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EU takes Germany to court for failing to protect nature
The European Commission is taking Germany to the European Court of Justice for violating nature and conservation laws. The EU has long warned Germany that its efforts to protect nature…
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Microsoft teams up with EU publishers on news payments
Brussels — Microsoft and European media groups on Monday urged EU regulators to require online platforms to seek arbitration in disagreements over how to share revenues with news publishers, a…
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Myanmar: EU threatens sanctions against military junta
The European Union is poised to impose sanctions against the military leaders in Myanmar, according to a joint statement released after EU foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday. The…
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EU prepares measures against Myanmar coup leaders
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers on Monday tasked the bloc’s top diplomat and its executive wing with drawing up a series of measures to target those responsible for the…
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Microsoft, EU publishers seek Australia-style news payments
LONDON (AP) — Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make big tech platforms pay for news, raising the stakes in the brewing battle…
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Discours du commissaire Breton à la conférence de presse sur le plan d’action sur les synergies entre les industries civile, spatiale et de la défense
European Commission Discours Brussels, 22 Feb 2021 Merci Margrethe. Aujourd'hui, nous présentons donc un plan d'action pour accroitre les synergies entre le civil, l'espace et la défense. C'é...
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EU adds 19 Venezuelan officials to sanctions blacklist
The Council today added 19 leading Venezuelan officials to the list of those subject to restrictive measures, due to their role in acts and decisions undermining democracy and the rule of law…
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EU envisages €1 billion aid to Ivory Coast to meet sustainable cocoa laws
The European Union envisages providing around one billion euros over six years to aid Ivory Coast’s cocoa sector as it adapts to EU supply chain laws due to be introduced…
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Speech by Executive Vice-President Vestager at the press conference on the Action Plan on synergies between civil, defence and space industries
European Commission Speech Brussels, 22 Feb 2021 Today we have adopted our first ever action plan on synergies between civil, defence and space industries. As the global race for technological…
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Political debate on migration & integration with Vice-President Schinas and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
European Commission Brussels, 25 Feb 2021 Vice-President Schinas participates via videoconference to a political debate on migration & integration with the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)