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Disconnected: Eurocrats go unlisted in EU phone book
The faceless bureaucrats slaving away on EU legislative proposals are now nameless, too. Under a new policy, the European Commission has removed the names of…
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German coalition compromise on gas and oil heating includes key exemptions
Germany’s ruling coalition on Friday evening reached a compromise on a controversial energy bill to ban the installation of new gas and oil-fired heating systems…
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Banking stock slide pierces bullish EU summit
Crisis descended on an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Friday, as stockmarket jitters and banking sector turmoil undercut confident guarantees that all was well.…
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Why Ursula von der Leyen matters to Biden
It was former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who captured a conundrum that has long bedeviled U.S.-Europe relations: “Who do I call if I want…
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Corona baby bump? First uptick in EU births since 2016, data shows
Eurostat data released Thursday shows 4.09 million babies were born in the European Union in 2021 — a 20,000 increase from 2020. This uptick is…
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EU tells UK its asylum plan ‘violating international law’
BRUSSELS — The European Union warned Britain its crackdown on Channel migrant crossings violates international law — as the U.K. urged it to read the…
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EU reforms travel rules after transport chief’s free flights to Qatar
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has revamped its rules regarding the travel practices of senior officials following revelations that the EU’s top transport bureaucrat signed…
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What is driving current labour market shortages and how older workers could help
Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock Many countries are struggling with worker shortages right now as companies in the US, UK and the EU all struggle to fill job…
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Metsola wants Ukraine EU membership talks to start this year
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola made an unannounced trip to Lviv and discussed Ukraine’s bid to join the EU with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “I…
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European trade union chief expelled from Tunisia after joining protests
Tunisia ordered the expulsion of European trade union chief Esther Lynch on Saturday after she participated in country-wide protests against the government organized by the…
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