MEPs back EU Omnibus law to ease business and SME burdens
By Martin Banks Some MEPs say the EU’s new “Omnibus” business simplification initiative is a “crucial step” and will push for its success “with full force.”
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February 26, 2025 Ursula von der Leyen dreams of a passage to India
BRUSSELS – It has become a lonely world for Europe. With the transatlantic alliance in tatters, China losing its lustre, and Russia being Russia, the EU is looking for new friends. Ursula von der Leyen is betting she will find them them on the subcontinent.
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February 25, 2025 EU steel strategic dialogue starts next week, Commission says
Planning how the EU’s steel sector can remain competitive and go cleaner despite Europe’s high energy prices, low demand, and stiff competition will start with a “strategic dialogue” with the industry next week, the European Commission said today.
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February 22, 2025 Attack on Human Rights in Romania
By Martin Banks The Roma Foundation for Europe, a leading European advocate for Roma rights, say that it “strongly condemns” recent attacks said to target civil rights activists in Romania.
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February 22, 2025 EU advisors push for integrating CO2 removal into EU carbon trading
The European CO2 emissions trading scheme should incorporate carbon removals to boost the ramp-up of the technology, the EU climate advisory board said. Given record-temperatures in recent years, there is an “urgent need for a strong policy response to scale up removals across the EU,” said experts who advise the European Commission on climate policy today. […]
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February 21, 2025 Europe braces for a ‘new’ Germany
BERLIN – The most attentive spectators at Germany’s many pre-election party conferences were easy to miss.
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February 20, 2025 Czech government cautious over peace mission to Ukraine
PRAGUE – Czech officials have expressed strong reservations about the prospect of deploying Czech troops to a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. Defence Minister Jana Černochová (ODS, ECR) stressed that current discussions about Czech military involvement are “very premature.”
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February 19, 2025 EU Commission leadership clueless about its own plan to tackle spyware
“There has been a communication on [spyware] already,” said EU Commission’s Executive Vice-president Henna Virkkunen.
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February 18, 2025 Alexander Rybak Meets And Greets His Fans Over Europe
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Alexander Rybak is a renowned Belarusian-born Norwegian musician, actor and composer. Born on May 13, 1986, in Minsk, he rose to fame after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 with his song “Fairytale.” Rybak’s career spans multiple genres, including pop and classical music. He has released […]
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February 18, 2025 The EU says the war in Ukraine is now at a “critical moment.”
By Martin Banks The claim, by commission head Ursula von der Leyen, comes with key talks now underway between the U.S and Russia aimed at resolving the bitter war.
