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Trans-Europe Express – Land of My Poor Fathers

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 11:53
Wales voted to leave the EU just like England did but spare a thought for a country that will be most hard hit by Brexit. The green, green grass of home is starting to turn brown.
Categories: European Union

Tweets of the Week: Davos, Elmar Brok, and the 10 year challenge

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 11:00
This week Davos bling continues to shock, fingers are pointed at Elmar Brok, and 10 years meme makes us all take stock. This episode is supported by FleishmanHillard.
Categories: European Union

Discover the passion of the flavour industry with our #Flavour Ambassadors [Promoted content]

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:57
Do you want to learn more about the flavours in your favourite food? Discover it now first hand with our #Flavour Ambassadors, what inspire these professionals, how is their day to day work and how do they meet consumer’s expectations.
Categories: European Union

Despite storms, Salvini warns NGO rescue ship not to approach

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:55
Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday (24 January) insisted the country's ports were closed to migrants, as a ship carrying 47 people rescued at sea headed for Sicily in deteriorating weather.
Categories: European Union

Dutch government seeks emergency Brexit powers, MPs resist

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:32
Dutch lawmakers on Thursday (24 January) grilled a top minister on a controversial bill granting Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government emergency powers to counteract any unforseen post-Brexit effects. 
Categories: European Union

Brussels city warned over ‘disproportionate’ rules for Airbnb

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:30
The city of Brussels could be taken to court over its strict home sharing rules after the European Commission on Thursday (24 January) said such rules are disproportionate, in a move hailed by US home-renting company Airbnb.
Categories: European Union

EU agriculture Commissioner ‘surprised’ by gene editing court ruling

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:29
The European governments have to decide whether science or politics are applied when it comes to issues such as new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs), EU's Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan said.
Categories: European Union

In Brussels, students skip school for mass global warming protest

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:27
Thousands of Belgian school children skipped classes on Thursday (24 January) to flood Brussels in an unprecedented protest against global warming and pollution, vowing to miss school once a week until the government takes action.
Categories: European Union

BBC eyeing post-Brexit base in Brussels or Amsterdam

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:11
British public broadcaster the BBC could open a major new European office after Brexit, perhaps in Brussels or Amsterdam, a Belgian official told AFP on Thursday (24 January).
Categories: European Union

Trump’s privacy ombudsman nomination ‘is not a concession’, says EU

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:05
The EU's Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, responded on Thursday (24 January) to US President Trump's recent nomination of an ombudsperson to oversee the EU-US privacy shield agreement, saying that the announcement came "later than expected."   
Categories: European Union

Russia, Turkey back Venezuela’s Maduro, while West turns up heat

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 08:00
Russia accused the United States on Thursday (24 January) of trying to usurp power in Venezuela and warned against military intervention, putting it at odds with Washington and the EU which backed protests against one of Moscow’s closest allies.
Categories: European Union

Green tech expert: ‘Car ownership is nonsense’

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 07:51
The sharing economy can kill two birds with one stone by lowering the cost of green technologies and reducing polluting emissions, cleantech expert Radoslav Mizera told EURACTIV Slovakia.
Categories: European Union

US offers to hold arms control talks with Russia

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 07:48
The United States has offered to hold arm control talks with Russia during a United Nations meeting in Beijing next week that would almost certainly cover a long-running feud over a Cold War-era treaty, a senior State Department official said on Thursday (24 January).
Categories: European Union

Russia uses gas as a lever for annexation, says Ukraine official

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 07:48
Russia has no interest in finding a compromise in the EU-mediated Ukraine gas transit talks and is using energy as a lever to weaken Kyiv in a bid to further the country's annexation, a top official of Ukraine's biggest utility, Naftogaz, told EURACTIV.com.
Categories: European Union

Paper, the forgotten forest destroyer

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 07:48
As the world awakes to the threat posed by palm oil and soy to our forests, it’s in danger of overlooking how paper and packaging drives industrial logging, mis-shapes millions of hectares of forest landscapes and creates monoculture plantations, writes Sini Eräjää.
Categories: European Union

Soros urges Trump to maintain pressure on China’s Xi

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 07:40
Investor and philanthropist George Soros said late on Thursday (24 January) that US President Donald Trump should focus on tackling China, whose President Xi Jinping is “the most dangerous enemy”, and recommended a “crack down” on its tech giants  ZTE and Huawei.
Categories: European Union

Greek police fire teargas at Macedonia name protesters, MPs queue to speak before vote

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 07:36
Greek police fired teargas to disperse crowds gathered outside parliament on Thursday (24 January) to protest against a deal over the name of neighbouring Macedonia, as an at times angry parliamentary debate spilled into a third day.
Categories: European Union

Formula One outpaces EU rule changes, for now

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 07:27
Motorsports like Formula One should not be included under the EU’s updated insurance rules, according to members of the European Parliament, avoiding the need to treat on-track crashes like any other road traffic accident.
Categories: European Union

To help save the Yemen Peace Deal, the international community needs to act now

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 06:42
The EU should lead the international community in ensuring that the Yemen Peace Deal is not allowed to collapse, argues Mohammed Issa Abushahab. H.E. Ambassador Mohammed Issa Abushahab, is the UAE’s Ambassador to the EU. The adoption of the Stockholm...
Categories: European Union

Ukraine sentences ex-leader Yanukovych in absentia for treason

Thu, 01/24/2019 - 17:39
A Ukrainian court on Thursday (24 January) found ex-president Viktor Yanukovych guilty of high treason and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison for asking Russia's Vladimir Putin to send troops to Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

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