The EU’s corporate watchdog found the European Commission’s decision to re-open the bloc’s due diligence law without climate assessments amounted to malpractice.
Category: 3. Europe
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EU Ombudsman says Commission guilty of maladministration in opening up climate laws
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Has dark matter finally been seen? New study detects mysterious galactic glow
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A new study from the University of Tokyo claims that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected a glow at the centre of the Milky Way – one that…
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CATL and Stellantis break ground on Spain’s largest EV battery plant
China’s CATL and carmaker Stellantis held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for their joint venture to create a major lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain.
The deal, first announced last year, marks one of the largest Chinese industrial…
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Fact check: Is China using TikTok to ‘dumb down’ European children?
French President Emmanuel Macron has suggested that China is offering European children a simple, entertainment-based version of TikTok, while its domestic version is far more educational and beneficial for youngsters.
Speaking to readers of the regional daily newspaper La Voix du Nord in…
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Experts and MEPs express concerns for the revised Tobacco Excise Directive (TED)
During a tense meeting of the Parliament’s taxation committee (FISC) on 20 November 2025, the European Commission defended its proposal on tobacco taxation, facing strong opposition from experts and numerous members of the European Parliament.
The objective of the hearing was to gather…
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From ‘piggy’ to ‘ugly’: Donald Trump’s latest insult to female reporters fuels backlash online
Donald Trump is once again lashing out at female journalists, following his viral outburst during which he called Bloomberg’s White House correspondent Catherine Lucey “piggy”.
Yesterday, Trump targeted a New York Times reporter in a Truth Social post, calling Katie Rogers “ugly…
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Living next door to Russia and China: A matter of good diplomacy
A senior Kazakhstan diplomat has shed light on what it is like to have Russia and China as “neighbours”.
Roman Vassilenko, ambassador of Kazakhstan to Belgium, EU & NATO (pictured), points out that Kazakhstan is located between the two largest countries in the world, by size and…
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EU watchdog calls for 'better balance' in law making
European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho (pictured) has found a number of “procedural shortcomings” in how the European Commission prepared several legislative proposals that it considered urgent.
Taken together the shortcomings amounted to maladministration, says the official.
The…
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EU countries reach long-awaited deal on online child abuse detection
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This Wednesday, EU member states agreed on a common position regarding the controversial child sexual abuse (CSA) protection law – also known as the…
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