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Germany partially closes borders, despite EU criticism

Germany partially closed its borders with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol on Sunday over a troubling surge in coronavirus mutations, drawing a swift rebuke from the European Union. A thousand police officers were mobilised...

City of London’s biggest competition post-Brexit will not be EU, says Raab

The UK’s financial services industry will face its biggest post-Brexit competition from Asia and the US, according to foreign secretary Dominic Raab. Raab said EU financial capitals may “nick a bit of business here and there...

Jordan: EIB and the Housing Bank join forces to support SMEs

€100 million of financing to support economic resilience of Jordan Team Europe response to tackle the economic impact of...

European Union Ready To Engage With Biden Administration To Resolve Trade Disputes

The European Union and US both said they looking to resolve a conflict over aircraft manufacturing that has lasted nearly two decades, according to reports. The US Trade Representative’s office plans to refrain from revising...

Uganda chafes at EU criticism over Museveni re-election

A man reads the "Sunday Vision" newspaper whose front page shows a portrait of re-elected President Yoweri Museveni. (Yasuyoshi Chiba, AFP) Uganda's handling of elections last month is back to haunt...

EU urges China to reverse ban on BBC World News TV channel

The European Union on Saturday called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television channel imposed in apparent retaliation for Britain's pulling of the licence of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN. The EU said in a statement that...

EU for lasting solution to Rohingya crisis

President of the European Council Charles Michel has reaffirmed European Union's continued support to Bangladesh for a lasting and peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis. He said this when Ambassador Mahbub Hassan Saleh, the newly-appointed...

UK/EU talks to overcome post Brexit frictions in Northern Ireland; Dublin pleads for calm

UK/EU talks to overcome post Brexit frictions in Northern Ireland; Dublin pleads for calm ...

Stop burning trees for energy, hundreds of scientists tell EU leaders

A group of more than 500 scientists have signed a letter calling on the EU to stop treating the burning of biomass as carbon neutral. They are asking governments around the world, including Europe, to...

IQM Announces EU Consortium to Accelerate the Commercialization of Quantum Computing

ESPOO, Finland, Feb. 12, 2021 — Europe has always been excellent in academic research, but over the past few decades commercializing research projects has been slow compared to international competition. This is starting to change...

Strong EU trade enforcement rules enter into force

European Commission Press release Brussels, 13 Feb 2021 Robust new trade enforcement rules have entered into force that will further strengthen the EU's toolbox in defending its interests.

Industry Groups DEMAND EU To Install More Charging Stations To Keep Up

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association is demanding the EU install more electric vehicle charging stations in a letter co-signed with Transport & Environment and the European Consumer Organization. This marks the hundredth time (rough...

Capital increase for EIF boosts finance for COVID-19 impacted companies and strengthens support for green and digital transformation of the EU economy

The shareholders of the European Investment Fund (EIF) have approved a 64% increase of the EIF’s share capital from €4.5 billion to €7.4 billion.  The EIF’s capital increase will bring substantial additional resources to scale up...

Extension to Ratify Trade and Cooperation Agreement Makes Sense Both for UK and EU, Analyst Says

Dr Richard Wellings, acting research director at the British think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, shared his views with Sputnik on the recent developments in the post-Brexit relations between the UK and the EU.  Sputnik:...

Bulgarian Specialized Prosecutor’s Office Launches Probe into Misuse of EU Funds

The specialized prosecutor's office has initiated pre-trial proceedings for illegal receipt of funds from European Union mainly under measures administered by the State Fund "Agriculture". In the course of the investigation against an organized crime...

International scam with memory cards uncovered in the Netherlands, VAT fraud

The criminal network defrauded Dutch tax authorities of an estimated €9 million On 10 February 2021, the investigation service of the Dutch tax authorities -FIOD (Fiscale Inlichtingen en OpsporingsDienst) busted a criminal network involved in...

Irish family-based gang targeted in probe into €4 million laundering

On 10 February, the Criminal Asset Bureau of the Irish National Police (An Garda Síochána) took action against a criminal gang suspected of large-scale money laundering.  Fund transfers in excess of €4 million were identified...

The European Investment Bank and Raiffeisenverband Salzburg support regional companies with a further €100 million

Raiffeisenverband Salzburg (RVS) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are intensifying their cooperation. Due to high demand for loans, RVS has signed a further €30 million financing agreement with the EU bank. This is the...

Eurozone To Recover Slowly Amid Tight Containment Measures: EU

The euro area economy is forecast to recover at a slower-than-expected pace this year, as the resurgence of the Covid-19 infections, together with more contagious variants of the virus forced many economies to tighten...

UK, EU meeting in bid to calm post-Brexit trade turbulence

UK Brexit minister Michael Gove and European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic are meeting in London later Thursday to try to smooth out the problems, but few expect a quick resolution. LONDON: Breaking up is...

UK will not be a ‘rule-taker’, Andrew Bailey tells EU

Andrew Bailey has accused the European Union of holding the UK to standards it would "not agree to be held to itself" and said the UK would not be a post-Brexit "rule-taker". The EU...

EU says it is ready to work with Biden administration to settle trade disputes

By Andrea Shalal3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union on Thursday acknowledged a move by the new U.S. government to refrain from imposing additional tariffs on EU goods in a long-running dispute over...

Viewpoint: The Horizon Papers and the need for fair play in EU research

Call them “The Horizon Papers”: For the past few weeks, Science|Business has been publishing European Commission documents leaked to us concerning Horizon Europe, the next EU R&D programme. I want to explain why, and...
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