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Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:00
We are just 48h away from the plenary vote on the proposed EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) in the European Parliament and, if the right amendments are supported, this vote will mark an important step towards beverage packaging circularity.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 11:08
As Europe continues its push towards its green and digital transitions, Huawei said the task "will not be easy" and stressed that no country can "succeed alone", at the company's annual conference in Paris on Tuesday (14 November).
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 10:00
The first Bridges of Trust gathering brought together representatives from Ukrainian and European municipalities, as well as Ukrainian and European Local Self-Government Associations, EU institutions, and other relevant organizations that have joined forces since the onset of the conflict. In...
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 09:00
From technological dependency to a lack of skills, Europe's digital SMEs face an uphill challenge in driving the EU's digital sovereignty agenda.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 08:37
A third round of United Nations negotiations to try to deliver the world’s first treaty to control plastic pollution has drawn more than 500 proposals from governments, participants said on Sunday (19 November). Negotiators, who spent a week meeting in...
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 08:00
It is urgent to assist the 360 million people worldwide who need humanitarian assistance, write Carlos Zorrinho and Mónica Silvana González. MEP Carlos Zorrinho is EP Standing Rapporteur for Humanitarian Aid (S&D, PT). MEP Mónica Silvana González is former EP...
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:42
Argentina elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president on Sunday (19 November), rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:40
The German government is eyeing the introduction of “stroke guides” into public healthcare systems, which patients’ representatives say would help make post-stroke care more holistic and support patients beyond purely medical services.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:21
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday (19 November) demanded rapid changes in the operations of Ukraine's military and announced the dismissal of the commander of the military's medical forces.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:19
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German far-left's top EU candidate vowing to fight 'climate apartheid’, Podemos clashing with Sumar to avoid being sidelined in the new Sánchez government, and so much more.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:13
Bosnia and Herzegovina intends to fulfil the conditions set by the EU Commission to open accession negotiations before the end of the year, the chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Krišto, told Euractiv exclusive interview....
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:12
The government has called farmers – protesting over their unmet demands from the Agriculture Ministry since May – to a meeting on Monday to discuss solutions. In Subotica, farmers have been organising tractor protests, sometimes blocking the traffic. Ambulances and...
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:12
Former Save Romania Union (USR) party leader and current vice-president of ALDE Dan Barna will open the list of candidates for the 2024 European elections, USR party Vice-President Claudiu Năsui told Prima TV on Saturday. When asked if this was...
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:11
The government has decided to withdraw the estimated revenue of €1.2 billion from the new tax on the transfer of Russian gas from the state budget 2024 because the ruling majority doubts that the money can be obtained, Finance Minister Asen Vasilev said on Sunday.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:03
Pasok currently ranks in the second position overtaking for the first time in 11 years the main opposition leftist Syriza party currently facing a deep turmoil, new polls have shown.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:01
President Petr Pavel warned of the need to protect democracy and its erosion in countries like the UK and the US during the 34th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution – the event leading to the end of the communist regime...
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 07:00
DSO Entity’s report aims to show DSOs’ key role in achieving the EU net zero targets by presenting the state of play of renewables connection to the grid in the EU and sharing practices from DSOs overcoming challenges.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:53
Dozens of migrants stood behind barriers at two crossings on Finland's border with Russia on Saturday (18 November), the Finnish Border Guard said, after Helsinki erected barricades to halt a flow of asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow.
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:53
Burgenland’s far-right leader Johann Tschürtz may be charged with sedition after he read out a list of names of a primary school class in a Vienna suburb to suggest migrants were overrunning the country. Burgenland is a small Austrian state...
Mon, 11/20/2023 - 06:51
The tragic death of young Giulia Cecchettin, killed by her ex-boyfriend, has united Italy’s political parties in combating the growing number of femicides, with Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein calling on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to work together to pass...
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