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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)
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Tajikistan and European Union hold Cooperation Council meeting
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Testimony on Afghanistan to the European Parliament
In testimony to the European Parliament about efforts to end the war in Afghanistan, Crisis Group expert Andrew Watkins describes the current scale of fighting, Taliban policies and how outside…
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Brussels says EU-UK data flows are safe to continue post-Brexit
Brussels has given an initial green light for personal data to continue to flow between the UK and the EU in the post-Brexit era. The European Commission published a draft…