of...
Categories: European Union

MADRID – The government will ‘listen’ to farmer demands

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:44
Spain’s Agricultural Minister, Luis Planas, announced on Tuesday (4 February), that the left-wing coalition government (socialists of PSOE and far-left Unidas Podemos) plans to reform the current food chain legislation and is open to discuss the practice of selling below...
Categories: European Union

HELSINKI – Tax cuts and a fund to fight climate change

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:42
The Finnish five-party government, criticised for not doing enough to combat climate change, has published a “roadmap” to become the world’s first carbon-neutral welfare society by 2035, saying it would “specify the timetable and objectives for the preparation of climate...
Categories: European Union

‘This is personal’: Von der Leyen launches consultation on EU’s Cancer Plan

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:41
The President of the European Commission launched an EU-wide public consultation on Europe's Beating Cancer Plan on Tuesday (4 February), announcing an EU-wide "open health data space" in support of research, prevention and cure.
Categories: European Union

BRUSSELS – Tobacco advertising

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:41
From January 2021, all forms of tobacco advertising will be banned in Belgium, the Belgian parliament’s Health Committee agreed unanimously, removing the few exceptions that existed under the parliament’s 1999 ban.  Before the ban comes into force, advertising tobacco products...
Categories: European Union

In Krakow, Macron urges Poland to respect European values

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:41
French President Emmanuel Macron gave a lecture at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on the second day of his Poland visit on Tuesday (4 February), where he covered multiple topics ranging from Europe’s common history to identity and climate change....
Categories: European Union

BERLIN – German states weigh banning the niqab in schools

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:40
A Monday (3 February) ruling by a Higher Administrative Court in Hamburg has sparked calls for states across Germany to change school laws to ban the wearing of veils that fully cover the face.  The Hamburg education authority brought the...
Categories: European Union

VIENNA – Operation Sophia causes turmoil within Austria’s ruling coalition

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:39
After Chancellor Sebastian Kurz rejected EU High Representative Josep Borrell’s idea of reviving Operation Sophia for monitoring the arms embargo against Libya on grounds that having EU-boats rescuing shipwrecked migrants could be interpreted as “a ticket to Europe”, Social Affairs...
Categories: European Union

Greece passes new law to better monitor NGOs dealing with migration

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:38
A new law providing a special registry for all non-governmental organisations (NGOs), their employees and partners, was voted on yesterday (4 February).
Categories: European Union

Huawei promises ‘Made in Europe’ 5G for EU

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:34
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Tuesday (4 February) it would set up manufacturing hubs in Europe, as it tries to fight off US pressure on EU nations to stop it from operating.
Categories: European Union

Buttigieg has narrow Iowa lead on Sanders, Biden lags in Democratic race

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:13
Pete Buttigieg held a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders on Tuesday (4 February) in long-delayed results from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses, and former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about 71% of precincts reporting.
Categories: European Union

In State of the Union, Trump hails ‘American comeback’ amid domestic storm

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 08:06
With the impeachment shadow still over his head, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (4 February) painted a self-congratulatory rosy image of the US economy. Here are four takeaway from Trump's State of the Union.
Categories: European Union

Coronavirus threatens EU-China agreement in 2020

Tue, 02/04/2020 - 17:49
Concluding an EU-China investment deal this year would be a “real challenge”, even more as the coronavirus will force both sides to cancel negotiation rounds, warned the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.
Categories: European Union

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