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Romania's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared that his commissioner should have a portfolio touching on economic policies, after a meeting held with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Thursday. "I want a portfolio that is as relevant as possible, given that we are the sixth largest country in the European Union. I believe that the next few years have a lot to do with the economy... I'd like to have something in that area," Ciolacu said to reporters in Brussels. His request is similar to leaders of Italy and Czechia, who also requested a portfolio touching on e...
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British, German, French and Swiss universities were considered among the best universities in the world, according to the newly-published 2024 edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). For the 22nd consecutive year, Harvard University, located in Cambridge in the United States, claimed the top spot. Following closely were two more American institutions, Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), rounding out the top three. Related Oxford topped the World University Rankings 2023. Where else in Europe made the cut?The University of Cambridge in ...
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For the second year in a row, the European Union reached its target to fill up its gas storage capacity to 90% to prepare for the crucial winter period with weeks to spare. The target was reached on August 18, the European Commission announced on Wednesday, ten weeks ahead of the November 1 deadline. This amounts to just under 92 billion cubic metres of gas which can cover nearly a third of the 27 member states' combined gas demand in winter. "I think that's a very good sign in terms of the overall shape of the market, our ability to find alternative energy supplies and to maintain those at a ...
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Workers in the United Kingdom can soon ignore work-related emails and phone calls during out-of-office hours. It comes after the new Labour government’s election campaign pledge for the "right to switch off," which allows workers to disconnect from work outside of hours and refuse extra work during weekends. But the "right to switch off" is not a new concept and has already been embraced by several European countries. Here’s how some of them have implemented it. Related Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in 'game changer' remote work lawThe EUThe European Union (EU)...
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There is no need to impose border controls to stave off the risk of mpox, or to initiate bloc-wide inoculation against the virus, the Health Security Committee of the European Commission concluded today (19 August) following a meeting with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Medicine Agency (EMA). A European Commission spokesperson told Euronews that the Health Security Committee (HSC) agreed that for now, there is no need to update the Opinion on Mpox vaccination from 2022, “nor should this be considered a public health emergency in Europe as things sta...
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The German government is set to allocate just four billion euros in the 2025 budget - almost half of the 7.5 billion euros it had allocated this year. The budget proposal that the coalition government finalised last Friday after lengthy negotiations will now be examined by the German parliament. If this cut is confirmed, defence researcher Alain de Neve of the Royal Military Academy of Belgium warns that the impact will not be negligible. "Obviously, this will have an impact, especially in financial terms. As for concrete military aid in terms of equipment supplied, we can see that Poland is a...
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The EU's post-Brexit Entry/Exit System (EES) will launch on 10 November, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson has confirmed. “The moment is finally there. There may have been times you believed it will never happen,” Johansson said during a visit to the Tallinn-based eu-LISA, the EU agency in charge of the IT infrastructure behind the EES. “But it's going to happen. Everything is coming together. We're in the final testing phase. There is a real momentum now. Carriers, operators, train stations, airports, everyone is getting ready for the big day.” The EES was first slated to launch in ...
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With cases of Black Death plague, mpox and bird flu preoccupying health authorities worldwide, there is another deadly virus causing concern. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning to clinicians and public health authorities about the rise in Oropouche virus (OROV) disease cases in the Americas, with expectations that new cases may be reported in additional countries. In June and July of this year, 19 cases of Oropouche virus disease, also referred to as "sloth fever," were reported for the first time in European countries. Mpox 'highly likely' to be impor...
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A Russian-inspired law banning LGBTQ+ "propaganda" in Bulgarian schools has sparked indignation from rights groups in Europe, who say the bill is a cloak-and-dagger attack against human rights in the European Union. These groups are calling on the European Commission to swiftly start infringement procedures for what they see as Sofia's breach of the values that bind the bloc's 27 member countries together. The bill amends a previous education law and makes it illegal to "promote" ideas and views "related to non-traditional sexual orientation and/or the determination of gender identity other th...
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European health authorities warned on Friday that it is "highly likely" Europe will see more imported cases of mpox a day after a first case of a more severe strain spreading in Africa was detected inSweden. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said, however, that "the likelihood of sustained transmission in Europe is very low" if imported cases are diagnosed quickly and measures are taken to control them. Mpox has been spreading since last year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and has been detected in multiple African countries. The virus has so far kille...
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