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HELSINKI – Border restrictions return

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:08
Due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in Europe, the Finnish government decided on Thursday (24 September) to reinstate travel restrictions that were eased less than a week ago. From next Monday (28 September), Finnish citizens can travel only to six...
Categories: European Union

STOCKHOLM – Stimulating the economy with €3 billion in tax cuts

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:07
Earlier this week, the Swedish coalition government of Social Democrats and the Greens announced a budget for 2021 aimed at kick-starting the economy. Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, the Swedish economy is expected to shrink by 4.6% this year,...
Categories: European Union

VIENNA – Winter tourism rules

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:06
Austria’s government laid out the country’s rules for winter tourism to help preserve the tourist sector in the coming months. While the Christmas markets can open and skiing will be allowed, so-called ‘après-ski’ parties will be banned. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian...
Categories: European Union

BERLIN – Head of Military Intelligence Service to resign

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:06
On Thursday (24 September), Christian Gramm, the president of Germany’s Military Intelligence Service (MAD), was forced to resign. To many, the shake-up doesn’t come as a surprise given the recent criticism over how the agency handled investigations into right-wing extremism...
Categories: European Union

Meeting the 2030 emissions targets: Mission possible?

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:05
Meeting the European Commission’s proposed climate target for 2030 will require a step change in emission reduction – nearly trebling the existing effort – and a considerable ramp up in renewable energy production, write Mike Parr and Gabriel Benchetrit.
Categories: European Union

Cambodia’s textile industry takes EU to court in bid to restore trade perks

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:05
Cambodia's garment manufacturers association has brought up a case against the European Commission at the EU court of justice following the withdrawal of duty-free and quota-free access to the EU market over the summer.
Categories: European Union

EU mission visits Venezuela in run-up to parliamentary vote

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:03
The European Union has sent a mission to Venezuela in the run-up to parliamentary election scheduled for December, the EU said, as the country prepares for a vote that will likely be boycotted by much of the population.
Categories: European Union

Media advisory - Press briefing ahead of the Competitiveness Council (Research and innovation), 29 September 2020

European Council - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:01
Media advisory - Press briefing ahead of the Competitiveness Council (Research and innovation), 29 September 2020.
Categories: European Union

Belarus: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the so-called ‘inauguration’ of Aleksandr Lukashenko

European Council - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:01
The EU issued a declaration stating that the so-called ‘inauguration’ of 23 September 2020 and the new mandate claimed by Aleksandr Lukashenko in Belarus lack any democratic legitimacy.
Categories: European Union

Le tourisme de montagne fait sa transition   

Euractiv.fr - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:00
Face au changement climatique et à l’aspiration grandissante de préserver le patrimoine naturel et culturel, le tourisme de montagne se réinvente. Plusieurs projets soutenus dans la cadre de la Stratégie de l’Union européenne pour la région alpine (SUERA) s’attellent à cette transformation des territoires.
Categories: Union européenne

Le Royaume-Uni affirme sa singularité sur la scène internationale (ou pourquoi il faut prendre Boris Johnson au sérieux)

Euractiv.fr - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:00
Alors que les négociations commerciales engagées avec les différents Etats du monde pour assurer l’après Brexit auraient pu paralyser l’action du pays sur la scène internationale, ces derniers mois ont vu au contraire l’affirmation politique parfois abrupte de Londres, vis-à-vis de l’UE, de la Chine et, dans une moindre mesure, des Etats-Unis.
Categories: Union européenne

Horrorbaleset Budapesten – 1,5 kilométeren át vonszolta a villamos az elütött férfit

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:00
A budapesti villamos másfél kilométeren keresztül vonszolta magával a férfi testét, aki akkor esett a villamos alá, amikor két szerelvény között próbált meg átmászni.

Der Morgen auf Blick TV: Basels Zitterpartie und Prostitutionsverbot

Blick.ch - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 07:59
Der FC Basel gewinnt knapp, St. Gallen scheidet aus und EVP-Politikerin Marianne Streiff will Freier bestrafen.
Categories: Swiss News

Cyprus says committed to reunification talks, but not at gunpoint

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 07:52
Cyprus is committed to reunification talks with estranged Turkish Cypriots but not at gunpoint, its president said on Thursday (24 September) on a dispute which has deepened Greece-Turkey tensions and stymied European Union policy-making on Belarus.
Categories: European Union

Pandémie : l’Union européenne durcit les restrictions, contestations en France

Euractiv.fr - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 07:45
L'Union européenne a appelé ce jeudi 24 septembre les Etats membres à durcir leurs mesures de contrôle "immédiatement" face aux nouveaux foyers d'épidémie de Covid-19, au lendemain de l'annonce de nouvelles restrictions en France qui voit le nombre de contaminations battre des records.
Categories: Union européenne

38 fillért erősödött a forint: 363,17 HUF = 1 euró

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 07:40
MTI: Az euró 363,17 forinton állt röviddel hét óra előtt a csütörtök kora esti 363,55 forint után. A dollár jegyzése 311,86 forintról 311,35 forintra gyengült, a svájci franké pedig 336,59 forintról 335,98 forintra süllyedt.

Banken: Julius Bär verliert im Streit um DDR-Vermögen auch am Bundesgericht

Blick.ch - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 07:38
Im Rechtsstreit um verschollene DDR-Vermögen hat Julius Bär auch vor dem Bundesgericht den Kürzeren gezogen. Die Bank wurde nun endgültig zu einer Zahlung von rund 150 Millionen Franken verurteilt. Der Betrag ist durch eine Rückstellung gedeckt.
Categories: Swiss News

Tweets of the Week: Migration Pact, Council Cancellation, Kent’s Brexit Border

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 07:35
Does anyone know what the Migration Pact meant? European Council cancellation letters are sent, and Brexit means there’ll be a hard border in Kent.
Categories: European Union

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