EU prolongs sanctions on individuals for Russia’s war on Ukraine for further six months
The Council of the EU decided on September 12 to prolong the restrictive measures targeting those responsible for undermining or
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Eurostat: EU countries issued more than 3.7 million first residence permits in 2023
More than 3.7 million first residence permits were issued in the European Union to non-EU citizens in 2023, a 4.7 per cent
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Eurostat: 4.1 million people who fled Ukraine were under temporary protection in EU in July 2024
As of July 31 2024, slightly more than 4.1 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian
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EU condemns Russia’s ‘elections’ in occupied Ukrainian territory
The European Union strongly condemns the holding of the so-called “elections” by Russia on Ukrainian territory, the illegally annexed Autonomous
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EU’s Copernicus: Global average temperature for past 12 months highest on record
The global-average temperature for the past 12 months – September 2023 to August 2024 – is the highest on record
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EC: Successful launch of new Copernicus Satellite, Sentinel-2C, to continue delivering free data
A brand-new Copernicus Sentinel satellite has been successfully launched from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, onboard a Vega rocket
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European auditors: EU still not fully prepared for major public health emergencies
The health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic caught the EU partially off guard, and even though the two EU
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European auditors: Covid recovery money trickles slower than planned into real economy
The first three years of the EU’s 724 billion euro Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) have seen delays in funds
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EU imports from Russia in Q2 2024 down 87% compared with Q2 2022
There was a 59 per cent decline in European Union exports to Russia and an 87 per cent drop in
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