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Swiss-EU talks ‘well advanced’: Bern

Thu, 2024-11-28 05:56
The EU and Switzerland are seeking to "stabilise and develop" relations, which are currently governed by more than 120 agreements.
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Romania officials to meet over ‘cyber risks’ to elections

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:59
Georgescu's popularity seems to have been boosted by viral TikTok campaigns calling for an end to aid for neighbouring Ukraine and sounding a sceptical note on NATO.
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Europe’s pharma sector falling behind US and China, competitiveness drive is urgent, vital

Wed, 2024-11-27 17:33
Europe's pharmaceutical industry added more than €311 billion to Gross Value Added across the EU-27 countries, but the EU is being massively outpaced by US and China's R&D spending. The catch-up window is narrow and closing.
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The Brief – Inside Queen Ursula’s brand-new castle

Wed, 2024-11-27 17:28
She and the EPP's top man Manfred Weber outmanoeuvred their coalition partners after a week of nail-biting political negotiations.
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Moldova’s close election stands as warning to country’s pro-European majority

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
Moldova's pro-European parties are grappling to shore up support in the aftermath of a presidential election marred by alleged Russian interference.
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Brazil’s livestock industry has ‘beef’ with French supermarkets, threatening legal action

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:17
Brazil's National Congress is due to vote on legislation preventing the government from signing international agreements imposing 'discriminatory restrictions'.
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Romanian expats on TikTok aided far-right surge, says PNL’s Mureșan

Wed, 2024-11-27 15:58
Nearly a fifth of Romanian far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu's votes came from abroad, Romanian centre-right MEP Siegfried Mureșan said.
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Russian AI-generated propaganda to pose more problems for Ukraine

Wed, 2024-11-27 15:46
The Ukrainian project Texty.org.ua analysed comments on deepfake featuring politicians supposedly on the front lines and found that 20% of commenters thought the video as real.
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Preparedness: EU must eliminate ‘weak links’, urges Swedish civil defence minister

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:56
"There is a lot that needs to be done and hopefully will be done at the EU level in terms of resilience and preparedness," Sweden's Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told Euractiv in an interview.
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NGO says record number of fossil fuel, chemical lobbyists at global plastics talks

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:00
Lobbyists outnumber EU delegation and all member states combined, say NGO report.
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VDL 2.0: EU Parliament approves new Commission

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:30
Ursula von der Leyen's new team passed with 370 votes in favour to 282 against
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EU Startups Alliance prepares for formal pan-EU status

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:25
The European Startup Nations Alliance is planning to become an EDIC, a newly-created and rarely-used status for government projects.
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EU countries ready to fund defence products despite US use restrictions

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:22
The latest European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) compromise text, seen by Euractiv, includes a looser definition of the eligibility criteria.
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24/7 Carbon-free energy matching – the game-changer of corporates’ sustainability [Promoted content]

Wed, 2024-11-27 12:00
A year ago, I highlighted 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) hourly matching as the future of corporate energy procurement. Today it is steadily emerging in Europe with new buyers joining in beyond the traditional Big Tech trailblazers, Google and Microsoft. Now it’s time to take it mainstream.
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Georgian ruling party nominates anti-West former football player for president

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:50
Although the president's post is largely ceremonial, the choice of Mikheil Kavelashvili is likely to be viewed by the EU and the US as a further sign that Georgia is turning away from the West and moving closer to Russia.
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Poland, France join forces against EU-Mercosur trade deal

Wed, 2024-11-27 07:29
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland and France joining forces against the EU-Mercosur trade deal, G7 states backing a ceasefire in the Middle East, and so much more. 
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Bulgaria on verge of holding eighth election in just four years

Wed, 2024-11-27 07:29
"I am relieved to withdraw my declaration that I will be prime minister."
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European Commission approves Portugal’s 2025-2028 budget plan

Wed, 2024-11-27 07:24
The economic growth increases of 1.7% this year and 1.9% in 2025.
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European Commission approves Spain’s new fiscal plan

Wed, 2024-11-27 07:18
Brussels agreed to extend the "adjustment path" of Spanish public spending to seven years instead of four.
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G7 states back Middle East ceasefire, omit debate on ICC arrest warrants

Wed, 2024-11-27 07:15
ICC warrants not mentioned in final G7 Foreign Ministers communiqué.
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