After two years of negotiations, the European Union reached an agreement on Thursday to overhaul its pharmaceutical legislation—last updated two decades ago – under which the European pharmaceutical industry maintains lengthy patent and exclusivity periods.
The European Council and the…
The decline of international night trains across Europe is facing growing scrutiny – as activists opt to protest in comfort.
The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night.
Zhelyazkov’s dramatic move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament, and 20 days…
When most of us were sleeping, the European Parliament and Council were hammering out a deal on the Pharma Package – a combined 400 articles in a regulation and directive. After eleven hours of intense negotiations on the fifth floor (5G3, to be precise), the deal was delivered.
The last eleven…
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The “Architects of AI” have been named TIME magazine’s Person of the Year for 2025.
The magazine cited 2025 as the year when the potential of…
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AzerTelecom Chairman Emil Masimov says the Digital Silk Way will mark the start of a new era in Eurasian connectivity. The flagship project, the…
The clunky tax-refund system that calls itself “tax-free” is being challenged by Spanish fintech company STAMP. The firm has launched a campaign pushing for tourists to avoid paying VAT at the till — triggering a debate in the tourism and retail sector about whether the whole system…
The U.K. is in negotiations with the U.S. and the EU to forge a steel alliance to counter Chinese overcapacity as the bloc works to introduce its own updated safeguards regime. The EU is the U.K.’s largest market and Brussels is creating a new steel protection regime that is set to slash…
Probes such as the ongoing investigation into how the College of Europe was awarded a contract by the EU’s diplomatic arm (EEAS) could tarnish the EU’s name, the bloc’s watchdog, Teresa Anjinho, said in Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With.
“Whenever you have these kinds of…
Austria has passed a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14.
The conservative-led coalition of three centrist parties, the ÖVP, the SPÖ and the Neos, says the law is a “clear commitment to gender equality”, but critics say it will fuel anti-Muslim feeling in the…