‘Clearing the pathway’: How can the EU make its pharmaceutical sector more innovative?
Brussels: Smart Health asks the Director General at the European Medicines Agency about what steps Europe can take to improve...
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EU countries fail to agree on extending glyphosate approval
Brussels: European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years...
EU opens mid-term review of its €15bn space programme
Brussels: The European Commission is seeking evidence for a mid-term evaluation of the EU’s space programme, which funds initiatives including...
92% of EU businesses use at least 1 ICT security measure
Brussels: Digital technologies are changing how people work and live and also how businesses conduct their activities or business models,...
Council of EU president Charles Michel addresses humanitarian situation in Gaza
Brussels: European Union Council President Charles Michel emphasized the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, urging the delivery of essential supplies...
EU Fundamental Rights Agency and Council of Europe further strengthen their cooperation
Brussels: The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Director Michael O'Flaherty exchanged views with the Rapporteur Group on External Relations of...
EU Markets Regulator Warns of DeFi’s ‘Serious Risks’
Brussels: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned of "serious risks" of investors being harmed by decentralized finance (DeFi)...
What’s the EU’s role in the space race?
Brussels: In a world where technology touches every aspect of our lives, space has become more than just a distant...
EU suspends development aid to Palestine
Brussels: The European Commission announced on Monday that it will suspend development aid to Palestine after the recent developments in...
EU approves €3.5 million humanitarian aid package in response to the earthquake in Afghanistan
Brussels: Following the deadly earthquake that hit western Afghanistan this weekend, the EU will provide emergency humanitarian aid for an...
EU plans anti-subsidy probe into Chinese steelmakers
Brussels: The European Union is planning to announce anti-subsidy investigations against Chinese steelmakers at a summit with the United States...
Saudi FM calls on EU to intensify efforts to de-escalate Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has discussed the recent escalation between Israel and the Palestinians with...
EU leaders clash with Hungary over proposed laws on migration
Brussels: EU leaders have clashed again with Hungary after the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, insisted at a summit in...
As Armenia’s ties strain with Turkey, France pushes EU to stand with Yerevan
Paris: Against the backdrop of the mass exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, the French government is taking a leading role...
New law making it easier for non-EU skilled workers to move to Germany expected to become effective in November
Brussels: The government of Germany gave its final approval to a law that aims to make it easier for non-EU...
Greece wants EU to slap sanctions on countries that won’t accept return of illegal migrants
Athens: As is the case in Italy, Greece is facing new wave of illegal immigration, and as it boosts measures...
Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese meets Senate Chairman, bilateral cooperation discussed
Celina Ali Islamabad: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese of Italy met with Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani at the Parliament House in...
Relief for Pakistan as EU rolls over current GSP+ scheme till 2027
Celina Ali Islamabad: Members of EU Parliament (MEPs) have voted to extend the current rules on the scheme of generalized...
Romania wants to become the EU’s biggest gas producer
Brussels: Romania has embarked on a €4 billion project it hopes will make it the largest natural gas producer in...
EU seeks new talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, boosts aid to Armenia
Brussels: The European Union has invited the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia to resume peace talks following Azerbaijan’s lightning military...
UK regulator asks for antitrust probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominance
London:n Britain's media regulator on Thursday asked the country's antitrust authority to investigate U.S. tech giants Amazon (AMZN.O) and Microsoft's...
Tunisia is free to ‘wire back’ EU money if it doesn’t want it, says European Commissioner
Brussels: Olivér Várhelyi, the European Commissioner for enlargement and neighbourhood, has said Tunisia is free to "wire back" the €60...
EU strikes deal to reduce super-potent greenhouse gases
Brussels: The European Union agreed a deal on Thursday to slash the use of super-potent greenhouse gases in fridges and...
Adding nine countries to EU to cost existing members more than €250bn
Brussels: Expanding the size of the EU to include nine new countries including Ukraine would cost the existing members more...
EU countries agree new rules to manage future migration crises
Brussels: The preliminary agreement reached on Wednesday paves the way for establishing common rules to manage an unexpected mass arrival...
Meta could charge Facebook and Instagram users in EU to go ad-free to comply with privacy rules
Brussels: Meta plans to give European Facebook and Instagram users the option of paying for ad-free versions as a way...
EU to assess tech security risks and consider controls
Brussels: The European Union will assess whether semiconductor, artificial intelligence and quantum technologies and biotechnology pose a risk to the...
EU official says UAE can lead conversation on green energy switch at Cop28
Brussels: Fossil fuel-rich countries like the UAE are demonstrating how to make a difference in leading the global conversation about...
EU foreign ministers in Ukraine’s Kyiv for unprecedented meeting abroad
Brussels: The foreign ministers of all 27 European Union member states are meeting in war-torn Ukraine in their first-ever meeting...
EU enlargement: Is the bloc ready for new members?
Brussels: Countries from Ukraine to the Western Balkans are busy undertaking reforms to qualify for EU membership. But the bloc...
