EU launches lawsuits against UK over Irish border
The EU launched legal proceedings against Britain on Monday (15 March), alleging that London had broken a protocol of its Brexit divorce agreement covering Ireland.
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EUROPE 
March 15, 2021 EU reaches agreement on cross-border infrastructure funding
Following lengthy and at times contentious negotiations, the European Parliament and Council agreed Friday (11 March) on the Connecting Europe Facility, making available over €30 billion in funding for transport, digital, and energy projects.
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GREECE
March 15, 2021 AEJ GREECE: “Freedom of Press in Greece among the lowest levels in the EU”
According to a recent survey by the organization “Reporters without Borders”, press freedom in Greece is in very low position throughout the EU (65th place, 2020). This is particularly worrying and should concern us all because it happens in other member states too, at a greater or lesser degree. Although Europe has traditionally respected freedom […]
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EUROPE
March 14, 2021 Austria’s Chancellor Kurz accuses EU of foul play in vaccine distribution
Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz accused the EU on Friday (12 March) of unfairly distributing COVID-19 vaccines among member states, highlighting that certain EU countries have several times more vaccines than others.
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EUROPE
March 11, 2021 Portugal convenes EU ‘recovery summit’ in June
Portugal will hold a high-level summit in Lisbon on 21 June focused on the recovery plans of the 27 EU member states, defending “smart fiscal policies” in response to the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic.
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ENVIRONMENT
March 8, 2021 National renovation plans falling short of EU’s 2050 climate goal: study
The long-term renovations strategies that EU countries submitted last year to the European Commission are not in line with the bloc’s objective of reaching climate-neutrality by 2050, according to fresh analysis due to be published this week.
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CYPRUS
March 6, 2021 Cyprus says EU stands ready to help restart dormant peace talks
The European Union is ready to “actively contribute” to a new push to revive dormant talks on reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus, the Cypriot government said on Friday.
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EUROPE
March 5, 2021 EU unemployment reinsurance scheme falls off Commission’s radar
An EU reinsurance scheme to support national unemployment benefits was not part of the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan presented on Thursday (4 March), although the European Commission has been supportive of the idea.
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EUROPE
March 2, 2021 EU to assess progress in Georgia mediation talks on 15 March
After his unexpected visit to Tbilisi to mediate the deepening political crisis in Georgia, European Council President Charles Michel said progress in talks between the ruling party and the opposition will be assessed in two weeks.
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EUROPE
February 28, 2021 EU and NATO leaders aim to expand cooperation, despite dreams of ‘strategic autonomy’
EU leaders on Friday (26 February) debated efforts aimed at beefing up the bloc’s defence capabilities. The discussion comes as ambitions of the EU as a ‘geopolitical actor’ remain unheeded.
