Kazakhstan to lower mortgage costs, reduce taxes on low-wage workers, among...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced 5 March what he called “Five Social Initiatives”, including tax breaks for low-income workers and greater access to education, that are expected to...
View ArticleRussia warns of reprisals if UK acts over spy attack
Russia warned Britain yesterday (13 March) to expect reprisals if it announces sanctions over the poisoning of a former double agent, as the US and other allies joined London in demanding answers on...
View ArticleAuditors blast EU’s Turkey membership funding
Massive European Union funding to help Turkey's stalled membership bid has "barely addressed" key problems with democracy and the media, the bloc's spending watchdog said today (14 March).
View ArticleILO concerned about the future of social dialogue
If social dialogue is to remain useful it will have to adapt to changes in the labour market. New, atypical forms of work have blurred the lines of the employee-employer relationship. The...
View ArticleEuropean arms exports on the rise
France, Germany and Spain are among the world’s leading arms exporters. EURACTIV’s partner Euroefe reports.
View ArticleOff-limit new diesel cars evade European city bans
The vast majority of new diesel-powered vehicles that don’t meet EU emission limits still manage to escape low emission zones or diesel bans in European cities, according to new research published...
View ArticleBulgaria reacts to disturbing statement by Turkey’s Erdogan
Bulgaria’s foreign ministry told Turkey on Tuesday (13 March) that internationally agreed borders cannot be changed, reacting to a statement by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said on Sunday the...
View ArticleEU judges disapprove of Crocs design
The design of Crocs, an opinion-dividing American line of footwear, is no longer valid in the European Union, after the bloc’s top court backed a decision by the EU’s intellectual property office to...
View ArticleAustria’s roadmap for its upcoming EU presidency
Brexit, the EU budget and security will be the three major priorities when Austria takes over the EU presidency in the second half of 2018, in what will be the final full presidency before...
View ArticleDieselgate – 35 million manipulated cars on our streets and still no action
Despite the European Parliament’s Dieselgate inquiry committee, the European Commission is standing by, hiding behind bureaucratic squabbling to avoid taking its responsibilities, write Claude Turmes...
View ArticleMEPs back Commission on rule-based response to Trump on tariffs
EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstöm said on Wednesday (14 March) that the European Commission is prepared to put in place its own safeguard measures, in line with international obligations, as a response...
View ArticleNHS faces ‘serious challenges’ from Brexit, warns new report
Brexit poses “serious challenges” to the NHS in the form of longer waiting times, staff shortages and delays in the approval of new medicines, according to a report published on Wednesday (14 March).
View ArticlePortuguese PM: eurozone needs fiscal leg for stability, growth
The eurozone will never reach its full potential and may face a new crisis in the future without a fiscal capacity, Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa told the European Parliament on Wednesday (14...
View ArticleMEPs back De Guindos for ECB post by narrow margin
The European Parliament approved the appointment of Spain’s former minister of Economy Luis de Guindos as ECB vice-president but sent a warning signal to the member states to improve the nomination...
View ArticleRED II: Wood you believe Europe may turn its bio economy into ash?
State-supported funding schemes risk distorting raw material markets, pulling the plug on Europe’s bio economy ambitions, warns Sylvain Lhôte.
View ArticleMEPs back Ukraine-style ‘association’ deal for post-Brexit UK
The European Parliament backed a Ukraine-style "association agreement" as the model for future EU-UK relations after Brexit.
View ArticleThe Brief – Lying, cheating…
An 'agent provocateur' has entered European politics, and his name is Steve Bannon.
View ArticleMEPs voted to boost EU budget to 1.3% GDP
The European Parliament backed on Wednesday (14 March) an ambitious reform the EU budget, calling for an increase to 1.3% of GDP to fund new priorities and transform farming and cohesion policies.
View ArticleEU requests more capital to banks to cover for ‘bad loans’
The European Commission on Wednesday (14 March) proposed new measures requesting banks to raise more capital against loans turning ‘toxic’ and to develop a European market to sell ‘bad loans’ weighing...
View ArticleEP wants to include gender equality in free-trade agreements
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution to better account of gender equality in trade agreements. The commission could follow up in this resolution in its agreement with Chile, which would be...
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