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Anaphylaxis can cause death. Food allergy community call to support a battle for life. [Promoted content]

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 12:00
According to the EAACI Anaphylaxis Guidelines 2021, “anaphylaxis is a life-threatening reaction characterised by the acute onset of symptoms involving different organ systems and requiring immediate medical intervention”. Marcia Podestà is President of Food Allergy Italia. The World Allergy Organization...
Categories: European Union

EU digital wallet pilot project kicks off in Paris

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 09:55
The POTENTIAL consortium headed by France and Germany has begun work on the European Digital Identity wallet, with deployment excepted by 2025, it was announced at the launch event in Paris on Monday (10 July). 
Categories: European Union

EU Council pushes for ‘minimum harmonisation’ in draft telecom law

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 09:49
The Council of the EU discusses a telecom EU regulation that aims at fostering gigabit infrastructure deployment across the EU. Member States seem to accept the binding instrument of a regulation, at the condition that it respects "minimum harmonisation".
Categories: European Union

China’s foreign minister, not seen in weeks, to miss ASEAN

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 08:12
China's foreign minister Qin Gang will not attend a diplomatic gathering in Indonesia as expected this week, sources familiar with the matter said, extending an unexplained public absence that has lasted for more than two weeks.
Categories: European Union

Wagner reached nuclear base to ‘raise stakes’ in mutiny: Ukraine spy chief

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:50
In an exclusive interview, Ukraine's head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, said that the Wagner fighters reached a nuclear base and that their intention was to acquire small Soviet-era nuclear devices in order to "raise the stakes" in their mutiny.
Categories: European Union

Michel ‘re-energises’ Turkey’s EU future, contradicts Commission

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:43
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Austria calling for solidarity with EU states affected by migration, social media being blamed for language loss in Albania and other European countries, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Michel ‘re-energises’ Turkey’s EU future, contradicts Commission

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:35
In a “puzzling” meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, EU Council chief Charles Michel vowed to “re-energise” Turkey’s EU future, although a couple of hours before, the European Commission in Brussels rejected Ankara’s request to unfreeze EU accession talks...
Categories: European Union

US should reach minerals deal with EU this year, official says

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:28
The United States is "well positioned" to reach a deal with the European Union before the end of 2023 to allow critical minerals mined or processed in Europe to qualify for US clean vehicle tax breaks, a senior US treasury official said on Monday (10 July).
Categories: European Union

61,000 Europeans may have died in last summer’s heatwaves, experts say

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:18
As many as 61,000 people may have died in Europe's sweltering heatwaves last summer, according to new research, suggesting countries' heat preparedness efforts are falling fatally short.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s SPD backs Slovak Hlas joining EU socialists

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:16
Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) will support Hlas’ membership bid to join the Party of European Socialists (PES), said SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil, adding that Smer will face the consequences if it cooperates with the far-right. Klingbeil met Hlas leader...
Categories: European Union

Albanian corruption court asks parliament to lift ex-deputy PMs immunity

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:14
Albania’s Special Court Against Organised Crime and Corruption (SPAK) has asked parliament for authorisation to arrest former deputy prime minister Arben Ahmetaj over a range of corruption-related charges. Ahmetaj is currently under investigation by the prosecutor concerning the controversial incinerator...
Categories: European Union

Social media blamed for language loss in Albania, other European countries

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:13
Albanian language skills are falling amongst youth, according to the results of the annual state matura exam, but this phenomenon, blamed by some on social media, is also occurring throughout Europe. Official data published by local education institutions found that...
Categories: European Union

Bosnian Serb entity declares emergency over African swine fever

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:12
The Republika Srpska government, one of the two autonomous entities of post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina, declared a state of emergency in an entire northeastern region to contain the spreading of African swine fever on Monday. Agriculture Minister Savo Minic told Nezavisne Novine...
Categories: European Union

Human rights chief demands official remembrance day for Srebrenica genocide

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:11
It is high time to recognise 11 July as an official International Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Srebrenica Genocide, said the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic. The massacre occurred over around a month...
Categories: European Union

Podgorica, Belgrade stumble over Kosovo recognition, pledge increased trust

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:09
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, agreed to disagree over Podgorica’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence, but both leaders showed willingness to increase trust and the strength of the relationship in the future. Vučić pointed out...
Categories: European Union

Slovenia downsizes Recovery and Resilience Plan amid delays

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:07
The government has scaled back the national Recovery and Resilience Plan by scrapping several projects that would not have been completed by the mid-2026 deadline amidst warnings from the EU Commission that delays are becoming very risky. Finance Minister Klemen...
Categories: European Union

Most Poles fear immigration: poll

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:01
Over half of Poles fear increasing immigration to Poland, with men and the voters of the conservative ruling camp being the most worried, a recent poll conducted by the IBRiS institute for private Radio Zet broadcaster found. Poland and Hungary...
Categories: European Union

Just Transition: A New Social Contract for Wellbeing of People and Planet [Promoted content]

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 07:00
European civil society organisations, think tanks and other stakeholders call on EU and national level decisionmakers to show bold and forward-thinking political leadership by prioritising the promotion of climate action and social justice as one coherent and mutually reinforcing agenda.
Categories: European Union

Rutte’s party accused of ‘tanking coalition’ for political gain

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 06:53
VVD (Renew), the party of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte allegedly tanked the coalition to make the upcoming elections about migration, some Dutch MEPs said during a parliamentary debate on Monday, while others accused VVD of hypocrisy. The Dutch cabinet...
Categories: European Union

Belgian government agrees on pension reform to receive EU recovery funds

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 06:52
The Belgian government agreed on pension reform on Monday, paving the way for the long-awaited release of part of the EU recovery funds the European Commission had tied to the reform. On Monday, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD/Renew...
Categories: European Union

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