EU Affairs

EU to temporarily lift all import duties for Ukrainian goods

The EU Member States have given the final green light to a temporary lift of all import duties on Ukrainian products on Tuesday. The ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

EU’s CO2 footprint continues to decrease

In 2019, the European Union emitted around 3.1 gigatonnes (Gt) of CO2, accounting for just under 9% of all global emissions for that year, ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Possible risk that monkeypox could become endemic in Europe, health agency warns

There is a risk the monkeypox virus, of which several cases have been confirmed in Belgium, could become endemic in the continent, the ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

EU auditors: ‘Blacklisting is underused in protecting EU funds against fraud’

Blacklisting is not used effectively to prevent EU funds from being paid out to individuals, businesses or public organisations involved in ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

European Parliament President brings message of hope to Israelis and Palestinians

The newly elected President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola paid an official visit to Israel on Monday where she addressed the ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

EU recovery plan: Up to €300 million in extra subsidies for Belgium

European Commission proposals to increase the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) by an additional €20 billion would ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine approved for third dose in EU

AstraZeneca's vaccine against Covid-19 has been approved for use as a third dose in adults in the European Union, the company announced on ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

’50-100 Ukrainian troops die on Donbas frontlines each day,’ says Zelensky

Between 50 and 100 Ukrainian troops are dying every day on the frontlines defending against Russia’s aggressive assault on the Donbas ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

EU makes progress on reducing poverty, but slow on climate action

The European Union has made significant progress towards various sustainable development goals, however, more work is needed when it comes ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

40% of food produced globally is never consumed

In order to ensure global food security, the European Union must adapt its current production of food, rather than increase supply, ...

Monday, May 23, 2022

War crimes in Ukraine will not go unpunished, EU warns

War crimes perpetrated in Ukraine will be investigated and the atrocities committed will not go unpunished, European Commissioner for ...

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Brussels Behind the Scenes: Orbán and friends

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Saturday, May 21, 2022

EU rejects UK demands to rewrite parts of Brexit deal over Northern Ireland

The UK Government has decided to reignite a row with the EU in its preferred "blame it all on Brussels" policy after threatening to scrap ...

Friday, May 20, 2022

New European Citizen initiative calls for fur-free Europe

Animal welfare organisations launched on Wednesday an initiative for a ban on fur farming and marketing of farmed fur products in the EU. ...

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Ukraine: Siege of Azovstal steelworks ends after months of heavy fighting

After several months of heavy fighting around the besieged Azovstal steel factory area in the south of Mariupol, Ukrainian forces have ...

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

EU auditors: Support for small businesses needs better management and visibility

EU measures to promote the internalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises lack coherence and visibility, and are not always well ...

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

All new public buildings must have solar panels, EU Commission says

The European Commission wants solar panels to be installed on all new public buildings and possibly also commercial buildings, VRT NWS ...

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Belgium sent nearly expired medicines to Ukraine

At the beginning of March, Belgian authorities sent medicine to Ukraine that would have expired just three weeks after its arrival, ...

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

McDonalds to fully quit Russian market after 32 years

After more than 30 years in the market, McDonalds has announced that it will fully exit the Russian market, according to a company press ...

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

European Commission issues uncertain economic forecast for EU

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has posed new challenges to the EU economy, just as it had recovered from the economic impacts of the ...

Monday, May 16, 2022