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EU Initiates Renewal of UK Adequacy Decision Following the UK's Adoption of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
JD Supra - California
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July 30, 2025
EU Launches UK Adequacy Decision Renewal Process On 22 July 2025, the European Commission announced that it had launched the process to renew the adequacy decision for the United Kingdom (UK) and confirmed that the UK’s updated data protection...
EU’s automated border system EES to launch in October 2025
The Sun Daily
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July 30, 2025
BRUSSELS: The European Union has confirmed that its long-awaited automated border-check system for non-EU travellers will officially launch in October. The Entry/Exit System (EES), initially delayed from November 2024, will replace passport stamps...
EU Agriculture Commissioner Hansen to Visit Bulgaria on October 9-10
Bulgarian News Agency
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EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, will visit Bulgaria on October 9 and 10, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said during an informational meeting and discussion. Hansen is expected to take part in a discussion focused on...
EU considers suspending Israeli research funding amid Gaza crisis
Sabah
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July 30, 2025
The European Union is weighing the suspension of Israeli access to research funding amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. While some EU member states view the move as a necessary step, others argue it either doesn’t go far enough or...
Europe’s Century of Humiliation Is Well Underway
Hungarian Conservative
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July 30, 2025
Humiliation is probably the word most frequently used in recent days to describe the US–EU trade deal announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump on 27 July. ‘This morning, the embarrassment of...
EU lawmakers call for sanctions as Gaza starvation deepens: Will Europe follow through?
Tehran Times
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July 30, 2025
TEHRAN- The continuing humanitarian disaster in Gaza has sparked a considerable political response from European Union (EU) legislators; however, the overall EU and Western response is still disjointed, late, and terribly weak. According to a...
EU proposes sanctions on Israel as Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens, but member states still split
ANSA
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July 30, 2025
The EU considers suspending Israeli access to research funding over the Gaza humanitarian crisis. For some of the bloc's member states, these steps do not go far enough. For others, even that is too much. More than 1,000 people have been killed...
European Christian party embraces Hungarian MEP of former racist Jobbik party
Christian Network Europe
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The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) has accepted the Hungarian Jobbik representative in the European Parliament in the ranks of the MEPs speaking on behalf of the Christian movement. The ECPM released this news on Thursday afternoon....
Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 2.75% as economy shows resilience in the face of tariffs
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 30, 2025
The Bank of Canada held its interest rate at 2.75 per cent on Wednesday, citing resilience in the economy despite the ongoing global trade war brought on by the U.S. Governor Tiff Macklem said in prepared remarks that the governing council's...
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): Trailblazers in Climate Finance Initiatives Europe 2025
Capital Finance International
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July 30, 2025
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plays a transformative role in aligning financial flows with sustainable development objectives across its regions of operation. Originally mandated to bolster private sector growth in...
EU climate goals at risk as ailing forests absorb less CO2, scientists say
KFGO - North Dakota
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July 30, 2025
By Alison Withers, Kate Abnett and Simon Johnson COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Damage to European forests from increased logging, wildfires, drought and pests is reducing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, putting European Union...
EU Increases Pressure on Montenegro to Alter Intelligence Agency Law
Balkan Insight
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July 30, 2025
Montenegrin Parliament Committee on Security and Defence session, July 30 2025. Screenshot: YouTube/Skupština Crne Gore Montenegro’s government is under growing pressure from the European Union, civil society organisations and opposition lawmakers...
European Commission adopts VSME standard as recommendation
Corporate Disclosures
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The European Commission today (30 July) has adopted the voluntary sustainability reporting standard for non-listed SMEs (VSME standard) as a recommendation, and reiterated that it will serve as the basis for a future voluntary reporting standard...
EU-U.S. Trade Deal: Figures Point to Devastating Impact on Italy
The European Conservative
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July 30, 2025
The Italian government’s response to Brussels’ trade deal with the U.S. was a little more neutral than those of its European counterparts, praising the avoidance of a trade war while promising—as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio...
EU Age Verification app integrity checks won’t depend on Google, Apple: Scytales
Biometric Update
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July 30, 2025
A controversy has erupted over a rumor that the Age Verification app in development by the EU may only allow the required age checks to be completed for apps and operating systems that are approved by U.S. tech giants Google and Apple. Scytales,...
Parliament proposes banning e-cigarettes
Babel
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Bill No. 13548 has been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, which proposes to completely ban the production and circulation of electronic cigarettes in Ukraine. MPs from “European Solidarity”, “Voice”, and non-partisan Viktoria Hryb propose to...
Bank of Canada holds key rate, says economy weathered tariffs better than expected
The Globe and Mail
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July 30, 2025
The Bank of Canada held its policy interest rate steady for the third consecutive time, noting that the Canadian economy has weathered U.S. tariffs better than expected while uncertainty remains pervasive. As widely anticipated, the central bank’s...
EU’s Billions Are Being Spent on a Sub-Par Military
The European Conservative
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July 29, 2025
Europe’s top defense official Andrius Kubilius has warned about the continent’s military readiness, revealing that European armies are operating at just half the strength NATO requires. In an interview with Euractiv, Kubilius, the EU Commissioner...
Parliament to Vote on PASOK and SYRIZA–New Left Proposals for a Preliminary Investigation Committee on OPEKEPE
The National Herald
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July 30, 2025
ATHENS – A debate leading to a vote on proposals by main opposition PASOK-Movement for Change and SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance for the creation of an ad hoc Parliamentary Preliminary Investigation Committee to decide whether former ministers Makis...
European dockworkers demand halt to arms shipments to Israel
Euronews
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July 30, 2025
Published on 30/07/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2 •Updated 15:29 European dockworkers are calling on EU governments to halt arms shipments and withdraw diplomatic support for Israel. They stress that international treaties state that weapons should not be...