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EU ventures to regulate e-commerce’s breakneck growth

Mon, 2024-10-21 06:00
Join host Giada Santana and tech editor Eliza Gritski as they discuss Eu regulators’ efforts to keep pace with the fast-evolving online shopping landscape.
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Europe’s unspoken plan to decarbonise aviation

Mon, 2024-10-21 05:00
Local noise and congestion concerns are leading to caps and even reductions on airport capacity across Europe. Authorities seem content to let it happen.
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Is carbon pricing becoming taboo?

Mon, 2024-10-21 05:00
The elephant in the room is that reducing ETS allowances further will push up CO2 prices, generating significant transition risks.
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EPP piles pressure on Commission for revision of medical devices regulation

Sun, 2024-10-20 22:23
Peter Liese's resolution will be voted on by MEPs on Wednesday.
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What Moldova’s twin vote means for its EU future and Russia’s grip

Sun, 2024-10-20 10:54
With both Moldova and Georgia heading to the polls, concerns are high in Brussels that either of them could slip into Russia’s orbit.
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Migrants held in Albania transferred to Italy after court ruling

Sun, 2024-10-20 07:24
The court said the 12 migrants in the new Albanian facility of Gjader had to return to Italy because their countries of origin -- Egypt and Bangladesh -- could not be considered safe.
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Israel pounds Beirut and Gaza after drone attack at Netanyahu’s villa

Sun, 2024-10-20 07:12
Diplomats and other sources say that with US elections approaching, Israel is seeking to use intensified military operations to try to shield its borders and ensure its rivals cannot regroup.
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Cuba restores power to one-fifth of population after nationwide blackouts

Sun, 2024-10-20 06:54
The unprecedented nationwide blackout is the latest blow in the nation of 10 million, already suffering from dramatic shortages of food, medicine and fuel.
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G7 extend hand to non-Western states protecting UN at first ever defence meeting

Sat, 2024-10-19 18:44
“We need to tear down barriers and increase the number of countries that are demanding that international crises be tackled with multinational and multilateral bodies and fora,” the Italian defence minister said.
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There are ‘very different opinions’ in NATO on inviting Ukraine, Dutch minister says

Sat, 2024-10-19 07:14
To reach the necessary consensus, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said, allies would need to agree clear criteria that Ukraine would need to meet to get an invitation.
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Biden and allies in Berlin vow no let-up in support for Ukraine

Sat, 2024-10-19 06:59
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met on the day outgoing US President Joe Biden made his farewell visit to Germany.
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G7 defence summit convenes in Naples during ‘historic moment’

Sat, 2024-10-19 06:40
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told journalists in Brussels that he had personally requested the summit given the many conflicts facing the international community.
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Switzerland defends decision leaving loophole in Russia sanctions

Sat, 2024-10-19 06:30
The US called the Swiss decision to not fully adopt all components of the 14th package of EU sanctions "disappointing" and expressed the hope that Bern would work to close the loophole.
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EU needs 500,000 drivers urgently, truck and coach companies ask MEPs for solutions [Advocacy Lab Content]

Fri, 2024-10-18 21:29
The commercial road sector is trying to find drivers across Europe, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult. This week they asked the European Parliament for solutions.
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Understanding EU standards, their energy transition role and global influence [Advocacy Lab Content]

Fri, 2024-10-18 21:06
Standards are voluntary guidelines establishing technical specifications for products, services, and processes. Their impact is global and they are helping to drive the energy transition.
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Nuclear energy: Future commissioner advised to give assurances, but supporters remain vigilant

Fri, 2024-10-18 19:01
"As a national minister in Denmark, my position reflected the specific circumstances of my member state. But [...] my duties as EU Commissioner are not the same" Dan Jørgensen is advised to say.
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Italy-Albania deal ‘not replicable’ in France, PM Michel Barnier says

Fri, 2024-10-18 17:49
France’s Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau had already warned that externalising asylum claim processes would run against the French constitution.
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EU countries under pressure to compromise on Baltic Sea fishing

Fri, 2024-10-18 17:33
"Quotas are not the only issue," Commission's representative Maja Kirchner told MEPs
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Committee over party: Energy MEPs slam commissioner hearings schedule

Fri, 2024-10-18 17:29
The letter, seen by Euractiv, criticises the decision to force the committee to lead the hearings for two senior commissioners at the same time.
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The Brief – Ukraine’s nuclear option

Fri, 2024-10-18 16:40
It could either become a Nato member or develop nuclear weapons.
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