Agribusiness' capture of EU policies prevents decision-makers from addressing the true causes of food insecurity. There is no production deficit but there is a problem of food poverty, access, diets, market concentration and financial speculation (Photo: Dominik Bartsch) “A sustainable…
Four Belgian banks, an airline and a chemicals company are involved with Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory, with chemicals company Solvay supplying the drone supplier of Israel’s military, a report published by the Don’t Buy Into Occupation, a coalition of…
The Schiphol Group has bought out a number of livestock farmers to own sufficient space and hence nitrogen emission rights to continue operating Schiphol and Lelystad Airport. In order to comply with the nitrogen regulations newly in force, the owner…
Finland is still far behind the recently agreed EU target to boost gender balance in companies, despite having made considerable progress in increasing the number of women on corporate boards over the past decade. At the end of November, the…
Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and Industry Commissioner Adina-Ioana Valean penned an agreement on Monday to secure funding for a bridge connecting Sicily with the rest of Italy and the European continent. The Strait of Messina Bridge, which, if constructed, would…
Doctors in Portugal were paid less in real terms for their life-saving work in 2020 compared to 2010
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has promised the Polish national football team a bonus of around €6 million for making to the knockout round at the football World Cup in Qatar, angering politicians and commentators alike. The World Cup in Qatar…
Common European funding backed by Brussels to counter the US’s multi-billion dollar strong Inflation Reduction Act is set to face an uphill battle with the bloc’s industrial heavyweight Germany as finance minister Christian Lindner takes a stance against a response…
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Bulgaria is threatening countermeasures if the Netherlands and Austria veto its Schengen accession, Acting Prime Minister Galab Donev said on Monday (February 5), adding that “