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Poland says Russian rocket entered its airspace, summons diplomat

Sat, 12/30/2023 - 07:45
Poland summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires and demanded an explanation for the violation of Poland's airspace by a missile and an immediate halt to such activities, Poland's foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday evening (29 December).
Categories: European Union

Students set up 24-hour blockade in Belgrade over vote results

Sat, 12/30/2023 - 07:24
Hundreds of Serbian protesters, mostly students, gathered Friday (29 December) in central Belgrade and blocked a key intersection in the capital to protest alleged electoral fraud.
Categories: European Union

Russia’s air assault on Ukraine draws criticism at UN Security Council meeting

Sat, 12/30/2023 - 07:06
Russia drew sharp criticism at the UN Security Council on Friday (29 December) for launching massive missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, after Kyiv and its supporters called for an urgent meeting of the 15-member body to address the strikes.
Categories: European Union

Dutch hospital info chief as medical chatbot is rolled out: Let’s not regulate AI to death

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 11:38
An AI chatbot is used to help answer hundreds of questions from patients every week in order to help ease the workload of already overstretched healthcare providers. The initial positive results mean the tool will be rolled out to other hospitals.
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria is facing lawsuits because of the pandemic

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 11:26
Three legal complaints have been filed against Bulgaria related to the failure of the vaccination campaign and the response of the authorities during the pandemic, which led the country to the highest death rate from COVID-19 in Europe, Euractiv has learned.
Categories: European Union

Sweden uses drones to fight cardiac arrest

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 10:25
Flying drones with defibrillators to help cardiac arrest patients is faster than ambulances in two out of three cases, a new Swedish study shows.
Categories: European Union

Kharkiv under attack, Ukrainian officials play down call for donor meeting

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 07:46
The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv came under a Russian missile attack on Friday morning, Mayor Ihor Terehov said, with at least six blasts registered.
Categories: European Union

Israel urged to ‘end unlawful killings’ of Palestinians as air strikes continue near civilian shelters

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 07:37
Israeli forces on Thursday battled Hamas in Gaza where air strikes and urban combat rocked the southern city of Khan Yunis, near where many hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge.
Categories: European Union

Good news, and nuclear fight: 2023 in EU energy and environment

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 07:19
As global warming continues to break new records, Euractiv readers were hungry for good news the energy and environment front. Here's our round-up of the most read stories of 2023.
Categories: European Union

Ukraine and Hungary prepare for Zelenskyy, Orbán meeting amid tensions

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 06:15
Ukraine and Hungary are preparing a meeting of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the near future, the Ukrainian president's chief of staff said on Thursday (28 December), amid recent steps by Hungary that have soured ties.
Categories: European Union

River Danube bursts its banks in Budapest, water highest since 2013

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 06:05
The River Danube burst its banks in Budapest on Thursday (28 December), with water levels at their highest in a decade as heavy rain and snow followed by mild weather triggered unusually early winter floods.
Categories: European Union

Google settles $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 05:55
Alphabet's Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately.
Categories: European Union

Russia faces mighty obstacle in western LNG sanctions

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 04:18
US sanctions pose a major obstacle to Russia's plans to increase exports of seaborne liquefied natural gas (LNG) to offset the decline in pipeline gas exports to Europe, analysts said, as expectations mount of delays to a flagship project.
Categories: European Union

Maine becomes second state to disqualify Trump from presidential primary ballot

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 04:03
Maine on Thursday (28 December) disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s US presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the 6 January 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Categories: European Union

Depardieu accusations expose divide in France over sexism

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 03:47
An open letter penned by dozens of actresses and other artists in defense of Gerard Depardieu, the cinema giant accused of sexual harassment, has laid bare divisions in France over the #Metoo reckoning with sexism.
Categories: European Union

Editor’s take: Citizen Delors

Thu, 12/28/2023 - 11:54
There are thousands of photos of Jacques Delors in the European Commission archives, and on many of them appears a poster of the film “Citizen Kane”, which hung on the wall of his Berlaymont office. Considered one of the greatest movies...
Categories: European Union

Year in Review: The most read stories of 2023

Thu, 12/28/2023 - 10:31
As an action-packed year draws to a close, it is only fair to share with you, dear readers, the stories that most tickled your fancy in the past 12 months. Here they are, from geopolitics and migration to the Green Deal, Farm to Fark, and Artificial Intelligence.
Categories: European Union

Polish culture minister says he will put state media into liquidation

Thu, 12/28/2023 - 08:10
Poland's culture minister has decided to put its state television, radio and news agency into liquidation, he said on Wednesday, deepening a dispute over the future of publicly- owned media after a momentous change in government.
Categories: European Union

US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force

Thu, 12/28/2023 - 07:54
US President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen's Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don't want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all.
Categories: European Union

Finland first to suffer if Russia-NATO tensions escalate- Russian diplomat

Thu, 12/28/2023 - 07:52
Finland will be the first country to suffer in the event of an escalation of tensions between Russia and NATO due to its proximity to the former, the RIA news agency cited a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Thursday.
Categories: European Union

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