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Last call on MFF: EU ports are key in delivering Europe’s resilience ambitions, yet need a strong EU budget
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 10, 2025
With the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal around the corner the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) urges the European Commission and Member States once again to come up with a strong EU transport funding instrument....
France–UK migration deal piles more pressure on EU asylum policy
The Parliament Magazine
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July 10, 2025
The English Channel, just 34 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, is at once a jam-packed shipping highway, a symbol of the UK’s cultural distance from its European cousins, and a flashpoint for migration concerns fuelling the political agenda...
EU, Türkiye Urged to Resolve Seed Potato Dispute
Seed World
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July 10, 2025
The European potato breeding, seed production, and marketing sector is increasingly concerned about growing trade disruptions between the EU and Türkiye. In recent months, Turkish authorities have rejected over 5,500 tonnes of seed potatoes from...
Marco Polo Blue Deal: Sri Lanka poised to lead Indian Ocean’s green energy revolution
Daily FT
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By Shanika Gamage Charting a bold new course towards a clean energy future, the Marco Polo Blue Deal is the ultimate business case for the future of Sri Lanka’s economy in the 21st century. Led by the Ceylon Italy Blue Economy Association (CIBEA)...
EU Launches Call for Evidence on Revision of Combustion Engine and Vehicle Emissions Regulations
National Law Review
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July 10, 2025
As previously reported on our blog, in January 2025, the European Commission launched a Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry, aimed at addressing the challenges facing the sector. The initiative featured direct engagement by...
European Council President Outlines Four Pillars Of Ukraine's Development
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) This was stated by President of the European Council António Costa during his speech at the plenary session of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “I would like to focus on the four...
Italy ready to begin recovery of destroyed facilities in Ukraine now – Meloni
Interfax Ukraine
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July 10, 2025
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/giorgiameloni.paginaufficiale/ Italy is interested in investing in Ukraine and is ready to immediately invest resources, sign agreements, and provide financial guarantee instruments for companies that plan to invest...
Report: Big-name brands ‘lack accountability’ for climate targets
Edie
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July 10, 2025
This is the conclusion of a new analysis of the emissions ambitions set by 55 large businesses in fashion, food, retail, technology and automotive. Produced by the New Climate Institute think tank, the ‘Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor’...
Germany’s future closely linked to Ukraine – Merz
Interfax Ukraine
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July 10, 2025
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/MerzCDU Support for Ukraine is in the interests of Germany and in the interests of the common future of the countries, noted Federal Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz, who is taking part in the Ukraine Recovery...
Scientists look to space quantum tech to protect us from hackers
Silicon Republic
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July 10, 2025
Hyperspace wants to build and test the tech needed to make secure quantum communication possible between Europe and Canada. Guglielmo Marconi was just 27 years old when he did something that changed the world. The Italian-Irish inventor, after...
EU-US tariff negotiations in ‘final phase’
The Irish Times
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European politicians and diplomats were on standby waiting for word of a breakthrough in the tariff negotiations with the United States, which one official said had entered the “final phase”. Negotiators from both sides have spent several intense...
Solar energy shines as nuclear and other thermal generators wilt in European heatwave
Renew Economy
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July 10, 2025
The extraordinary heat waves that swept across Europe in June and early July brought with it the highest solar power production on record, which turned out to be useful because thermal generators, and France’s nuclear fleet in particular,...
EU Parliament adds Algeria to high-risk money laundering list
Hespress
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July 10, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News MENA Archive Hespress ENThursday 10 July 2025 - 16:00 The European Parliament has officially endorsed the inclusion of Algeria on the EU’s list of high-risk countries for money laundering and terrorist financing....
Learning the Right Lessons from Britain’s Response to 7/7
Foreign Policy In Focus
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July 10, 2025
On July 7, 2005, four young men carried out coordinated suicide bombings on London’s public transport system, killing 52 people and injuring over 700. The attackers weren’t foreign operatives; they were British citizens. The shock was profound....
Baltic mobile network experiencing technical glitches Thursday
LSM
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July 10, 2025
LSM's Latvian language portal observed that the network had problems with both Internet access and with calling people and sending text messages. Company representative Oskars Fīrmanis told LSM.lv that the network disruptions began after 1 p.m....
EU outlines options for political action against Israel
SABC News
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July 10, 2025
The European Union’s diplomatic service on Thursday presented 10 options for political action against Israel after it found “indications” last month that Israel breached human rights obligations under a pact governing its ties with the bloc. In a...
Supermarket Billionaire Wants to Build AI Gigafactory in Europe
Data Center Knowledge
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July 10, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- The Schwarz Group, Germany’s largest retailer and owner of supermarket chain Lidl, is planning to pitch the government to be the lead developer of a major data center central to Europe’s artificial intelligence efforts. The...
Ireland’s Ben Healy wins Tour de France stage with brilliant breakaway
The Journal
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July 10, 2025
LAST UPDATE | 2 hrs ago IRELAND’S BEN HEALY produced a stunning breakaway to win stage six of the Tour de France on what he described as an “amazing” day. And on a famous afternoon Eddie Dunbar crossed the line of the 201.5km from Bayeux to Vire...
European Commission President unveils major fund for Ukraine's recovery in Rome
European Pravda
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced the establishment of the European Flagship Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, in collaboration with the EU, Italy, Germany, France and Poland. "I am particularly pleased to...
EU ministers get their blood tested for forever chemicals
Politico Europe
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July 10, 2025
PFAS substances — commonly known as forever chemicals — don’t break down naturally and have been shown to accumulate in the environment and cause a host of health conditions, including cancer, liver damage and decreased fertility. Most people in...