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European Council Summit Discusses Fight Against COVID-19

Thursday was dedicated to COVID-19 and revolved around the sluggish vaccination campaign and the ways to jumpstart it, while on Friday the council will discuss the the issues of defense and cooperation with the...

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister to Take Part in Video Conference of European Council

 On Thursday and Friday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is participating in a video conference of the members of the European Council, the government press office announced. The main topics on the agenda will be the...

Trade wars slash Kentucky bourbon exports by 35%, exports to European Union plunge almost 50%

Tariffs imposed on U.S. spirits as a result of unrelated trade disputes slashed exports of Kentucky Bourbon by 35% in 2020, with shipments to the European Union tumbling by nearly 50%, the Kentucky Distillers’...

Warsaw claims to have the tallest skyscraper in the European Union

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European Union adds 19 senior Venezuelan officials to its list of sanctions

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Study: European unions’ support varies for precarious workers

In many cases, unions in Europe have helped nonunionized workers whose jobs are precarious, according to new Cornell research. In “Dualism or Solidarity? Conditions for Union Success in Regulating Precarious Work,” published in December in the European …

Press Release: Greater efforts needed to equip all Europeans with basic digital skills

In today’s world, digital skills are increasingly important. However, within the EU, little progress has been made in recent years in improving basic digital competence among adult Europeans. The Commission has issued guidance and...

European Union Presses Zimbabwe to End Rights Abuses

The European Union is ratcheting up pressure on Zimbabwe over the lack of substantial reforms that has allowed for the humanitarian, economic, and social situation in the country to deteriorate, with persistent violations of...

Bulgaria Ranks 8th in EU in Electricity Generated by NPP

Nuclear power plants in the EU produced about 26% of the total electricity generated in the Union in 2019, according to data from the specialized Eurostat survey. Thirteen Member States, including Bulgaria, operated a total...

EU countries battling lack of resources for food controls

Many European countries are struggling to perform all their planned checks on businesses because of resource issues, according to a report. The analysis covers national and EU Commission controls during 2017 and 2018 on food...

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 under the Flora-Fauna-Habitats Directive were...

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 sticking point in the...

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 statement came as protesters in...

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 military coup in Myanmar,...

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 led by Australia to...

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...

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'&eacute...

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 in the country, or...

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 later this year, its...

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 leadership is ac...

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)

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 actors can support the...

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 decision on Friday concluding that...

India, EU express hope to forge host of bilateral cooperation arrangements

India and the European Union (EU) on Friday expressed hope to forge a host of bilateral cooperation arrangements with a view to boost bilateral trade. At a bilateral meeting with the EU, India shared...
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