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EUROPE: Covestro and HGK Shipping sign agreement on wind assist tech retrofit
Details Written by Lesley Bankes-Hughes Published: 11 July 2025 Chemicals company Covestro and HGK Shipping have announced the extension of their partnership on European short sea routes until 2040 and this will include the retrofit of the Amadeus...
EUROPE: EIB’s funding for Repsol’s Cartagena biofuels plant criticised in climate NGO’s ‘dirty transport projects’ report
Details Written by Ian Taylor Published: 11 July 2025 In a report published yesterday (10 July) the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has claimed that the European Investment Bank (EIB) lent more than €7 billion between 2021 and 2024 for a range...

European Parliament rejects EU anti-deforestation black list
The European Parliament is piling pressure on the European Commission to revise its list of countries considered most at risk of deforestation, in yet another blow to the EU’s anti-deforestation rules. Spearheaded by right-wing political groups, a...

European Union gives up on Malawi’s graft fight
By Deogratias Mmana: The outgoing European Union (EU) Ambassador to Malawi Rune Skinnebach has said the fight against corruption has not improved in Malawi despite the support of the intentional community. He has since left the ball in the hands...

EU Against Any Demographic Or Territorial Changes In Gaza
The European Union (EU) on Thursday reiterated its strong opposition to any demographic or territorial changes in the Gaza Strip and its support for the reunification of Gaza with the occupied West Bank under the Palestinian Authority. Speaking at...

EU’s ‘reluctance’ to act over Israel criticised by 27 former ambassadors
Published on 11/07/2025 - 12:29 GMT+2•Updated 12:41 The EU's “reluctance to take serious action against Israel” in relation to its conduct in Gaza and the West Bank has been criticised by 27 former EU ambassadors to the Middle East and North...
EU waits on Trump letter as markets digest latest tariff salvo
By Julia Payne and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union braced on Friday to receive a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, outlining planned duties on his largest trade and investment partner after a broadening of his...

EU Commission President Survives No-Confidence Vote
Fri 11 Jul 2025 | 01:21 PM European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has decisively survived a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament, after a motion led by far-right lawmakers failed to gain traction. The vote, held on Thursday,...

'Europe watched as our children were killed': Bosnia remembers Srebrenica genocide 30 years on
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE have gathered in Srebrenica to commemorate the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces, one of Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II. On the eve of the commemorations, thousands of Srebrenica peace...
Europe open: Latest Trump tariff move hits sentiment
The pan-regional Stoxx 600 index was down 0.3% at 550 with Germany’s DAX 0.54% lower and France’s CAC 40 declining by 0.45%. Trump said Canada faced the duties separate from those already placed on the steel, auto and copper sectors. Investors are...
EU-Central Asia: first counterterrorism dialogue in Dushanbe
09:43, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus On July 10, the European Union and Central Asian countries convened for their first Counterterrorism Dialogue in Dushanbe, says press release issued by the European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan. The EU...

EU court rules in favour of Eva Kaili in access-to-documents case
The European Union’s General Court has annulled a decision by the European Parliament that denied former MEP Eva Kaili access to documents linked to suspected misuse of parliamentary assistant allowances, ruling that the Parliament acted...
EU COMMISSIONER: NEXT WEEK, EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS SITUATION IN GEORGIA
Daily News: Politics July 9, 2025 Next week, the EU Foreign Affairs Council will discuss the situation in Georgia, European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said. According to Kos, the Council will discuss “possible next actions to address...

European Parliament wrongly withheld files from Qatargate MEP, court rules
The EU’s General Court has overturned the European Parliament’s decision to withhold key documents from former Greek MEP Eva Kaili, in what is being hailed as a procedural victory for her. Kaili, who was a vice-president of the Parliament at the...
EU Justice Commissioner Signals Brussels Will Continue To Blackmail Hungary In Run Up To National Elections
Via Remix news, Using the “Poland method,” the European Union elite played a pivotal role in toppling the conservative Polish government by freezing billions in EU funds. Once Donald Tusk came to power, the money began flowing again. Now, the same...

EU blasts Russia's latest Ukraine attacks, threatens new sanctions
The EU's top diplomat on Friday slammed Russia's latest blitz on Ukraine as "unacceptable", saying the 27-nation bloc was pondering a new raft of sanctions against Moscow. Russia has pummelled Ukraine this week with the largest drone and missile...

EU ministers searches for forever chemicals in their blood
European environment ministers have taken blood tests to look for the forever chemicals in a public campaign, shedding light on the worrying presence of the toxic substances, writes Politico. Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are perfluorinated and...

EU May Cut Farm Subsidies to Fund Ukraine Accession, Warns Hungarian MEP
The European Commission is preparing to reduce common agricultural subsidies in order to finance the costs of Ukraine’s accession to the EU and the higher repayments on loans taken out earlier, Fidesz MEP Csaba Dömötör told MTI in Strasbourg. The...

Europe’s international fishing deals must include greater transparency, NGO group urges
A new report from a group of environmental NGOs said that transparency failures and limited public access to critical data are just a few of several reasons why it is essential to reform the European Union’s sustainable fisheries partnership...

EU chief survives no confidence vote
EU chief survives no confidence vote BRUSSELS -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survived a vote of no confidence on Thursday as an overwhelming number of European Union lawmakers rejected a censure motion against...