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Romania ready to step up vaccination rate as interest fades

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:20
Romania is close to reaching a vaccination capacity of 100,000 people per day, as it launched the first mobile vaccination units on Wednesday with the aim to reduce waiting times. However, fewer people than initially estimated intend to get the...
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian MPs ask Borissov if foreign secret services involved in blasts in military plants

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:19
MPs of the Democratic Bulgaria coalition have asked Prime Minister Boyko Borissov if Bulgarian special services have intelligence on whether foreign special services were involved in explosions in military factories in Bulgaria in the last 10 years. The question was...
Categories: European Union

Over 20,000 sign petition to support Slovak farmers

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:18
More than 20,000 people signed a Slovak petition calling for the “greening” of the agriculture sector, which was delivered to Agriculture Minister Ján Mičovský on Wednesday. The petition organised by environmental group SOS/Birdlife Slovakia calls for more support for farmers...
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Australia says it cancelled state deals on China’s Belt and Road over ‘national interest’

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:15
Australia said a decision to cancel two accords between Victoria state and China on the Belt and Road Initiative was taken to ensure consistency in foreign relations and was not aimed at any country.
Categories: European Union

Estonia ready to grant Navalny asylum

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:14
Estonia is “seriously” considering granting Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny asylum in case he is either banished or voluntarily leaves Russia, Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said on Tuesday. The anti-corruption campaigner, who is on hunger strike...
Categories: European Union

Commissioner: EU institutions to speak with ‘one voice’ at Future of Europe conference

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:08
European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica has underlined that the three European institutions - Parliament, Council and Commission - will speak with "one voice" through the Conference on the Future of Europe.
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Biden expected to recognize massacre of Armenians as genocide

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:02
US President Joe Biden is expected to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, a move likely to infuriate Turkey.
Categories: European Union

Greece reopens restaurants and cafés in early May

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:01
After the Greek hospitality sector was closed for almost 6 months, the government plans to reopen cafés and restaurants at the beginning of May to gradually return to normality. The decision is connected with the gradual opening of tourism on...
Categories: European Union

Italian football clubs copy the English, abandon Super League

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 08:00
After six English abandoned plans to be part of a controversial Super League on Tuesday night, football clubs Juventus, AC Milan and Inter also announced they would abandon ship on Wednesday. Already on Wednesday afternoon, Juventus president and Super League vice-president...
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Brussels says Lithuania should lift working-age to 72

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:55
Lithuania will have to increase its maximum working age to 72 if it wants to maintain its current age dependency ratio – the ratio between the number of working-age people and the population of seniors they need to support –...
Categories: European Union

Ukraine encourages Western allies to kick Russia out of SWIFT

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:43
Ukraine urged Western allies to show they were prepared to punish Moscow with new sanctions, including kicking Russia out of the global SWIFT payments system, to deter the Kremlin from resorting to more military force against Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

No Irish reunification referendum for ‘very long time to come’, says Johnson

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:40
A referendum on the reunification of Ireland would not happen for a “very long time to come,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Northern Ireland’s BBC Spotlight programme. After describing himself as a “proud unionist,” Johnson said he would rather...
Categories: European Union

EU countries ready to start using J&J shot as deliveries resume

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:25
European countries prepared on Wednesday (21 April) to start using Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine and speed up their vaccination campaigns after Europe's drug regulator backed the shot and deliveries started trickling in after a week-long pause.
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The ECB needs political guidance on secondary objectives

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:23
While EU Treaties clearly stipulate that the European Central Bank “shall support the general objectives of the European Union", politicians cannot simply stand by, hoping that it will use its discretionary power to act on them, writes Grégory Claeys.
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Controversial far-right posters ignite Madrid election campaign

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:21
Spain's far-right VOX party has ignited the campaign for Madrid's upcoming regional election with a series of controversial posters taking aim at social benefits received by unaccompanied minors who arrive as migrants. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported.
Categories: European Union

French-Austrian ‘Valneva’ Covid vaccine in last trial stage

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:16
French-Austrian vaccine developer Valneva on Wednesday (21 April) announced that it had launched a Phase 3 trial of its candidate vaccine against Covid-19 -- the last testing stage before seeking regulatory approval.
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Navalny in ‘serious danger’, needs urgent medical evacuation: UN experts

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:08
A group of UN rights experts expressed alarm Wednesday (21 April) at the deteriorating health of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and called for his urgent medical evacuation from Russia.
Categories: European Union

Talking About Sustainable EU Buildings: The Construction Products Regulation [Promoted content]

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 07:00
The ancient story of Babel tells how a shared dream brought people together to build a great new world, with a beautiful city and a monumental tower. Only to find that work was stopped by an inability to communicate.
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EU should make better use of its space assets, auditors say

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 06:59
The European Union has not done enough to capitalise on its €18 billion space programmes, including its Galileo satellite positioning system and Copernicus observation satellites, EU auditors said on Wednesday (21 April).
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French hijab ban risks further excluding Muslim girls from practicing sports

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 06:56
The French Senate's vote this month to amend the country's so-called "separatism" bill aims to ban the wearing of the hijab in sports competitions, which according to many risks further excluding Muslim girls from participating in sports. EURACTIV France reports.
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