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As Europe eyes cultivated meat, funding concerns for alternative protein sector loom large

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 16:12
As the European Union prepares to assess the first application to sell cultivated meat across the 27-member bloc, companies in the alternative protein sector grapple with the challenge of securing the investment needed to scale up production.
Categories: European Union

Free trade advocates waver between hope and pessimism over upcoming EU agenda

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 15:39
German exporters are vacillating between hope and pessimism over the prospects of the EU striking new trade deals during the European Commission's upcoming five-year mandate, with the country's top export-driven sectors warning that the bloc must change its approach towards global partners or risks being left behind.
Categories: European Union

EU Parliament’s Jaume Duch becomes minister in Catalonia’s new government; details of Puigdemont’s flight revealed 

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 11:53
The European Parliament's spokesman, Jaume Duch, will be the new regional minister for the European Union and external action in the newly formed progressive Catalan government, sources told Euractiv's partner EFE.
Categories: European Union

German Greens urge von der Leyen to stop Germany’s border checks 

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 11:48
German Green politicians have published an open letter to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling for the EU to stop German border checks, which they see as a violation of the Schengen area.
Categories: European Union

X hit with nine data protection complaints after announcing it will partially suspend data processing for AI training

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 08:37
X was hit with eight data protection complaints across Europe on Monday, just days after it said it will suspend the processing of some EU users' personal data for AI training.
Categories: European Union

No sign of elevated radiation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant despite fire

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 07:11
Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of starting a fire on the grounds of Europe's largest and now Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Sunday (11 August), with both sides reporting no sign of elevated radiation.
Categories: European Union

Vučić says Russia warned him of planned coup in Serbia

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 06:51
Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade on Saturday (10 August) demanding a halt to Rio Tinto's lithium project in Western Serbia over fears it could pollute nearby land and water.
Categories: European Union

Kursk attack will pressure Russia and ‘restore justice,’ Zelenskyy says

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 06:31
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had launched an incursion into Russian territory to "restore justice" and pressure Moscow's forces, in his first acknowledgement of Kyiv's surprise offensive into the western Kursk region.
Categories: European Union

Tom Cruise hands Olympic flag to LA, closing Paris Games

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 06:21
Movie star Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of France's national stadium and received the Olympic flag on Sunday (11 August), bringing a heavy dose of Hollywood to the closing ceremony of the Paris Games.
Categories: European Union

People flee wildfire near Athens as it spreads ‘like lightning’

Mon, 12/08/2024 - 06:02
Residents fled their homes on Sunday (11 August) as a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather burned trees, houses and cars and sent smoke clouds over the Greek capital.
Categories: European Union

Belarus boosts troops at border after accusing Ukraine of airspace violation

Sun, 11/08/2024 - 07:33
Belarus sent more troops to reinforce its border with Ukraine on Saturday (10 August), saying Ukrainian drones had violated its airspace in the course of Kyiv's military incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
Categories: European Union

Trump campaign says it was hacked, blames Iran

Sun, 11/08/2024 - 07:21
Donald Trump's US presidential campaign said on Saturday (10 August) some of its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government, citing past hostilities between Trump and Iran without providing direct evidence.
Categories: European Union

Zelenskyy suggests moves towards banning Orthodox church with Moscow ties

Sun, 11/08/2024 - 07:04
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to "strengthen our Ukrainian spiritual independence", suggesting that the country's leadership was moving towards banning the branch of the Orthodox Church that has links to Moscow.
Categories: European Union

Israel faces anger over Gaza school strike rescuers say killed 93

Sun, 11/08/2024 - 06:51
Rescuers in Gaza said an Israeli air strike on a religious school housing displaced Palestinians killed 93 people on Saturday (10 August), sparking international condemnation despite Israel's insistence that it was targeting militants.
Categories: European Union

Russia reinforces Kursk region, evacuates civilians following shock Ukrainian incursion

Sat, 10/08/2024 - 07:17
Russia moved extra tanks, artillery and rocket systems to its southern Kursk region and imposed “anti-terrorism” measures in border areas as it battled a shock incursion by Ukraine's military.
Categories: European Union

Iran to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia soon, intel sources say

Sat, 10/08/2024 - 06:52
Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 ballistic missile system, European intelligence sources said, adding that they expected the delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

Britain readies huge police response to head off further riots this weekend

Sat, 10/08/2024 - 06:40
Britain has readied a huge police response in case of further racist rioting this weekend and the government said it is considering tougher regulations for social media companies following unrest driven by online misinformation.
Categories: European Union

Swedish ambassador expelled from Mali over ‘hostile’ comment

Sat, 10/08/2024 - 06:24
Sweden's ambassador to Bamako, Kristina Kuhnel, has been ordered to leave the West African Sahel nation within 72 hours, Mali's foreign ministry said on Friday (9 August), because of what it called a "hostile" statement by a Swedish minister.
Categories: European Union

Russian oligarch under fire for rare anti-war comments

Sat, 10/08/2024 - 06:13
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska came under attack from supporters of the war in Ukraine on Friday (9 August) after making a rare anti-war statement in which he described the conflict as "mad" and called for a ceasefire without pre-conditions.
Categories: European Union

Western countries announce fresh Belarus sanctions to mark ‘flawed’ 2020 election

Sat, 10/08/2024 - 06:04
The United States, Britain and Canada unveiled sweeping sanctions against Belarus on Friday (9 August) to mark the fourth anniversary of a contested presidential election that returned strongman President Alexander Lukashenko to power.
Categories: European Union

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