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EU Commission: Ukraine grain exports through Poland far below capacity

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 17:41
The export volume of Ukrainian agricultural products over the Polish border has decreased to a third of last year’s amount, indicating that existing capacities are not being used, according to EU Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean.
Categories: European Union

Parliament ready to halt migration pact if EU ministers ‘cut it into pieces’ – MEP

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 17:36
The European Parliament will consider blocking the migration and asylum pact if EU ministers continue to 'cherry-pick' the parts they like and refuse to discuss the issues they have no interest in, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, one of the MEPs leading Parliament's negotiations, said on Monday (25 September).
Categories: European Union

EU blocks Booking.com’s merger with flight technology company eTraveli

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 17:08
Under EU Merger Regulation rules, the European Commission on Monday (25 September) blocked the merger of Booking.com and eTraveli, citing the former’s already dominant market position. Booking.com, an online accommodation and travel site, was set to takeover eTraveli, a flight-centric...
Categories: European Union

EU Council adopts watered-down Euro 7 position despite German objections

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 16:43
EU countries officially agreed their position on draft vehicle pollution standards, known as Euro 7, on Monday (25 September), significantly toning down the Commission’s original proposal in an apparent bid to ensure Europe’s automotive competitiveness.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Game over in Karabakh?

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 16:20
Now that, after decades of fighting, Azerbaijan has regained full control of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, has the wider region become a safer place? Or is the reverse actually true?
Categories: European Union

Experts concerned over EU due diligence law’s impact on Global South

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 15:59
Experts have welcomed the proposed EU law to hold companies accountable for adverse impacts along their entire value chain, but have also raised concerns about the negative impacts the new due diligence rules could have on economies of the Global South.
Categories: European Union

Russian Black Sea Fleet commander eliminated: reports

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 15:55
As a result of the attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol on 22 September, 34 officers were killed, including the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, RBC Ukraine reported on Monday (25 September).
Categories: European Union

Czech law amendment to address drug shortages draws criticism

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 15:03
In an effort to combat drug shortages, the Czech health ministry is pushing forward an amendment that significantly changes the role of all players in the pharmaceutical market - though concerns have been raised about additional costs without adequate compensation.
Categories: European Union

EU elections: Germany’s SPD reappoints Barley as its top candidate

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 14:13
Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) will once again announce Katarina Barley as their lead candidate for the 2024 European Parliament elections on Monday afternoon (25 September), SPD party sources told Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

EU policy ‘superior’ to US Inflation Reduction Act, say European economists

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 13:42
The European approach to building climate-friendly industries is “superior” to the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), German and French economists have argued in a new paper, calling for less panic in the response to the US subsidies.
Categories: European Union

‘Easy access to illegal content’ likely to be curbed in France

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:31
France wants to make it harder to access and punish illegal behaviour online, according to a text on securing and regulating the digital environment that lawmakers agreed in committee.
Categories: European Union

Study: Mixed impact of green measures in EU’s farming subsidies scheme

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:01
EU countries that have been given more freedom to design environmental measures under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are showing little ambition with measures that have very little positive environmental impact, a new study has found.
Categories: European Union

Europe on the frontline in the fight against AMR [Promoted content]

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:00
With collective determination, an open mindset and willingness to do things differently, Europe can set an example in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Huw Tippett, CEO of Shionogi Europe, calls for collective action ahead of the European Health Forum, Gastein.
Categories: European Union

Greece seeks EU-Turkey migration deal expansion

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:56
Greece in December will seek the renewal of a 2016 migration deal between the EU and Turkey, the Greek migration minister said Saturday (23 September).
Categories: European Union

In London, pro-EU supporters march for Britain to rejoin bloc

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:45
Hundreds of people waving European Union flags on Saturday (23 September) rallied in central London calling for Britain to rejoin the bloc.
Categories: European Union

A ‘stranger’ becomes Greek left boss, shakes political system

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:32
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Italy bringing in nurses from India instead of improving working conditions to fix worker shortages, Germany getting closer to introducing checks at its borders with Poland and the Czech Republic, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Russian crude exports increase 50% despite sanctions

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:29
Russian crude oil supplies increased 50% this spring despite the G7 countries imposing sanctions due to war in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Sunday (24 September) citing data from analytics company Kpler.
Categories: European Union

A ‘stranger’ becomes Greek left boss, shakes political system

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:27
Analysts and political parties are still trying to understand how a 35-year-old US resident and businessman, previously unknown in Greece, managed to win the main opposition Syriza party’s leadership in what is described as a “metapolitics” phenomenon. Stefanos Kasselakis was...
Categories: European Union

Corruption scandal rocks Romania’s Social Democratic Party

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:12
Vaslui County Council President Dumitru Buzatu and his wife were expelled from the PSD party on Saturday after Buzatu was intercepted while receiving a bag containing approximately €250,000 from a businessman on Friday evening. Emil Savin, a businessman and a...
Categories: European Union

Vucic blames Kurti for police ambush, murder, monastery standoff in north

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:09
Serbian President Aleksander Vucic has blamed Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti for a serious chain of events on Sunday that left four dead, including one police officer, many behind bars, and a significant seizure of weapons and ammunition in the...
Categories: European Union

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