insert_link Business / Economics EU imposes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles The European Union has imposed additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in a move the bloc says is in response to unfair trade practices. The EU accuses China of flooding the European market with heavily subsidized EVs. William Denselow reports from Brussels. today5 July, 2024
insert_link World EU fines fragrance firm 15.9 mn euros for ‘deleting WhatsApp messages’ The EU today handed US giant International Flavors & Fragrances a 15.9-million-euro ($17.1-million) fine for obstructing a major cartel probe after an employee deleted WhatsApp messages. Brussels antitrust regulators raided several companies across Europe including IFF last year over suspicions the fragrance firms were colluding to fix prices. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said during those inspections it sought to review the phones of some […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Business / Economics China wants the EU to scrap tariffs on Electric Vehicles by July 4 Beijing wants the European Union to scrap its preliminary tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles by next week. Both sides have agreed to hold new trade talks to resolve an escalating dispute over tariffs, as Laura Westbrook reports. today24 June, 2024
insert_link Science & Technology EU to vote on controversial AI message scanning The European Union is set to vote on a controversial measure that would allow artificial intelligence to scan encrypted messages. The move seeks to target the sharing of child sex abuse material but some critics have called the proposal Orwellian. today20 June, 2024
insert_link World EU migration policy is getting tougher: the 3 new tactics used to keep African migrants out By Chris Changwe Nshimbi, University of Pretoria and Inocent Moyo, University of Zululand Nearly a decade has passed since migration to Europe from Africa and the Middle East reached a peak in 2015, referred to as the year of the “migrant crisis”. Over a million people from Africa and the Middle East applied for asylum in the European Union (EU). Since then, numbers have […] today11 June, 2024
insert_link World EU parliament election sees shaken centre hold – but far right now has chances to show its strength By Amelia Hadfield, University of Surrey After the four-day, 27-state democratic marathon that is the European parliamentary election, a picture has emerged of a fragile centre just holding amid a shift to the right that carries a significant potential to shape the near future of the EU, despite having fallen short of producing the earthquake some predicted. The big shock came in France, with […] today10 June, 2024
insert_link Lifestyle Emigration: The hidden catalyst behind the rise of the radical right in Europe’s depopulating regions Smaller towns and villages in Sweden have suffered economically as a result of out-migration. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images By Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton University and David Laitin, Stanford University Earlier this spring, the European Parliament voted to overhaul its immigration policy to more evenly distribute responsibility among member states for managing the arrival of migrants and asylum-seekers. Lurking in the details of the agreement, however, are provisions […] today7 June, 2024
insert_link World We polled EU citizens on what they want asylum policy to look like – their answers may surprise you Asylum seekers arriving on the Greek island Lesvos in 2015. Nicolas Economou/Shutterstock By Natalia Letki, University of Warsaw; Dawid Walentek, Ghent University; Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen, and Ulf Liebe, University of Warwick The issues of migration and asylum are contentious in Europe, and have caused deep rifts among EU member states for years. These topics are fully on the agenda for the 2024 EU elections. […] today6 June, 2024
insert_link Oshiwambo America a kondema etokolo lya Venezuela okwaaha hiya aataleli yomahogololo yo EU America ohela okwa kondema etokolo lya Venezuela oku kuthapo ehiyo lyo EU oku talela omahogololo ge geliko mu July,tiindiile Caracas a talulule etokolo. Omushangwa okuza komupopiliko goshikondo lyepangelo lya America Matthew Miller ogwati America okuna eikwapomutima lyetokolo lyomupresitend Nicolas Maduro naakalelipo ye oku kuthapo ehiyo lyaataleli yomahogololo yo EU. Tati onkatu oyili ompinge nomaitulepo ga ningilwe mo Barbados mu October 2023 okuyambidhidha uuyinekelwa woshikumungu shomahogololo,teendulula ompangela yoku ninga omahogololo geli […] today31 May, 2024
