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China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania over Taiwan

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:11
China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday (21 November), expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Baltic State after Taiwan opened a de facto embassy there, escalating a row that has sucked in Washington.
Categories: European Union

Circulation à Genève: Une inondation a perturbé le carrefour de l’Étoile

24heures.ch - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:11
La police recommande de faire un grand détour afin d’éviter le secteur Praille-Acacias. Les lignes de tram sont rétablies mais les bus connaissent d’importants retards.
Categories: Swiss News

Bosniak part leader in BiH: HDZ will get nothing on electoral law if no compromise

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:11
“If HDZ is not ready to compromise, then it will not get anything,” said Bakir Izetbegović, president of the biggest Bosniak party SDA, about the changes to the constitution and electoral law. Izetbegović also pointed to the alleged efforts of...
Categories: European Union

Too early to 'de-escalate' Belarus crisis, says EU official

Euobserver.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:11
EU senior officials say Belarus needs to do much more than move migrants and asylum seekers into a shelter. They want UN aid agencies to have unhindered access to people stranded in Belarus. Poland is still refusing any humanitarian aid.
Categories: European Union

Experts warn MEPs on tracking ads: 'Don't be fooled'

Euobserver.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:10
EU lawmakers have agreed not to ban tracking-based advertising, after a lobby campaign. But experts have warned MEPs these techniques pose a risk for users' privacy rights and the EU's digital sovereignty.
Categories: European Union

[Investigation] How EU Green Deal fosters overfishing in West Africa

Euobserver.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:10
The fishmeal industry in recent years has been growing fast in West Africa, in Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and the Gambia. But that creates problems, with a proliferation of fishmeal factories leading to a "serious overfishing situation."
Categories: European Union

[Agenda] MEPs focus on Belarus, digital rules This WEEK

Euobserver.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:09
The debate over a successor for David Sassoli, the centre-left Italian president of the European Parliament will heat up, and Belarusian democratic opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will address the plenary.
Categories: European Union

[Opinion] EU's Arctic policy is not 'convenience' but necessity

Euobserver.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:09
Climate change, economic opportunities and geopolitics make European and German attention to the 'High North' a political necessity, writes the EU's special envoy for Arctic matters.
Categories: European Union

Spain eyes EU Solidarity Fund for La Palma volcano damage

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:08
Spain will formally ask the European Commission to activate the EU Solidarity Fund to obtain extra resources to repair the damage caused by the volcanic eruption on La Palma island, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday. EURACTIV’s partner EFE...
Categories: European Union

CoE asks Belgrade to stop glorifying war criminals

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:08
The Serbian government must take action against the glorification of crimes against humanity and instantly remove the mural of war crimes convict Ratko Mladic, according to rapporteurs from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The calls come after the mural...
Categories: European Union

Slovenia opts for fresh round of stimulus measures

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:06
The government has proposed additional aid for businesses and the most vulnerable to shield them from rising prices as the country grapples with the worst pandemic wave so far. The self-employed and farmers will be partly compensated for income lost...
Categories: European Union

Journalist attacked during anti-vaxxer protest in Zagreb

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:04
RTL television reporter Goran Latković was attacked during a protest against mandatory COVID-19 certificates in Zagreb on Saturday while covering the event. The Croatian Journalists Association (HND) said in a statement that, according to Latković’s account, two unidentified persons attacked...
Categories: European Union

The review of the general pharmaceutical legislation: an opportunity that should not be missed? [Promoted content]

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:00
This year, the end of December will not only mark the Holiday rush - at least for the healthcare policy specialists. Instead of rushing to the Christmas markets, most of them will be busy finalising their contributions to the revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation.
Categories: European Union

Nyugaton és keleten is figyelmeztetést adtak ki a köd miatt

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 07:00
Elsőfokú riasztást adott ki 9:00 óráig a köd előfordulásának veszélye (50-200 m látótávolság) miatt a Szlovák Hidrometeorológiai Intézet (SHMÚ) az országnak főleg a délnyugati részére, valamint több keleti járásra is. Óvatosan közlekedjenek az útrakelők!!!

Romania close to having a new government

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:57
The new governing coalition is ready, all it needs is the president’s blessing and a prime minister. The centre-right parties PNL and UDMR have reached an agreement with the socialist PSD to form the new government, but the prime minister’s...
Categories: European Union

Slovak PM Heger pushes for mandatory vaccination amid collapsing healthcare

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:53
“For me, mandatory vaccination for people over 65 or 60 would be ideal. It depends on the experts. I think that even 50+ would make sense, but let us wait what the experts say,” said Prime Minister Eduard Heger, with...
Categories: European Union

EU urges ‘big move’ from Britain to break post-Brexit stalemate

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:52
European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič urged Britain on Sunday (21 November) to make a "big move" to break months of deadlock over post-Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland that has threatened a trade war.
Categories: European Union

Greek PM Mitsotakis repeats call for return of Parthenon marbles

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:49
Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has asked once again for the return of the Parthenon marbles in an article published in the Daily Mail on Sunday. ​“​Only a handful of Britain’s past Prime Ministers have studied classics at university. Fewer still would...
Categories: European Union

Finnish startup leads way in producing food without use of land, livestock

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:47
Solar Foods, a startup born in 2017 out of the research project by VTT Technical Research Centre and LUT University in Eastern Finland, has come up with a method to produce sustainable and pure single-cell protein from carbon dioxide and...
Categories: European Union

Tractor convoy protests against CAP in Dublin

Euractiv.com - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:41
Farmers from across Ireland gathered on Sunday to protest against the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), arriving in the capital in a fleet of tractors. The CAP is nearing the end of its legislative journey at EU level, but many...
Categories: European Union

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