EU to weigh up possibility of adopting IPI measures against China
BY Martin Banks A key report published on Tuesday (14 January) highlights what it calls “continued discrimination” against EU medical devices in China’s public procurement market.
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January 15, 2025 Serbia’s Vučić offers advisory referendum on his presidency
Faced with widely supported protests and blockades in the country, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić offered the opposition what he called an advisory referendum on his presidency, adding that he would resign if the vote went against him.
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January 14, 2025 New EU cash aid for war-torn Ukraine
By Martin Banks As Russia’s war of aggression continues to hit Ukraine, approximately 12.7 million people are in need of urgent assistance.
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January 14, 2025 50 years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe
‘This idea of putting people first has always been the core of Europe’s social market economy. We want strong social partners. The market can only work well, if the social dialogue thrives too. We need to make sure that we strengthen social rights in Europe.’
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January 13, 2025 US tech moguls slam EU digital rulebook
PARIS – X owner Elon Musk and Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly intervened in European politics last week, overshadowing timid calls from EU politicians that US tech giants must comply with the EU’s digital rules.
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January 10, 2025 Alexandra Pascalidou Amplifies The Voices That Have Been Silenced
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Alexandra Pascalidou is a Greek of the diaspora; she carries a dual heritage that’s as challenging as beautiful. She sees this journey as a way to embody Greece’s deep-rooted wisdom and Sweden’s egalitarian values. Whether through TV shows like Eurovision, documentaries, books or her upcoming play […]
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January 9, 2025 Armenia mulls talks with Brussels to launch EU bid
Amid a growing rift with former ally Russia, Armenia has passed a bill calling for the country to submit an application to begin EU membership talks with Brussels.
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January 8, 2025 Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg appointed as interim chancellor
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will take over as caretaker chancellor on Wednesday, succeeding Karl Nehammer.
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January 7, 2025 Bulgarian president slams Borissov for prolonging political crisis
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has slammed the GERB party of long-serving former prime minister Boyko Borissov for suspending negotiations to form a permanent government in a country that has held seven general elections in the past four years.
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January 4, 2025 Europe finally has a heavyweight ambassador in Washington.
By Denis MacShane, former UK Minister of Europe in the Blair governments. A man who knows many of Europe’s leaders, he has devoted his adult life to arguing that the European Union needed more unity, more common purpose and can be a power for good for the world.
