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Im US-Bundesstaat Nevada kann sich ein Mädchen mit ihrem Hund kaum vor einem aggressiven Pitbull verteidigen. Mutig schreitet eine Amazon-Lieferantin ein, um die beiden zu retten.

EU members approved a negotiating position on a draft directive on the resilience of critical entities for talks with the European Parliament on Monday.  The directive aims at reducing vulnerability and increasing the resilience of critical infrastructure and systems in nine sectors, ranging from energy to health.

With only two weeks to go, the Spanish government is racing to agree with the main trade unions and the largest employers’ association on the controversial labour market reform, as agreed with the European Commission, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. The...

While the voices of rural young people are often not heard by European decision-makers, the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) should be an opportunity for them to have a say on their future if we have learnt anything from Brexit, according to Daniel Grist from the NGO Rural Youth Europe.

Athens is in favour of formally starting talks with North Macedonia and Albania to enter the EU as soon as possible, subject to their meeting membership criteria, said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his visit to Sofia, AP reports. “We...

Labour Minister Josip Aladrović said that the main topic discussed by the Economic and Social Council (GSV) was the labour market and the shortage of skilled labour, noting that greater shocks were expected on the demand side. “Next year, when...

Arról, hogy miként nézzen ki az Európai Unió a jövőben, valójában a tagországok parlamenti választásain döntünk, illetve kisebb mértékben az európai parlamenti választásokon, nem pedig az Európa jövőjéről szóló konferencián (CoFoE).

Romania’s government adopted its proposal for next year’s budget on Monday, and parliament plans to adopt it before the Christmas break but the rapid procedure was criticised by civil society. PNL and PSD, the two main parties that formed the...

Residents in Morave and Kucova in Albania have been protesting against plans to expand a NATO airfield onto their land, claiming the government compensation offered is far below the market rate. Albania joined NATO in 2009, and now plans are underway to...

Several hundred protestors gathered on Tirana’s main boulevard on Monday evening and set fire to a Serbian flag to protest against the Open Balkan initiative on the day the three leaders involved met in Albania. The protest was organised by...

Prime Minister Mario Draghi and new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed the national recovery and resilience plans as an EU-coordinated strategy to save member states from the pandemic’s effects when they met in Rome as part of an official visit....

As Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson called on Swedes to prepare for new restrictions as the situation in the country is “deteriorating”, the parliamentary Ombudsman said further restrictions would threaten the rights of the unvaccinated. “We see that the situation is...

To reach carbon neutrality by all possible means, the environment ministry is currently examining whether tax incentives could encourage women to purchase electric cars. One-fifth of emissions in Finland are caused by transport, of which 53% comes from passenger cars....

The latest round of COVID-19 restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the Omicron variant has come into effect in Ireland, with all restaurants, bars, cafes having to close at 8pm and indoor events banned after that time as of...

Czech green NGOs are calling on the new government to revise the draft of the national strategic plan for agriculture due to be submitted to the European Commission under the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). “We are asking you to...

President Andrzej Duda met with his counterparts Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Gitanas Nausėda at the first leaders’ summit of the Lublin Triangle, a new economic, cultural and political alliance between Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania, known as L3. Monday’s talks between the...

France’s national health authority has given the green light to extend COVID-19 vaccination to all children aged 5-11, according to its opinion published Monday. This can be done “as soon as the paediatric formulation of Pfizer’s Comirnaty® vaccine is available”,...

Slovakia’s healthcare surveillance authority has begun investigating a group of high-profile doctors for spreading dangerous COVID-19 related disinformation which could lead to them losing their medical licences. “It is unacceptable for a doctor to question the existence of COVID-19, to...

Austrian parliament has extended lockdown for the unvaccinated by another ten days, according to the parliament press office. The measures have been effective so far, said officials. The three-week-long general lockdown, as well as the last ten days of lockdowns...

Wegen der Covid-Pandemie wurde bereits das WEF 2021 abgesagt, nun findet auch das für Januar 2022 geplante Jahrestreffen nicht statt. Das ist auch für die Organisatoren von informellen Treffen hart.