EU: Gender pay gap still at 13%, commission says
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Progress on closing the gender pay gap in the EU has been slow, but a new directive aims at stopping employers from paying their female...
- Nov 10, 2023
EU agree on law to restore nature
Europe's habitats are in poor condition with over 80% needing restoration, but agreement on how to proceed was challenging. Negotiators...
- Nov 8, 2023
2023 likely hottest year recorded: EU monitor
2023 is "virtually certain" to be the warmest in 125,000 years, the EU climate monitor said as data showed last month was the world's...
- Nov 8, 2023
EU Commission in favor of membership talks with Ukraine
The EU has recommended opening the negotiations despite acknowledging Ukraine's shortcomings in the fight against corruption. Sweden's...
- Nov 1, 2023
Brussels opens Pandora's box with €100 billion budget top-up request
The European Union's common budget is up for a review. But member states have little to no appetite for coughing up the €100 billion...
- Oct 27, 2023
EU credibility on the line as Gaza shifts focus from Ukraine
Calling for "humanitarian pauses" in the Israel-Hamas war to let desperately needed aid in, the EU is trying to speak with one voice...
- Oct 10, 2023
Scholz and Macron convene for 'strategic' retreat in Hamburg
Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the deepening of Franco-German ties with the aim of making Europe a...
- Oct 4, 2023
EU ambassadors reach agreement on migration reform
The announcement came after Italy and Germany appeared to have resolved a disagreement over Mediterranean rescue NGOs. The bloc aims to...
- Oct 2, 2023
Growing pains: The rocky, reform-laden path to a larger EU
Countries from Ukraine to the Western Balkans are busy undertaking reforms to qualify for EU membership. But the bloc has to make its own...
- Jul 19, 2023
Scott Morton, an American economist, withdraws from running for a key EU post after controversy
In a letter made public by Margrethe Vestager, the EU Commissioner in charge of competition, Scott Morton said that "given the political...
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