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The estimated cost of reconstructing Gaza is $20bn [€18.5bn] — an extremely conservative estimate, given the scale of the devastation, which UNCTAD said would take the rest of the century to repair (Photo: UNRWA) As Europe awaits an Israeli assault…
Local communities from the Antwerp region suffering from the shocking ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS pollution caused by 3M and others, nor green groups, were invited (Photo: Wikimedia) EU politicians will cosy up with Big Toxics at a secretive event on Tuesday…
Recent farmer’s protest in Brussels. (Photo: Paula Soler/EUobserver) As farmers see their livelihoods under pressure and people all over the world struggle with hunger and a rising cost of living, the five largest food commodity traders announced their biggest profits…
The use of particularly intrusive AI systems, such as the ones that (claim to) infer the emotions of persons from their biometric data, affects the fundamental right to privacy, autonomy and dignity of the person concerned (Photo: Hitesh Choudhary) The…
At least 18 European travel companies from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands currently advertising tours to the Uyghur region (Photo: Wikimedia) The Chinese authorities are currently having their ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment in the Uyghur region. One of…
Georgia Meloni’s Albania migration plan poses tangible threats to the human rights of all people touched by it, both at sea and on land, in violation of EU and international law (Photo: European Union) Just a few weeks ago, the…
The Suez Canal. Between 12 and 15 percent of total world trade goes through this maritime shortcut bottleneck — making it a prime target (Photo: Wikimedia) When I left as an envoy from the European Parliament to Cairo in 2011,…
Many politicians continue to support the largest agribusinesses and frame the crisis as ‘farmers versus nature’. It's a false dichotomy that tragically hurts the vast majority of farmers (Photo: Paula Soler/EUobserver) Farmers across Europe are struggling and are hitting the…
If an EU country were to follow Norway’s example, it would be opening itself up to the possibility of litigation and criminal prosecution (Photo: NN – norden.org) Norway’s recent decision to greenlight deep-sea mining plans in the Arctic has sent…
Not a single government agency, or the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), or anyone, has reviewed let alone vouched for this (Photo: reflets de vert) On Wednesday (7 February) MEPs will vote in the Strasbourg plenary on a proposal that…
China’s Build Your Dreams BYD has been scrutinised for intellectual property infringement, data security, and economic espionage, accused of copying designs from established automobile manufacturers. Now it's coming to Hungary (Photo: American Tobacco Campus) Following concerns that Chinese EVs are…
Since Romania and Bulgaria’s partial Schengen entry doesn’t remove passport controls at the land border — only at sea and air borders — it's highly unlikely that it will boost short-stay or day trips (Photo: wfbakker2) In December, EU member…