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SARAJEVO – Bosnia’s embassy in Israel won’t be moved to Jerusalem

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:25
A Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, said on Monday he would submit a request to the Presidency that Bosnia’s embassy in Israel be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He was quickly contradicted by...
Categories: European Union

BELGRADE – White House deal not legally binding

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:25
The document signed by President Aleksandar Vučić at the White House last week is not legally binding as it was not an international treaty to be ratified by the Serbian institutions, according to former Serbian ambassador to Russia, Jelica Kurjak....
Categories: European Union

BELGRADE-PRISTINA – ‘Full progress’ in Serbia-Kosovo negotiations

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:23
EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajčak said in Brussels on Monday (7 September) that “full progress” had been made in negotiations between the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo on topics opened earlier in the dialogue under the...
Categories: European Union

BUCHAREST – Pension dispute

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:23
Romania’s socialist party PSD is pushing for a 40% pension increase, despite the government’s opposition to such a massive rise with a ballooning budget deficit. The labour commissions in the Romanian Parliament amended the budget revision law that specifies the...
Categories: European Union

SOFIA – Chaos on the gas market

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:22
EURACTIV Bulgaria published on Monday exclusive news about impending chaos on the country’s gas market. This time, the reason doesn’t lie with the main supplier, Russia – it is self-inflicted. Without an apparent reason, energy minister Temenuzhka Petkova asked the...
Categories: European Union

ZAGREB – COVID-19 school year

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:21
Schools officially started on Monday across Croatia, with 460,000 students enrolled in institutions, which are implementing epidemiological measures imposed by the Croatian Institute of Public Health. Courses will either be held completely in classrooms under the so-called “A Model”, or...
Categories: European Union

ATHENS / NICOSIA – Greeks meet with Macron, Michel

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:21
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Corsica on Thursday (10 September), on the sidelines of a meeting of Europe’s southern countries. Moreover, EU Council chief Charles Michel will visit Athens on 15 September. Michel recently...
Categories: European Union

MADRID – Spain’s COVID-19 cases pass 500,000-mark

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:20
Spain became the first EU country to confirm more than half a million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, putting it in ninth place globally, behind Mexico and South Africa, EFE reported. The country passed the grisly milestone...
Categories: European Union

Mbappé is koronavírusos

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:20
Kylian Mbappé, a francia labdarúgó-válogatott támadója is elkapta a koronavírust – jelentette be közleményben a francia szövetség.

ROME – First Italian schools reopen

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:19
School started on Monday (7 September) in the province of Bolzano and other regions in Italy. But while 8.5 million students are bracing for a return to school after six months of shutdown, central and regional authorities keep fighting over...
Categories: European Union

PARIS – Macron condemns Beijing’s repression against Uighurs

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:18
In response to a letter co-signed by about 30 French MPs, French President Emmanuel Macron said the repression against the Uighur Muslim minority in China was “unacceptable” and France would condemn it “in the strongest possible terms”. Read also: The...
Categories: European Union

HELSINKI – Finland might reconsider Nord Stream 2

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:18
The Navalny poisoning and its aftermath are making Finland cast doubt about the completion and future of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, particularly as Germany is now considering whether to withdraw its support. Under the new circumstances, Finland may have...
Categories: European Union

EU-Außenbeauftragter fordert „sofortige Freilassung“ von Oppositionellen in Belarus

Euractiv.de - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:10
Die Europäische Union erwarte "die sofortige Freilassung aller Personen, die vor und nach den gefälschten Präsidentschaftswahlen am 9. August aus politischen Gründen inhaftiert wurden", erklärte Borrell am Montag.
Categories: Europäische Union

Rendkívüli helyzet 181. nap: Krajčí után Krajniak is karanténba került

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:10
Marek Krajčí (OĽANO) egészségügyi miniszter után Milan Krajniak (Sme rodina) munka-, szociális és családügyi miniszter is karanténba került. Pozitív volt a szenci magán alapiskola egyik tanulójának koronavírus-tesztje.

Studie: Jeder achte Todesfall in EU steht in Verbindung mit Umweltverschmutzung

Euractiv.de - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:06
Umweltverschmutzung wird insbesondere mit Krebserkrankungen sowie Erkrankungen des Herzkreislaufsystems und der Atemwege in Verbindung gebracht. Die EU-Umweltagentur betonte, dass Todesfälle durch diese Krankheiten mittels der Beseitigung von "Umweltrisiken" verhindert werden könnten.
Categories: Europäische Union

How to realise our hydrogen economy (instead of dreaming about it)

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:00
Considering the limited amount of green hydrogen available, the European Commission should prioritise its use in sectors that cannot decarbonise through other means like electrification, write Miriam Dalli and Mohammed Chahim.
Categories: European Union

In EU, 1 in 8 deaths linked to pollution: report

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:00
In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday (8 September) by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight.
Categories: European Union

Au Maroc, des pourparlers pour «maintenir le cessez-le-feu» en Libye

CRIDEM (Mauritanie) - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:00
RFI Afrique - Les discussions inter-libyennes lancées ce dimanche 6 septembre à Bouznika au Maroc se sont poursuivies ce lundi. Initiée entre...
Categories: Afrique

Why a deal on energy could break the Brexit logjam

Euractiv.com - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 07:55
The window for a post-Brexit trade deal is closing fast but the basics are already in place for an agreement on the energy sector, and mutual benefits would be huge, writes Michael Grubb.
Categories: European Union

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