EU agrees to deploy Moldova mission to counter foreign interference
EU foreign ministers approved on Monday (24 April) the launch of a new civilian mission to be deployed in Moldova to help Chișinău face foreign interference and hybrid threats.
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April 13, 2023 EU carbon market: Gas, petrol prices could spike from 2027, experts say
The price surcharge on fossil fuels such as heating gas, petrol and diesel under the EU’s new carbon market as of 2027 could be well above the €45 limit EU institutions aim for, experts say, blaming lawmakers for creating false expectations.
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GREECE
March 30, 2023 Recovery Fund: Greek request to the EU for an additional 5 billion euros
The projects he request of the Greek side concern
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EUROPE
March 30, 2023 EU strikes deal on renewable energy law, agrees 42.5% target by 2030
Agreement on the EU’s renewable energy directive brings to a close an 18-month process to upgrade the bloc’s climate policies and achieve a 55% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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EUROPE
March 28, 2023 EU agrees on anti-coercion instrument to fight foreign interference
In the early hours of Tuesday (28 March), negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on a common text for an anti-coercion instrument to help the bloc fight off attempts of economic coercion from third countries.
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EUROPE
March 19, 2023 EU sets world’s first target for underground CO2 storage capacity
The European Commission set out a target on Thursday (16 March) to enable 50 million tonnes of annual carbon dioxide injection capacity by 2030, a move that puts the oil and gas industry under pressure to deliver on a technology they have been peddling for years.
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EUROPE
March 18, 2023 NGOs urge EU to oppose plans for world’s first octopus farm
The EU should oppose what could become the world’s first octopus farm, two organisations said after plans for what they have termed a ‘cruel’ project to be located in the Canary Islands were announced.
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TOURISM
March 16, 2023 Tourism in EU and Cyprus partially recovered in 2022 compared to 2019 according to Eurostat
After the decline experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of nights spent in EU tourist accommodation reached 2.73 billion in 2022, which marks a 5% difference compared with the number of nights spent in 2019 (2.88 billion nights), according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Compared with 2021 […]
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EUROPE
March 13, 2023 EU state aid: The good and the bad of opening the floodgates
The EU’s Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF), which allows member states to subsidise sustainable technologies, is welcomed by advocates for green industrial policy – but some NGOs fear it will be counterproductive for the environment and SMEs.
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ENVIRONMENT
March 2, 2023 EU too lax on methane venting from coal mines, campaigners say
Amendments to the EU’s draft methane regulation would allow coal mines to release additional greenhouse gases equivalent to the combined annual CO2 emissions of Belgium and Czechia, according to Ember, a clean energy think-tank.
