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Von der Leyen kills EU pesticides ban in election sop to farmers big-plus
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Interview Von der Leyen kills EU pesticides ban in election sop to farmers

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

Ursula von der Leyen told MEPs in Strasbourg that farmers work ‘hard’ every day to produce the high-quality food consumed by many. "’For this, we owe them appreciation and thanks and respect’ ...

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Women working in European TV fiction get 28% of assignments big-plus
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Interview Women working in European TV fiction get 28% of assignments

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

This brand-new report: “Female professionals in European TV/SVOD fiction production 2015-2022 figures” has just been published by the European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the C ...

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Investigators Urge Reopening of Kurt Cobain Murder Case Amid New Evidence big-plus
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Interview Investigators Urge Reopening of Kurt Cobain Murder Case Amid New Evidence

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

The coroner who controversially ruled Kurt Cobain’s death was “suicide” later boasted that he had been intimate with Courtney Love and admitted he should have recused himself from the case, acc ...

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Small Modular Reactors do not solve the many problems of nuclear, NGOs say big-plus
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Interview Small Modular Reactors do not solve the many problems of nuclear, NGOs say

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

As the European Commission prepares to launch its industry alliance for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) on 6 February, civil society organisations stress the high costs and slow progr ...

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IMF predicts Artificial Intelligence will affect forty per cent of jobs and make inequality worse. big-plus
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Interview IMF predicts Artificial Intelligence will affect forty per cent of jobs and make inequality worse.

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

A recent study conducted by the IMF anticipates that artificial intelligence would have an impact on roughly forty per cent of all occupations in the world. "In most scenarios, ar ...

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Romania urges Preparation for World War 3 with Russia ‘in the immediate future’ big-plus
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Interview Romania urges Preparation for World War 3 with Russia ‘in the immediate future’

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

Romanian Chief of Defense Staff General Gheorghita Vlad has advocated for the training of ordinary citizens for potential conflict with Russia, warning that such a war could erupt “in the immed ...

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EU to unveil 2040 climate goal with controversial ‘net’ cuts big-plus
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Interview EU to unveil 2040 climate goal with controversial ‘net’ cuts

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

The EU is set to back new climate targets but Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s own political group — the European People’s Party — has led the charge to weaken green regulation. (Ph ...

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Meloni-Orbán: the new EU ‘power couple’ but for how long? big-plus
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Interview Meloni-Orbán: the new EU ‘power couple’ but for how long?

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

Italian prime minister Roberta Meloni with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán ahead of the EU summit (Photo: kormany.hu) Italian prime minister Georgia Meloni flipped her ...

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Campaigners push for widespread right to repair big-plus
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Interview Campaigners push for widespread right to repair

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

The Right to Repair Europe coalition, representing more than 130 organisations, celebrates that European consumers will get better access to affordable repairs for selected products ...

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The top 15 smartest European countries - Belgium ranks seventh big-plus
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Interview The top 15 smartest European countries - Belgium ranks seventh

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

Switzerland ranks as the smartest European country, scoring 81.1 out of 100 . The Nordic countries make up 50% of the top 10 . Belgium is ranked seventh, with a score of 69.12 o ...

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Restored wetlands in Danube Delta facing conversion back to agricultural land - against community’s wishes big-plus
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Interview Restored wetlands in Danube Delta facing conversion back to agricultural land - against community’s wishes

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

A large swathe of naturally restored wetlands in the Romanian Danube Delta could soon be converted back to farmland. Communities, which reap benefits in terms of local livelihoods a ...

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Passenger traffic reaches nearly 95% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023 big-plus
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Interview Passenger traffic reaches nearly 95% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023

Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:10

2.3 billion passengers welcomed by Europe’s airports in 2023 Passenger traffic surging by +19% over 2022, thus standing just –5.4% below pre-pandemic (2019) volumes. A mar ...

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