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Brexit turns EU into landlord in the City of London

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 08:29
The European Medicines Agency is looking to sublet its former headquarters in the financial district of London, after a British court ruled on Wednesday (20 February) that it cannot break its lease despite the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
Categories: European Union

Serbia foreign minister: We want border demarcation with Kosovo

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 08:26
Serbia's official position in the dialogue with Kosovo is to go for a border demarcation along ethnic lines between Belgrade and its former province, Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said without elaborating further. Dačić's statement was met with protests in both Belgrade and Priština.
Categories: European Union

European carbon tax idea returns to election debate in France

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 08:25
The French green think-tank La Fabrique Ecologique has published eight environmental proposals to contribute to the European election debate. EURACTIV France’s media partner the Journal de l’environnement reports.
Categories: European Union

Greening the EU’s foreign and security policy

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 08:24
Climate change and ecosystem degradation are significant security threats; the European Union should take urgent action to address these as a part of its foreign and security policy, write Johanna Nyman and Marianne Kettunen.
Categories: European Union

May hails Brexit talks ‘progress’ but no breakthrough

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 07:58
Prime Minister Theresa May said she had made "progress" in talks with the EU on Wednesday (20 February) as she sought to extract concessions on the terms of Britain's divorce, but as expected there was no major breakthrough.
Categories: European Union

Freight is the ‘Cinderella’ of emission cutting efforts

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 17:47
Global logistic emissions are a point of concern, as climate experts warn that failure to bring the sector to heel means the goals of the Paris Agreement will remain out of reach.
Categories: European Union

Germany needs a quarter of a million migrant workers a year

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 17:32
Germany is dependent on migrant workers but a decreasing number of them will be EU citizens in the future. In the long term, about 146,000 immigrants from outside of the EU will have to be integrated into the German labour market every year, according to a recent study. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – The Independent Eleven

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 17:00
Leaving the party that got you elected is very rare in Britain. So, too, is the emergence of a new party. That makes the joining of eight ex-Labour MPs with three ex-Conservatives in the Independent Group the most significant since the launch of the Social Democrat Party in 1981.
Categories: European Union

French people make ‘social Europe’ proposals in workshops ahead of EU elections

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 16:10
When consulted at a workshop on the future of “social Europe” after the European elections, French people were ambitious on social issues. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

Poland to open electric vehicle factory, build tailor-made car

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 15:48
Polish energy companies are set to pool their resources and build an electric vehicles factory, as Warsaw targets 1 million EVs on the road by 2025.
Categories: European Union

France, Russia and US ‘working closely together’ on Nagorno-Karabakh

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 15:42
Positive momentum in the search for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been confirmed in recent days, with fresh meetings and more shuttle diplomacy in the region.
Categories: European Union

Croats increasingly pull money from bank savings to avoid tax

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 15:41
Croatian citizens and entrepreneurs that keep their money in current and giro accounts, rather than in savings, are growing in number at historically high rates. Bundles of banknotes are more and more common in house vaults, socks and mattresses. EURACTIV Croatia reports.
Categories: European Union

German social democrats’ manifesto: What’s the role of environmental protection?

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 15:40
The German SPD published its manifesto for the European elections on Monday (18 February), clearly setting set social justice and fair taxation as priorities. But what about environmental protection? EURACTIV Germany reports.
Categories: European Union

EU countries back copyright reforms aimed at Google, Facebook

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 15:00
European Union countries on Wednesday (20 February) endorsed an overhaul of the bloc’s copyright rules which would force Google and Facebook Inc to pay publishers for news snippets and filter out copyright-protected content on YouTube or Instagram.
Categories: European Union

What comes after the last chance Commission?

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 12:12
After nearly five years of Jean-Claude Juncker's 'last chance Commission', the EU still appears to be stumbling from one summit to the next. What comes next after May's European elections, asks Steven Blockmans.
Categories: European Union

Time to address Europe’s hot and cold homes crisis

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 11:48
Most European countries have significant energy poverty problems and are unable to keep their citizens warm during winter. In fact, that applies as much to cooling as to heating, writes Adrian Joyce.
Categories: European Union

Microsoft detects cyberattacks on EU research groups

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 10:57
Microsoft has detected a range of coordinated cyberattacks against European think tanks and non-profit organizations which focus on issues related to "democracy, electoral integrity, and public policy" and have close connections with government officials.
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian PM destabilised by revelations about hidden political alliance

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 10:23
In Bulgaria, the European elections are seen as a test for Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, at a time when his conservative GERB party are polling neck-and-neck with the socialists. Krassen Nikolov tells the inside story for EUelectionsBulgaria.com.
Categories: European Union

Commission gives go-ahead to Italy’s milk plan, anticipates new EU cap for state aid

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 08:59
Support measures to help sheep milk prices recover are not state aid, said Italy’s Minister Centinaio after a meeting with EU Commissioner Hogan, who prepared the ground for increasing the ceilings up to which agriculture state aid can be provided.
Categories: European Union

CO2 removals ‘increasingly necessary’ to avoid climate disaster, scientists warn

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 08:54
The failure to reverse growth in greenhouse gas emissions means the world is now increasingly dependent on unproven technologies to remove CO2 from the atmosphere in order to avert dangerous climate change, scientists warned on Tuesday (19 February).
Categories: European Union

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