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EU: Gender pay gap still at 13%, commission says
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 15, 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 10, 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 8, 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...
Nov 1, 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 27, 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 10, 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 4, 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...
Oct 2, 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...
Jul 19, 2023
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