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Towards a sustainable future – What is the potential of the EU’s bioeconomy?

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 12:30
Achieving the EU’s ambitions for a more sustainable, resilient and competitive economy requires actions across many sectors. Europe’s bioeconomy, which converts renewable resources from agriculture, forests, and seas – including residues and waste – into food, feed, materials, and energy,...
Categories: European Union

Commission chief: EU’s defence strategy ‘incomplete’ without Ukraine

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 12:15
The EU should take Ukraine's military needs into account as it designs Europe's future defence industry strategy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday (30 November).
Categories: European Union

Securing workers’ rights in the AI revolution [Promoted content]

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 12:00
Business leaders, policymakers, academia and industry experts discussed the impact of AI on the world of work at the European Employment & Social Rights Forum. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we work, with research projecting it will deliver...
Categories: European Union

Spanish Presidency seeks migration deal by year-end, though divisions persist

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 11:38
The Spanish EU presidency aims at conclude negotiation on the migration reform package, a series of laws on migration management, before the end of the year, multiple sources from the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament confirmed to Euractiv....
Categories: European Union

Russia accuses Bulgaria of malice and stupidity over diplomatic overflight ban

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 11:36
Russia accused Bulgaria of malice and stupidity on Thursday (30 November) for refusing to allow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's plane to fly through its airspace to attend a meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Categories: European Union

As global clean energy champion, China has ‘responsibility’ to lead at COP28: IEA

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 11:07
China did the world “a big favour” by bringing down the cost of clean technologies like solar panels, said Fatih Birol, the chief of the International Energy Agency (IEA). But with increased economic clout also comes responsibility, he told Euractiv ahead of the COP28 international climate summit in Dubai.
Categories: European Union

German researchers welcome national, EU support for gene therapy research

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 09:00
National and EU-level support goes a long way towards supporting research into gene therapies against rare diseases, according to German researchers, who said however that Europe still lags behind North American countries on innovation in this area.
Categories: European Union

‘Let us be a lesson’, say Kazakhs wary of return to nuclear testing

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 08:42
As Russia warns of the rising risk of nuclear war, and relations with the US sink into a deep freeze, communities close to the vast Soviet-era nuclear testing site in Kazakhstan have a message: "Let us be a lesson."
Categories: European Union

Muslims in Germany feel alienated after Hamas-Israel conflict

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 08:30
German Muslims feel they are dealing with increased marginalisation, a rise in Islamaphobia, and the perception they are all anti-Semitic, according to community representatives.
Categories: European Union

Majority of Britons support rejoining the EU single market – poll

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 08:23
A majority of Britons support rejoining the European Union's single market even though that would mean the restoration of the free movement of workers from the bloc, according to a poll published on Wednesday (29 November).
Categories: European Union

Slovak truckers to block Ukraine crossing, joining Polish protests

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 08:03
Slovak truckers will block the main border crossing with Ukraine from Friday (1 December), the country's truckers association UNAS said, joining Polish protests to win restrictions against Ukrainian drivers.
Categories: European Union

COP28 summit opens with hopes for early deal on climate ‘loss and damage’ fund

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 08:03
Countries at the UN's COP28 climate summit opening on Thursday (30 November) hope to clinch an early deal on a new fund to pay for climate-caused damage, aiming to muster some political goodwill before talks turn to divisive topics including the future of fossil fuels.
Categories: European Union

Henry Kissinger, legendary diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:46
Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday (29 November) at age 100.
Categories: European Union

Israel and Hamas agree to extend temporary truce

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:31
Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday (30 November) to extend their six-day ceasefire by at least one more day to allow negotiators to keep working on deals to swap hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners.
Categories: European Union

Russia’s Lavrov sparks rift at European security meeting

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:30
Member countries are divided over the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) annual foreign ministers' meeting on Thursday (30 November) with Baltic nations and Ukraine refusing to attend over the presence of Russia's Sergei Lavrov.
Categories: European Union

COP28 climate summit puts spotlight on turning methane pledges into action

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:30
Delegates at this year's UN COP28 climate summit are anxious to boost the world's climate change agenda with concrete plans for clamping down on the second-most prominent greenhouse gas – methane.
Categories: European Union

Romania bans newly approved EU products, like insects, from traditional recipes

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:29
On Wednesday, a ban on the use of newly authorised EU foods in the preparation of traditional Romanian products was approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The proponents of the legislation assert that the necessity to regulate insect flour for...
Categories: European Union

EU far-right dangerously boosted in new forecast

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:25
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany’s skilled labour shortage putting the success of vital industries at risk, the Human Rights Watch criticising the Czech stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Slovakia to extend ban on Ukrainian agricultural commodities

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:19
Bratislava will further extend and tighten the rules for the commodities’ transit and has also ban the import of Ukrainian honey, sugar, malt and soybeans, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister and Smer party member Richard Takáč said on Wednesday. Until...
Categories: European Union

Pharma boss: EU’s open strategic autonomy needs a European health security act

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 07:15
As EU Ministers of Health meet on 30 November in Brussels with the Open Strategic Autonomy in the field of health at the top of the agenda, talks are expected to focus on medicines shortages.
Categories: European Union

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