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Why forming the next EU Commission might be harder than expected

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 06:00
With the deadline to submit candidates for the next EU Commission approaching on Friday (August 30th), the selection process is fraught with challenges. In this episode, host Giada Santana and Magnus Lund Nielsen delve into the hurdles obstructing the formation of the new EU Commission.
Categories: European Union

Commission update: Men and domestic politics prioritised as deadline looms

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 06:00
Commission President von der Leyen seems to have dropped her vision of a gender balanced EU Commission. Analysts told Euractiv that domestic politics and tactical manoeuvring seem to take precedence over the common European good. 
Categories: European Union

Commission update: Men and domestic politics prioritised as deadline looms

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 06:00
Commission President von der Leyen seems to have dropped her vision of a gender balanced EU Commission. Analysts told Euractiv that domestic politics and tactical manoeuvring seem to take precedence over the common European good. 
Categories: European Union

Belgium reduces waiting period for cancer survivors’ “right to be forgotten” [Advocacy Lab Content]

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 04:35
A shift in financial discrimination against cancer survivors is set to take place in Belgium. From January 2025, the maximum waiting period for cancer survivors to exercise their "right to be forgotten" will be reduced from eight years to five.
Categories: European Union

Belgium reduces waiting period for cancer survivors’ “right to be forgotten” [Advocacy Lab Content]

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 04:35
A shift in financial discrimination against cancer survivors is set to take place in Belgium. From January 2025, the maximum waiting period for cancer survivors to exercise their "right to be forgotten" will be reduced from eight years to five.
Categories: European Union

Congo turns to Belgian pharma company for mpox rapid antigen tests [Advocacy Lab Content]

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 04:25
The Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered one million rapid antigen tests from the Belgian pharmaceutical company Contipharma. The test gives an initial result within 10 to 15 minutes.
Categories: European Union

Congo turns to Belgian pharma company for mpox rapid antigen tests [Advocacy Lab Content]

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 04:25
The Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered one million rapid antigen tests from the Belgian pharmaceutical company Contipharma. The test gives an initial result within 10 to 15 minutes.
Categories: European Union

Europe’s diabetes tsunami, a crisis in full view [Advocacy Lab Content]

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 04:12
Europe is spending more on diabetes in a year, than on the war in Ukraine. The diabetes tsunami is a public health crisis which threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems and economic progress.
Categories: European Union

Europe’s diabetes tsunami, a crisis in full view [Advocacy Lab Content]

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 04:12
Europe is spending more on diabetes in a year, than on the war in Ukraine. The diabetes tsunami is a public health crisis which threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems and economic progress.
Categories: European Union

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:55
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening (24 August), TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unnamed sources.
Categories: European Union

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:55
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening (24 August), TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unnamed sources.
Categories: European Union

German police arrest suspect in stabbing rampage

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:33
A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday (24 August), some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.
Categories: European Union

German police arrest suspect in stabbing rampage

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:33
A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday (24 August), some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.
Categories: European Union

France hunts terror suspect after fire attack on synagogue

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:17
Police were on Saturday (24 August) hunting for a man who, draped in a Palestinian flag, was suspected of setting fires at a synagogue in southern France and triggering an explosion that injured a police officer.
Categories: European Union

France hunts terror suspect after fire attack on synagogue

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:17
Police were on Saturday (24 August) hunting for a man who, draped in a Palestinian flag, was suspected of setting fires at a synagogue in southern France and triggering an explosion that injured a police officer.
Categories: European Union

Zelenskyy vows more ‘retribution’ for Russia, calls Putin ‘sick man’

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:06
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed more "retribution" against Russia on Saturday (24 August) as he celebrated Independence Day near where his forces launched a surprise offensive into Russian territory two weeks ago.
Categories: European Union

Zelenskyy vows more ‘retribution’ for Russia, calls Putin ‘sick man’

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 06:06
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed more "retribution" against Russia on Saturday (24 August) as he celebrated Independence Day near where his forces launched a surprise offensive into Russian territory two weeks ago.
Categories: European Union

Macron meets French party leaders to try to name a prime minister

Sat, 08/24/2024 - 06:26
France's left-wing parties told Emmanuel Macron on Friday (23 August) that they want to form the next government, as the French President kicked off consultations on who could be prime minister nearly seven weeks after inconclusive parliamentary elections.
Categories: European Union

Russian snipers kill Islamist hostage-takers to end prison siege

Sat, 08/24/2024 - 06:15
Russia's security services shot dead four inmates on Friday (23 August) who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and posted online videos describing themselves as Islamic State militants, officials said.
Categories: European Union

Russian snipers kill Islamist hostage-takers to end prison siege

Sat, 08/24/2024 - 06:15
Russia's security services shot dead four inmates on Friday (23 August) who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and posted online videos describing themselves as Islamic State militants, officials said.
Categories: European Union

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