London. JDE Peet’s, one of the world’s largest coffee companies, said the global coffee industry is facing a tight deadline to comply with a new European Union law that bans the import of raw materials and related goods linked to deforestation in the world. Any part of the world. The European Union (EU) law, which … Read more
ReutersIsrael’s anti-aircraft system in action during the Iranian attack NOS news•today, 7:57 p.m EU countries are introducing additional sanctions against Iran following last weekend’s attack on Israel. The head of EU foreign affairs, Josep Borrell, announced this after a meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers in Luxembourg. “It has to do with sanctions on … Read more
Fewer products for the same or more money, without clear communication. That, in a nutshell, is the definition of decline or ‘inflation‘, an ongoing phenomenon in the food sector that is not immediately apparent until you as a customer face the facts. You can get fewer chips in the bag for the same price, or … Read more
In 2002, the Active Citizens Network, together with a group of European citizens’ organisations, drafted the European Charter of Patients’ Rightswhich has been translated into 16 languages and includes the following 14 rights: Right to preventive measures, access to care, update, consent, free choice, privacy and confidentiality, respecting patients’ time, adherence to quality standards, security, … Read more
The Iranian attacks against Israel should not be dealt with “in isolation”, said the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, speaking at the European Summit on Defense and Security, pointing out that this is the latest “sample of intentions of the new union of authoritarians”. He added that “it is time for the … Read more
“We have a duty to extend these sanctions,” Macron said ahead of a summit in Brussels where EU leaders are set to approve the bloc’s initiative to tighten sanctions on Iran. Over the weekend, Tehran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, which it admitted did little damage as most of the drones … Read more
“In a world where geopolitical conflicts are returning, Europe cannot be, as they say, a vegetable in a world of carnivores,” says analyst Petr Boháček, according to who should not for the continent to be only a response to the great powers, but it should also set the pace and the rules of the game. … Read more
The adoption of the Migration and Asylum Pact by the European Parliament was welcomed today by the Presidents of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and of the European Parliament, Roberta Metzola, calling today a “historic” day. “Today is indeed a historic day. After years of intense work, the Migration and Asylum Pact is becoming … Read more
The EU Council of Finance Ministers (Ecofin) has agreed to provide one billion euros of emergency short-term macro-financial assistance to Egypt to help stabilize its economy. This assistance is part of the €5 billion macro-financial assistance signed between the EU and Egypt in mid-March in Cairo. According to a Council announcement, the EUR 1 billion … Read more
The European Union today announced sanctions against the military wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad for “extensive sexual violence” during the October 7 attack on Israel. Fighters from the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the Nuhba unit of Hamas, and the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, “perpetrated widespread sexual and … Read more