This initiative will reinforce Belgium’s position as a pioneer in integrated port security and sharpen its focus on threats including drug smuggling, cyber-attacks and the misuse of drones. It marks a European first in which every port and waterway within one country collaborates strategically…
Category: 3. Europe
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The new space race: These are the different space strategies across Europe
Germany and France recently launched new space strategies. What do other countries have in place?
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High-stakes showdown looms as US and EU trade member states meet
The United States’ Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick are arriving in Brussels on Monday for what is expected to be a tense showdown with EU trade ministers.
After months of recriminations on both sides of the Atlantic over the implementation of this…
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Relais & Châteaux has welcomed 14 new members to its association, including one in Luxembourg
Sharing a taste for authenticity and local, these new members contribute to a total of 34 properties having joined Relais & Châteaux this year alone.
Commenting, Laurent Gardinier, president, Relais & Châteaux, told this site: “Our Association is firmly committed to a sustainable path so…
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HPV vaccine slashes cervical cancer risk with minimal side effects, major review finds
Studies show girls vaccinated by age 16 face dramatically lower cervical cancer risk with no major side effects.
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Merz bei G20 und die Siegmund-Debatte – POLITICO
Kanzler Friedrich Merz ist auf diplomatischer Mission in Afrika, doch der G20-Gipfel wird von einem 28-Punkte-Friedensplan aus den USA für die Ukraine überschattet. Gordon Repinski berichtet aus Angola, wie Merz versucht, Europa im Spiel zu halten und einen…
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In Sudan and beyond, women are paying a devastating price – POLITICO
Yvette Cooper: In Sudan and beyond, women are paying a devastating price – POLITICO
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Rachel Reeves hopes trade deals can save Britain’s budget. Economists aren’t convinced. – POLITICO
With a difficult budget looming, the chancellor has increasingly turned her gaze overseas in her elusive search for economic growth. And with the Office for Budget Responsibility expected to downgrade the U.K.’s productivity outlook before the budget, Reeves is urging the fiscal watchdog to…
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The insulation scandal threatening UK green goals
LONDON — Damian Mercer thinks his business shouldn’t exist.
He drives up and down the country removing botched cavity wall insulation from people’s homes — some of it installed under government-backed schemes designed to fix the U.K.’s raft of drafty houses.
“Everybody thought:…
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How a ‘veggie burger’ ban nobody wanted became one Brussels might actually pass – POLITICO
After two years of farmer protests and fatigue over climate and environmental reforms, national governments have closed ranks around traditional agriculture. Countries like Austria, Italy and France have warned that novel foods could undermine “primary farm-based production.” Hungary went…
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