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Lithuania wants to improve economic ties with Taiwan and increase cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners, according to a new strategy document published on  Wednesday (5 July). Lithuania’s new Indo-Pacific strategy calls Taiwan’s trade ties one of its “strategic priorities”, a position...

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Accidents on board an aircraft: the strict liability of airlines under the Montreal convention extends to inadequate first aid administered on board an aircraft

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Revocation and refusal of refugee status: the Court of Justice clarifies the conditions for adopting such a measure with regard to a third-country national who is convicted of a crime

The law would ensure that EU sanctions are enforced uniformly across member states, with common definitions and dissuasive penalties.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

The law would ensure that EU sanctions are enforced uniformly across member states, with common definitions and dissuasive penalties.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

Europe's workhorse Ariane 5 rocket blasted off for a final time on Wednesday (5 July), with its farewell flight after 27 years of launches coming at a difficult time for European space efforts.

A German official said on Wednesday (5 July) the country has been working to secure long-term supplies of critical and strategic raw materials as it assesses the possible effects of Chinese export controls on some metals used in semiconductors.

None of the world's 30 major banks have explicitly included nuclear energy in their criteria for issuing green or sustainability-linked bonds, researchers said on Thursday (6 July), despite an EU decision last year to label it as sustainable.

Most of the €200 billion euro energy aid package adopted by the German government last year will remain unused, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said when presenting the draft budget for 2024 and long-term financial plans for the following years.

Before Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine had one of the highest populations of people living with viral hepatitis in Europe. While the times of war increased the risks for infection, civil society is showing dedication to addressing the rising...

Average global temperature hit 17.18C on Tuesday (4 July) and experts expect record to be broken again very soon, EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CNN he wanted a counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces to have started sooner than it did in June and that he had urged Western allies to quicken the supply of weapons for that mission

In this week's episode of EURACTIV's Beyond the Byline podcast, we delve into the pressing issue of police violence in France.

The newest European Commission proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs) leaves the issue of patentability for plants obtained by these new methods unanswered, with the EU executive pushing back possible actions to 2026.

The Danish government is investing billions of euros to establish the country as a hub for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe, a technology central to the EU’s 2050 net-zero climate plans.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Romanian parties being predicted to face a tight EU elections race, Austria gearing up to fight the EU Commission’s gene editing push, and so much more.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama refused to comment on his Kosovar counterpart Albin Kurti’s refusal to meet him as a part of his Western Balkan tour, instead saying he will comment on the situation from Pristina on Thursday where he...

With a final tally of 148 MPs against, 37 voted for, and seven abstentions, members of the parliament did not adopt the proposal for a vote of no confidence against Police Minister Bratislav Gašić on Wednesday. The replacement of Gašić...

Attracting workers from Balkan countries requires companies to be more proactive and offer better pay, the National Employment Service said on Tuesday, dispelling the idea spread by businesses that workers from Balkan countries will not meet Slovenia’s growing labour needs....