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EU state suspends asylum applications for arrivals from North Africa
Pennsylvania Sun
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People who enter the country illegally will be detained, Greeces prime minister has warned Greece has suspended the processing of asylum applications from people coming to the country from North Africa for three months, Prime Minister Kyriakos...
EU chief von der Leyen faces confidence vote; Hungary's leader says she must go
The Economic Times
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July 10, 2025
European Union lawmakers will hold a confidence vote Thursday on the head of the bloc's powerful executive arm, Ursula von der Leyen, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leading calls for her to be ousted. The censure motion, the first at...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces no confidence vote
Times of Malta
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July 10, 2025
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces a confidence vote Thursday that has little chance of succeeding but has exposed frictions between her backers and complaints about her leadership style. European lawmakers will vote on the rare challenge pushed...
EU Lawmaker condemns Iran’s mass deportation of Afghans as illegal under international law
Ariana News
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July 10, 2025
European Parliament member Hannah Neumann has strongly condemned Iran’s ongoing deportation of Afghan refugees, describing the mass expulsions as a violation of international law and a humanitarian crisis unfolding at scale. In a statement shared...
European Commission strengthens Europe’s chemical industry
Hydrocarbon Engineering
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July 10, 2025
The European Commission has presented an Action Plan for the chemicals industry to strengthen the competitiveness and modernisation of the EU chemical sector. The Action Plan addresses key challenges, namely high energy costs, global competition,...
Europe Must Do More to Protect Data Under Trump, ERC Head Says
Inside Higher Ed
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Europe “needs to do more” to protect scientific data threatened by the Trump administration, the president of the European Research Council has said. Speaking at the Metascience 2025 conference in London, Maria Leptin said such data is in a “very...
EU prosecutor's office probes alleged misuse of funds by far...
Modern Ghana
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EU financial prosecutors have opened a formal investigation into alleged misuse of 4.3 million euros of European Parliament funds by Identity and Democracy – a now-defunct far-right group that included Marine Le Pen's National Rally party. Media...
EU, UNODC Launch PACSOM Egypt in Cairo
Sada Elbalad
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July 10, 2025
Thu 10 Jul 2025 | 10:51 AM On Wednesday, the UNODC Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA), in partnership with CIVIPOL (France) and with the generous support of the European Union (EU), officially launched the project...
Population in Malta reaches nearly 575,000, up 1.9% - NSO
The Malta Independent
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The estimated total population of Malta and Gozo at the end of 2024 stood at 574,250, up by 1.9 per cent when compared to the previous year, the NSO said Thursday. Males accounted for 53.1 per cent of the population. The population increase in...
EU parliament to vote on Von der Leyen as Orban urges exit
Telengana Today
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July 10, 2025
The European Parliament will vote Thursday on a censure motion against EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, led by Hungary’s Viktor Orban and hard-right lawmakers. Though unlikely to pass, the motion reflects deepening political divisions...
EU chief von der Leyen faces a confidence vote. Hungary's leader says she must go
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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The motion contains a mix of allegations against von der Leyen including text messaging privately with the boss of COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer, misuse of EU funds and interference in elections in Germany and Romania. Orbán said on Facebook that...
EU lauds Tanzania as beacon of peace
Daily News Tanzania
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July 10, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: THE European Union (EU) has praised Tanzania for maintaining its status as a beacon of peace in the Eastern African region, while wishing the country a smooth and fair electoral process in the upcoming General Election to...
Europe looks to Nordic Space Race to reduce US dependence
World Energy News - Connecticut
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Two small spaceports located in the far north of Sweden, Norway and Finland are rushing to launch the very first satellites launched from Europe. The region is looking to reduce its dependence on U.S. companies. The "America First" policies of...
European Parliament calls for reforms and action on foreign interference in Western Balkans
BNE Intellinews
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The European Parliament adopted three country reports on July 9, stressing the urgent need for reforms in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and North Macedonia, while also calling for effective use of the EU’s Growth Plan and stronger resistance to...
EU Commission chief expected to vote on censure motion against her
IPN
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July 10, 2025
0 European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected today in the European Parliament’s plenary, where the vote on the no-confidence motion against her is expected to take place, accused of lack of transparency and abuses, IPN...
EU Praises Fishmongers, CMAs at Project Closing Ceremony
Liberian Observer
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The European Union (EU) lauded Liberia’s fishmongers and Collaborative Management Associations (CMAs) as pillars of progress during the close-out of the Communities for Fisheries project—a landmark initiative implemented by the Environmental...
EU removes UAE from money laundering high-risk list
Gulf Business
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July 10, 2025
Image credit: WAM/ Website The European Union has officially removed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from its list of high-risk third countries for money laundering and terrorist financing—a move hailed by the UAE’s top financial regulator as a...
EU seeks trade deal framework with U.S., keeps retaliation o...
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, 10 July, 2025-- The European Union (EU) is pushing for a framework of trade agreement in principle with the United States while retaining the options to retaliate, multiple EU officials said on Wednesday. "We are looking for a...
EU Debate Over Budapest Pride Sparks Sharp Divisions Among Hungarian MEPs
Hungary Today
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July 10, 2025
“The European Commission stands firmly and proudly with the LGBTQI community in Hungary and in all EU Member States,” EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath said on Wednesday in Strasbourg. The EU Commissioner expressed his gratitude to those who...
Europe's tech talent race reshapes commercial real estate landscape
Europe Real Estate
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The global hunt for artificial intelligence and technology talent is fundamentally reshaping Europe's commercial real estate market, with London, Paris, and Dublin emerging as the continent's undisputed champions in attracting high-value tech...